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प्रश्न
Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.
However, some writers/poets use them to impart an old-fashioned flavour to suit the background of their write-up. Such words are called Archaic words.
Give the modern words for the archaic words from the poem.
- thy
- being
- bestow'd
- thee
- thou
- cans't
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उत्तर
- thy - your
- being - life
- bestowed - gifted/given as a gift
- thee - you
- thou - you
- cans't - can
संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away,
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest
Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best;
It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then
And promptly put back in a dark place again
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of
And one that the humblest may well make the most of
Get out and live it each hour of the day,
Wear it and use it as much as you may,
Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,
You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.
(1) What do we treasure in a chest?
(2) How does the poet went us to use the gift of life?
(3) Do you agree that life should be measured un deeds and not in years? Why?
(4) Which words in the poem mean the following :
(a) Kept from developing
(b) Hollow places in a wall
(5) Life is a gift to be used every day. [Name and explain the figure of speech]
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -
gardener
Find proof from the poem for the following.
The colour imagery in the poem.
The cherry tree has inspired the poet to compose the poem. Such poems, describing Nature or aspects of Nature are called ‘Nature poems’. Find out some expressions from the poem that bring out the elements of the beauty of Nature.
The whole world is happy because children are going to school. Why is it so? Discuss it in the classroom.
Prove with the theme of the play/extract that the deeper human emotion which profoundly interested Shakespeare was jealousy.
If you saw someone abusing an animal, what would you do? Write about it in 5 lines.
Visit a library:
Read Lewis Carroll’s book ‘Alice in Wonderland.’
This story takes an unexpected turn when the lion decides to spare the camel’s life. Choose any fable, a story that you like, and rewrite it giving it an unexpected turn.
Leafcutter ants can carry leaves that weigh ______ times of their body weight.
