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प्रश्न
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
And though his efforts never slack
And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back
The pigtail hangs behind him.
- Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines and give the rhyme scheme for the same.
- Did he quit his trying? How can you say?
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उत्तर
- Rhyming words : sack – tack – back
Rhyme scheme : a a a b - No he did not quit his trying. The lines ‘And though his efforts never slack. And though he twist and twirl and tack” shows that he did not stop his trying.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the rhyming words from the box and write them in the correct blanks.
tail, scale, ______ ,______
- file
- din
- toss
- nail
- while
- paws
- thin
Find an example of alliteration in the poem.
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Alliteration: is repetition of the consonant at the beginning of two or more words in a line. Example: mother twists my ears. |
Fill in the table.
Contraction is a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters often replaced in written English by an apostrophe (').
| It’s | It is |
| Doesn’t | |
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| You will | |
| That’s | |
| I have | |
| He’d | |
| Aren’t | |
| He has | |
| Won’t | |
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Close your eyes and think about the moving scene outside a train window.
Which season am I? Read the poem, understand and solve the riddle.
I am pretty short and sweet.
Which season am I? Read the poem, understand and solve the riddle.
I make your garden smell sweet.
Which season am I? Read the poem, understand and solve the riddle.
Leaves will wither because of me.
Was he finally successful in changing his pigtail’s position? Support your answer with a line from the poem.
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.
Can this poem be called an ironic poem? Justify your answer.
