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प्रश्न
Study the pictures below and note down the differences.
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उत्तर
- In the first panel, a woman is trudging along balancing pots of water on her head and a baby on her hip.
- In the next panel, a woman is teaching children at a school.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Why is the speaker’s childhood described as ‘a forgotten boredom’?
What two things are compared in the poem?
Form pairs and decide whether the following statements are those of a Great Indian Bustard or not.
| Statements | Great Indian Bustard | Some Other Bird |
| (a) I am the heaviest flying bird in India. | ||
| (b) I am known as Maldhok or Hoom in Marathi. | ||
| (c) I live in mountainous regions. | ||
| (d) I don’t like grasshoppers or beetles. | ||
| (e) We don’t believe in building nests. | ||
| (f) Our chick stays with the mother for a period of nearly one year. | ||
| (g) I am the State bird of Maharashtra. | ||
| (h) We have been pushed away from more than 90 percent of our home regions. |
On any one page, note against the speech of every character what feelings it should show to bring out the meaning best. For example, joy, fear, anger, nervousness, friendliness, dislike, surprise, wonder, excitement, politeness, rudeness, cunning, curiosity.
Write the rhyme scheme of the poem (Autumn).
Form groups of 4. Find all the references to the time given in the passage. Then make a chart to show the events described in the passage along with the time when they occur. Example:
| All night long: | The crew stayed on their feet. |
| Near midnight: | ________________________ |
| At 12.53: | ________________________ |
(Use as many lines as you need.)
Read: ‘The Listeners’ and ‘Someone’ - poems by Walter de la Mare.
Identify the speaker/character.
‘Come in, Zigzag, come in dear!’
‘They’ descended on the sweet and toy-vendors’ stores like an army moving to attack.
Who does they refer to? Did they move one by one in a line or in a big group?
List out the questions to which you seek answer using 'Why?'
