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प्रश्न
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
What are the promises the speaker is talking about?
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उत्तर
Duties and responsibilities in life are referred to as promises.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify the rhyme scheme used in each stanza. One example has been done for you.
| Stanza | Rhyme scheme |
| 1 | aaba |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 |
Why do you think the poet describes the act of cutting a tree? What effect does it have on you as a reader?
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I’ve many curious things to show when you are there"
What will the fly get to see in the parlour?
"Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “kind Sir, that cannot be,
I’ve heard what’s in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!"
Is the fly willing to enter the spider’s pantry?
"Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “You’re witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!"
Why does the spider say that the fly is witty?
Describe the beauty of the river you have seen?
River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
What are the surfaces the river flow through?
How does the poet bring about the comparison of life with the river? Explain it with reference to the poem.
If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
When you read the poem aloud, you can feel/hear a rhythm. What according to you gives rhythm to the poem- the rhyme or the words in a line? Support your answer with examples from the poem.
And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
When do they have their family gatherings?
