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प्रश्न
What do you think the poem is about?
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उत्तर
The poem is about a train journey.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the rhyming words from the box and write them in the correct blanks.
grin, in, ______ , ______
- file
- din
- toss
- nail
- while
- paws
- thin
Choose the rhyming words from the box and write them in the correct blanks.
tail, scale, ______ ,______
- file
- din
- toss
- nail
- while
- paws
- thin
Look at the picture.

Have you seen the Adyar Banyan Tree? Would you like to visit that place? Why
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. |
Read the poem aloud and fill in the wheel with its rhyming pair. Also try giving your own rhyming word. One is done for you.

Close your eyes and think about the moving scene outside a train window.
Did something dreadful happen? How would you describe the events in the poem– comedy or tragedy?
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
But wondered much and sorrowed more
Because it hung behind him.
- What was he wondering about?
- What does the word ‘it’ refer to here?
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?
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
| ‘He mused upon this curious case’ |
What is the figure of speech used in this line?
