English
Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary EducationSSLC (English Medium) Class 10

Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

‘‘ Not I!
My heart was so light
That I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.”

Who does ‘I’ refer to?

One Line Answer
Advertisements

Solution

I refers to cricket.

shaalaa.com
Poetry (Class 10th)
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [Page 118]

APPEARS IN

Samacheer Kalvi English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
Chapter 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Exercise | Q A. 7. a) | Page 118

RELATED QUESTIONS

The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

How does she take life?


The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

What does she mean by “spring will come again”?


She's today's woman. Today's woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near...

Describe today's woman according to the poet.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,

What made the cricket bold?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.

Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?


Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza?


Mention a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading, and writing, etc.


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here?


Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

It sat alone.
What happened there is still today unknown.
It is a very mysterious place,
And inside you can tell it has a ton of space,
But at the same time, it is bare to the bone.

  1. What does ‘It’ refer to?
  2. Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?

Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

Rumors are constantly being made,
And each day the house just begins to fade.
What happened inside that house?

  1. Does the house remain the same every day?
  2. How does the poet consider the house to be a mystery?

Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×