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प्रश्न
Read the following lines and answer the questions.
It’s part of his hours, his days and his years,
Back of his smiles and behind his tears.
What does ‘tears’ mean?
उत्तर
‘Tears’ means ‘sorrow’.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and then do all the activities that follow :
I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”
A1. Order-
The incidents narrated in the extract are arranged in a jumbled manner here, Rearrange them in a proper order as they occur in the extract:
(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.
A2. Poetic device:
Make a list of rhyming pairs from the second stanza and note down the rhyme scheme of the same stanza.
A3. Personal Response:
Understanding and politeness are the essentials of out everyday life. Explain your views in brief.
A4. Creativity -
Frame two poetic lines on the following situation using a rhyming pattern with the help of clues given:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking
about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
While introducing great personalities, — a
------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
------------------------------------ — b
Answer in your own words.
What message does the poem convey to all of us?
Discuss in groups, reasons/ consequences/ effects:
The life of the cherry tree was threatened.
Bassanio was very rich.
Read the poem: ‘Home they brought her warrior dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Read the highlighted words. They are adverbs.
- I was pulling hard.
- They ran away.
- Later, I was taken to the city.
- I went very carefully.
- They were greatly pleased.
What made John Shepherd-Barron to come up with the idea of ATM?
Write down the word that alliterate in the poetic line below
Festival of Flowers.
Arrange the actions of Robinson by numbering from 1 to 10.
What should we vow for?
