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प्रश्न
Copy any two stanzas of the poem in the lines below. Using a coloured pen underline the stressed syllables in each line and put a stress-mark (') over each.
उत्तर
Stressed words from 1st and 2nd Stanzas:
Wondrous, thought, exceedingly, queer, die, way, I
I wr'ote s'ome li'nes once a time
In w'ondrous 'merry 'mood
And thought as usual 'men wo'uld say
They were exce'eding go'od
They were so que'er, so very que'er
I la'ughed as I would d'ie
Albe'it, in the general way,
a sober man am 'I
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Copy the first 8 lines and mark the stressed syllables using a coloured pen.
Write the names of any five of your friends and mention the number of syllables in each name.
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| elephant |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| mirror |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| kangaroo |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| telephone |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| bucket |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| biscuit |
| 1 2 3 |
Now complete the columns below and mark the syllable that receives primary stress.
| Verb | Noun |
| present | ____________ |
| examine | ____________ |
| ____________ | production |
| calculate | ____________ |
| ____________ | distribution |
| specialize | ____________ |
Count the syllables in the lines of ‘The Divine Image’. Do you see a pattern?
The first line has eight and the second line has six syllables.
Two syllables make a foot in poetry. Here the first syllable of each foot is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.
