Question

Read the following stanzas and do the activities:

A1. Choose the correct alternatives:    [2]

1. The poet's father goes back early in the ______.
   (morning/evening)
2. The poet asks for seeds of ______.
   (sunlight/moonlight)
3. The whole village goes ______ to work.
   (daily/weekly)
4. The poet wants to sow seeds on the sides of the ______.
   (road/path)

O moon, give me moonlight, basketful or two baskets full, with seeds of moonlight.  From the city to my village, on the sides of the path I want to sow many, small, small moons of light. The whole village goes to the city daily to work. It becomes dark on its way back as my village is quite far. The route is tough and full of snakes and scorpions. Neither bus nor cart plies. When my father returns home I am asleep. And he goes back early in the morning while I am sleeping.

A2. Describe the route in the poem from the city to village.    [2]

A3. Write your own rhyming words for the following:    [1]

1. light - ......
2. plies - ......

Answer 1

A1.

1. The poet's father goes back early in the morning.
2. The poet asks for seeds of moonlight.
3. The whole village goes daily to work.
4. The poet wants to sow seeds on the sides of the path.

A2. The route from the city to the village is tough and dangerous. It is full of snakes and scorpions, making it unsafe to travel at night. There are no buses or carts available, and it becomes dark by the time the villagers return home.

A3.  

1. Light - Bright
2. Plies - Cries