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Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza? - English

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Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza?

पर्याय

  • Human beings

  • Machines

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उत्तर

Machines.

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पाठ 5.2: The Secret of the Machines - Exercise [पृष्ठ १५०]

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पाठ 5.2 The Secret of the Machines
Exercise | Q A. 1. | पृष्ठ १५०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

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?


How are today's women portrayed by the poet? 


A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!

Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.


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

Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.

Who does he refer to?


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.”

What was the nature of the cricket? How do you know?


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

Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket,

The ant refused to help the cricket. Why?


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

He wished only to borrow,
He’d repay it tomorrow.

Give more examples of rhyming words from the poem.


Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.


Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.

Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.

  1. Who tells us to hate our brothers?
  2. What happens when we hate our brothers?
  3. What do we do to ourselves?

How is the mystery depicted in the poem?


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