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Question
Does ‘Dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’ ? Can you say it in such a way that it does?
Solution
No, ‘Dyin’ does not rhyme with ‘lion’. If we change the pronunciation of lion by speaking it as ‘lying’ then it may rhyme with the word ‘dyin’.
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How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When can you do so according to him?
Do you think the words ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ in the third stanza are spelt correctly? Why does the poet spell them like this?
Do you know what a ‘bearhug’ is? It’s a friendly and strong hug-such as bears are thought to give, as they attack you! Again, hyenas are thought to laugh and crocodiles to weep (‘crocodile tears’) as they swallow their victims. Are there similar expressions and popular ideas about wild animals in your own language (s)?
Look at the line ‘A novice might nonplus.” How would you write this ‘correctly’? Why is the poet’s ‘incorrect’ line better in the poem?
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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option:
| If strolling forth, a beast you view, Whose hide with spots is peppered, As soon as he has leapt on you, You'll know it's the leopard. 'Twill do no good to roar with pain, He'll only lep and lep again. |
- One can find out that it is a leopard by the way it ______. (1)
- leaps
- eats
- looks
- roars
- State whether the following statement is true or false: (1)
When an animal repeatedly leaps at a person, it is a leopard. - Complete the sentence appropriately: (1)
It is clear that repetition is a poetic device used for 'lep and lep again' because ______.
(Clue: explain how repetition is applied here.) - The Royal Bengal Tiger has black stripes on yellow skin whereas a leopard has ______. (1)
- Complete the analogy with a word from the extract: (1)
claws : nails :: ? : skin
