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Question
If you were asked to draw a detailed picture of the scene described in the poem, what object, animals, natural features, etc. will you show in the picture? Make a list.
Solution
Objects: Houses, windows, kennel, nests.
Animals: Dogs, doves, mouse, fish.
Natural features: Moon, moonlight, trees, fruits, river, river plants.
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Imagine that your class has to be divided into groups or houses. Each house will have its own colour, symbol/ emblem, motto, dress code, a common room with objects of their interest, and suitable furniture.
Think of sets of four names for the groups. Form groups and work out the (imaginary) details for each set. Some suggestions are Neem - Colour, yellow; Symbol, the sun; Motto, ‘Health is wealth’; Dress code, yellow waist belt; etc. Cane furniture, green and yellow curtains, and herbariums in the common room.
| Category | Names | |||
| Metals | steel | copper | Silver | gold |
| Flowers | ||||
| Stars or galaxies | ||||
| Trees | Neem | Banyan | Gulmohur | Ashoka |
| Seasons | ||||
Write the rhyming words and the rhyme scheme of the poem (Silver).
Underline the word silver/silvery in the poem. In which lines does it occur? What pattern does it show?
- Have you ever attended a sky-watch or a star-gazing party?
- Have you ever slept under the open sky?
- Do you study at night or early in the morning?
- Do you sleep with your windows closed or open?
Why does everything appear silver in the poem?
Which of the objects, animals, etc in the poem are at rest without any motion?
Only two things are shown to move in the poem. Which are they?
