Chapter 11 For Anne Gregory (poem)
Chapter 11 For Anne Gregory (poem) Thinking About the Poem (page 141) Question 1. What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloued /Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them? Answer: The young man in the poem praises the great honey-colored hair of Anne. Anne’s […]
Chapter 10 The Tale of Custard the Dragon (Poem)
Chapter 10 The Tale of Custard the Dragon (Poem) Thinking about the poem (132) Question 1. Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names. Answer: The characters in this poem are Belinda, a little girl, and her pets: a little black kitten, a little grey mouse, a little yellow dog, […]
Chapter 9 Fog (Poem)
Chapter 9 Fog (Poem) Thinking About the Poem(Page 115) Question 1. 1. What does Sandburg think the fog is like? 2. How does the fog come? 3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to? CBSE 2012 4. Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that […]
Chapter 8 The Trees
Chapter 8 The Trees Thinking about the Poem (Page 100,101) Question 1. 1. Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest. 2. What picture do these words create in your mind: “….. sun bury its feet in shadow…..1′? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet’? Answer: 1. […]
Chapter 7 Animals (poem)
Chapter 7 Animals (poem) Thinking About the Poem(Page 84) Question 1. Notice the use of the word ‘turn’ in the first line, “I think I could turn and live with animals…”. What is the poet turning from? Answer: In this line here, the poet wants to turn from human into an animal. This turning is […]
Chapter 6 Amanda (poem)
Chapter 6 Amanda (poem) Thinking about the Poem(Page 62) Question 1. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this? Answer: Amanda is about a 9-10 year old school going girl. She is being scolded for things typical for that particular age. Her parents are trying to inculcate in her good manners […]
Chapter 5 The Ball Poem (poem)
Chapter 5 The Ball Poem (poem) Thinking About the Poem(Page 47) In pairs, attempt the following questions Question 1. Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball? Answer: The poet says, “I would not intrude on him” because he does not want […]
Chapter 4 How to Tell Wild Animals (Poem)
Chapter 4 How to Tell Wild Animals (Poem) Thinking about the Poem(Page 45) Question 1. Does ‘Dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’ ? Can you say it in such a way that it does? Answer: No, ‘Dyin’ does not rhyme with ‘lion’. If we change the pronunciation of lion by speaking it as ‘lying’ then it […]
Chapter 3 A Tiger in the Zoo (Poem)
Chapter 3 A Tiger in the Zoo (Poem) Thinking About the Poem(Page 30) Question 1. Read the poem again and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks. 1. Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the cage and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns. […]
Chapter 2 Fire and Ice (poem)
Chapter 2 Fire and Ice (poem) Thinking about the Poem(Page 15) Question 1. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the Sun gets so hot that it ‘bursts’ or grows colder and colder? Answer: There […]