Unseen Poem-Question-50(2)-L-6 (1)
Unseen Poem-Question-50(2)-L-6 (1)
Unseen Poem-Question-50(2)-L-6 (1)
Monthly Test
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But not a kind word. The splendid joy of the stars, - the joy of the Earth.
My sorrow passed I paid him back So we must laugh and drink from
The gold he gave to me, a deep blue cup of the sky.
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks Join the jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by,
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And blessed his charity. Laugh, and battle, and work,
I lay in want and grief, and pain and drink of the wine outpoured.
A poor man passed my way In the dear green Earth,
He bound my head, he gave me bread; the sign of the joy of the Lord.
He watched me night and day; Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin,
How shall I pay him back again Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful inn,
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Oh, gold is great but greater far
Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends.
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Laugh till the game is played: and be you merry,
Is heavenly sympathy. my friends.
i. One day the poet was in i. What is the central idea of the poem?
i. Trouble ii. What is theblow with which the poet wants us to
ii. Need of money
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ii. A man always regards his friend tions that follow: (1x5=5)
iii. Enmity never comes WHOSE woods these are I think I know.
iv. A man is always happy in the company of his His house is in the village though;
friend. He will not see me stopping here
iv. In the last line of the above poem the poet wants To watch his woods fill up with snow.
to convey that My little horse must think it queer
i. One should believe in friendship To stop without a farm - house near
ii. The faults of a man are highlighted by his friend Between the woods and frozen lake
after his death The darkest evening of the year.
iii. The faults of a man are forgotten by his friend He gives his harness bells a shake
after his death To ask if there is some mistake.
iv. One should not run after fame and friendship. The only other sound’s the sweep
v. The word recall means Of easy wind and downy flake.
i. Forget The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
ii. Come close But I have promises to keep,
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iii. Help And miles to go before I sleep,
iv. Remember And miles to go before I sleep.
[5] i. In the last stanza of the poem, there is a repetition
4) Read the following poems carefully: (1x5=5) of the line; And miles to go before I sleep.’ The
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Fame is a food that dead men eat, poet has repeated the line to
I have no stomach for such meat. i. Make the poem interesting
In little light and narrow room, ii. Emphasize his responsibilities
They eat in the silent tomb. iii. Attract the readers
With no kind voice of comrade near iv. Express the idea of the poem more forcefully.
To bid the feaster be of cheer. ii. When the poet says ‘But I have promises to keep’;
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But friendship is a noble thing, he means that -
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Of friendship, it is good to sing. i. He has to make his life successful
For truly when a man shall end, ii. He has certain duties which he must discharge
He lives in the memory of his friend, iii. He has to follow what he has said to his friends
Who doth his better part recall, iv. He has to make people happy.
And of his fault make the funeral. iii. The woods are covered with -
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iii. Fame is something like a food iv. Who gives the harness bells a shake?
iv. Fame dies with one’s death. i. Horse
ii. Friendship is a noble thing because ii. Poet
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You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!’ iii. Proud
i. In the poem above ‘beautifully drest’ refers to - iv. Kind.
i. Having gaudy dress v. The phrase such a dot means
ii. Decorated with nature’s beauty i. So small
iii. Wearing costly dresses ii. So fat
iv. Wearing cheap but beautiful dresses. iii. So big
ii. The poet calls the world “beautifully drest’ because iv. So kind.
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i. It looks beautiful 8) Read the following poem carefully: - (1 x 5 = 5)
ii. It has wonderful grass curled around it In London Town
iii. It is covered with fine clothes It was a bird of paradise
iv. It is covered with green leaves. Over the roofs he flew
iii. The wind in the poem talks to - Children clapped their hands and cried:” How nice!
i. Passersby Look - his wings are blue!”
ii. Trees His body was of ruby red
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iii. Clouds His eyes were burning gold
iv. Itself. All the grown - up people said
iv. The poet calls the earth - ”What a pity the creature is not dead,
i. Unfriendly For then it could be sold”
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ii. Friendly One was braver than the rest,
iii. Proud He took a loaded gun
iv. Kind. Aiming at the emerald chest
v. The phrasesuch a dot means - He shot the creature through the breast,
i. So small Down it fell in the sun. It was not heavy, it was not fat
ii. So fat And folk began to stare
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iv. So kind And such outlandish feathers as that
[5] Why, who could ever wear?”
7) Read the following poems carefully: (1 x 5 = 5) They flung it into the river brown
Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, ”A pity the creature died!”
With the wonderful water round, you curled, Thus they said in
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And the wonderful grass upon your breast London town But all the children cried.
World, you are beautifully dressed. i. ”Children clapped and cried” shows that
The wonderful air is over me, i. They were celebrating
And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree, ii. They were happy and excited
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It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, iii. They were very sad and emotional
And talks to itself on the tops of the hills. iv. They were shouting at each other
You friendly Earth, how far do you go, ii. The grown - ups were materialistic as
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With the wheat - fields that nod and the rivers that flow, i. They wanted to eat the bird and sell its feathers
With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles, ii. They wanted to throw the bird into the river
And people upon you for thousands of miles? iii. They wanted to sell the bird for a huge sum
Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, iv. They wanted to kill the bird to save their town
I tremble to think of you, World, at all; iii. The adults do not have
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ii. The poet calls the world ‘beautifully dressed’ because iv. They stared at the outlandish bird in disaster
i. It looks beautiful v. The word ’outlandish’ here means
ii. It has wonderful grass curled around it i. Out of land
iii. It is covered with fine clothes ii. Unusual and strange
iv. It is covered with green leaves. iii. Ordinary
iii. The wind in the poem talks to iv. Colourful
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ii. Trees 9) Read the passage given below carefully and answer the
iii. Clouds questions that follow:
iv. Itself. There’s a Polar Bear
iv. The poet calls the earth In our Frigidaire
i. Unfriendly He likes it ’cause it’s cold in there.
ii. Friendly With his seat in the meat
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And his face in the fish His looks were cold, he gave me gold,
And his big hairy paws But not a kindly word.
In the buttery dish, My sorrow passed I paid him back
He’s nibbling the noodles, The gold he gave to me,
He’s munching the rice, Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
He’s slurping the soda, And blessed his charity.
He’s licking the ice. I lay in want and grief, and pain
And he lets out a roar A poor man passed my way
If you open the door. He bound my head, he gave me bread;
And it gives me a scare He watched me night and day;
To know he’s is there How shall I pay him back again
That Polar Bear For all, he did to me?
In our Frigidaire. Oh, gold is great but greater far
i. What according to the poem is the poet talking about Is heavenly sympathy.
the Polar Bear? i. One day the poet was in -
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(a) He is taking a nap i. Trouble
(b) he is trying to escape the place ii. Need of money
(c) he is enjoying his food iii. Need of a friend
(d) None of the above iv. Depression.
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ii. What does the bear do when the poet opens the ii. The proud rich man offered the poet -
door i. Sympathy
(a) He gives him a scare by letting out a roar ii. Money
(b) He offers him his buttery dish iii. Bread
(c) He requests him to take him away iv. Tea.
(d) He slurps to soda ion front of the door iii. The poet was in a fix because -
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iii. What is the bear doing with the noodles? i. He didn’t know how to pay back to the rich
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(a) Licking proud man
(b) Munching ii. He didn’t know the poor man who served him
(c) Slurping so much
(d) Nibbling iii. He wanted to give money to the poor man but
iv. Find a word from the passage meaningto ingest (food he had no money
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or drink) with loud sucking noise. iv. He didn’t know how to pay back to the poor
(a) Munch man’s service to him.
(b) Lick iv. The poet realised in the last that -
(c) Slurp i. The poor man was better than the rich man
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