English Poem With Answers:
Poem No. 1.
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
A.1. Complete the following.[2]
(i) While watching T.V. the children avoid __________________ and ______________.
(ii) While watching television, children allow the mothers ____________.
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink- -
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
A.2. In every house, what have been children doing in front of the T.V.? [2]
A.3. Pick out an example of Hyperbole from the above extract. [1]
Answers:
A.1. (i) climbing over the window, fighting with each other.
(ii) to cook and wash the dishes in the sink.
A.2. The children have been gaping at the screen. They are lazy and they sit as if they are hypnotised by the junk that is shown on the T.V.
A.3. And stare until their eyes pop out. A dozen eyeballs on the floor.
Poem No. 2.
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
B.1 Complete the following. [2]
(i) We replenish ourselves for ___________ .
(ii) We choose not to care for _____________ .
Tell me is it right
That we sleep well at night
Replenishing ourselves
For tomorrow's greedy fight
There lie abundant rivers with pollution
There fly multiple clouds with contamination
And when good food goes to waste
The valleys of the earth bury their paste
Our world is an institution
Of environmental pollution
We choose not to care
For our future generations
And I for one am guilty
For buying the hundreds of electronic gadgets
That attracts the industries to produce like maggots
Environmental pollution is at the heart of our planet
B.2. What is the message conveyed through the poem? [2]
B.3. Give the rhyme scheme of the extract. [1]
Answers:
B.1. (i) tomorrow’s greedy fight
(ii) our future generations
B.2. Due to our heavy dependence on electronic products, the pollution level has increased at an alarming rate. This is now endangering every living species on earth, be it plants, animals, or mankind.
B.3. The rhyme scheme of the given extract is irregular.
Poem No. 3
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
B.1. State whether the following statements are true or false.
(i) As a nation, we need to shower our love and respect on the elderly.
(ii) We should let the young generation guide our course.
"Oh the value of the elderly! How could anyone not know?
They hold so many keys, so many things they can show.
We all will reach the other side this I firmly believe
And the elderly are closest oh what clues we could retrieve.
For their characters are closest to how we’ll be on high.
They are the ones most developed, you can see it if you try.
They’ve let go of the frivolous and kept things that are dear.
The memories of so sweet, of loved ones that were near.
As a nation we are missing our greatest true resource,
To get to know our elders and let them guide our course."
B.2. What memories do the elders let go of and what do they retain ?
B.3. “Oh the value of the elderly!
How could any one not know ?”
Which figure of speech do we come across in this line ?
Answers:
B.1. (i) True
(i) False
B.2. The elders let go of frivolous things and they retain things that are dear to them.
B.3. The figure of speech we come across here are exclamation and interrogation.
Poem No. 4
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
A.1. Match the column.
A B
(i) forests (a) sighing
(ii) wild life (b) drying
(iii) earth (c) dying
(iv) rivers (d) crying
(e) flooding
The forests are dying
Wildlife is crying
Millions of fish are dying
Mother earth is sighing
Tell me is it right
That we sleep well at night
Replenishing ourselves
For tomorrows greedy fight
Overcrowded trains
Overloaded brains
Where is the light? What is our plight?
While river break their banks
And greedy industries play their polluted pranks.
A.2. What is the message conveyed through the poem?
A.3. The figure of speech in the following line is ____________.
“While rivers break their banks.”
(a) Personification
(b) Repetition
(c) Alliteration
(d) Interrogation
Answers:
A.1. (i - c), (ii - d), (iii - a), (iv - e)
A.2. The poet says that man has ignorantly ruined this planet earth due to his selfishness. Still the solution lies in our hands. If we take care to rebuild our planet, we may be able to save it from perishing any further.
A.3. (b) Alliteration
Poem No. 5
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
A.1. Fill in the blanks.
(i) There was a roaring in the _________.
(ii) The birds are singing in the distant ________.
There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising calm and bright,
The birds are singing in the distant woods;
Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;
The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters.
All things that love the sun are out of doors;
The sky rejoices in the morning's birth;
The grass is bright with raindrops - on the moors
The hare is running races in her mirth;
And with her feet she from the plashy earth
Raises a mist; that, glittering in the sun,
Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
A.2. Match the following.
A B
(i) Stock-dove (a) running races
(ii) Jay (b) chatters
(iii) Hare (c) broods
(iv) Magpie (d) answers the Magpie
(e) roaring
A.3. The figure of speech of the following line is _____________.
“The sky rejoices in the morning’s birth”
(a) Alliteration
(b) Inversion
(c) Personification
(d) Onomatopoeia
Answers:
A.1. (i) wind
(ii) woods
A. 2. (i - c), (ii - d), (iii - a), (iv - b)
A. 3. (c) Personification
Poem No. 6
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
B.1. State whether the following statements are true or false. [2]
(i) The poet salutes our freedom.
(ii) The poet wishes to learn to bear the lamp of peace.
(iii) The poet says that the rulers' hands are stained with blood.
(iv) The crass enemies of truth wear the grinning mask of progress.
Let us salute Republic Day - let us salute its rising sun,
And let us greet our Motherland and bow before her feet and say
Mother! your millions meet and swear on this, our proud Republic Day,
That we shall sink all differences and see all bickering is done -
We shall arise to dream like one, to toil like one, to build like one.
O Mother! teach our hands to bear
The lamp of peace your hands have borne
Through centuries of stress and strife.
May your chaste image make us dare
To bare the mark which Time has worn,
Black mask of death to frighten life!
The grinning mask of death and doom worn by crass enemies of
truth.
Who have raised gardens for themselves over the grave of martyred
youth,
Over the graveyards of the world have planted, with loud boast and
brag.
With insolent, relentless hands, their base, unblushing bloodstained
flag.
Republic Day of India! Your dawning shall begin to mark
New harbour lights for troubled ships about to flounder in the dark,
The dark which tyranny has wrought across all earth and sea and
sky,
Who claps his callous hands in glee and laughs to see the millions
die…
B.2. How does the poet want us to show respect to our motherland ? [2]
B.3. Give one example of Transferred Epithet and give the explanation. [1]
Answers:
B.1. (i) False (ii) True
(iii) False (iv) False
B.2. The poet wants us to greet our Motherland, to bow before her feet, to promise to sink all our differences and do away with petty fights.
B.3. Who claps his callous hands in glee and laughs to see the millions die… (The adjective 'callous' has been transferred from 'the enemy to hands'.)
Mother! your millions meet and swear on this, our proud Republic Day (The adjective proud has been transferred from 'people to Rublic
Day'.)
(Write ANY ONE)
Poem No. 7
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
B.1. State whether the following statements are true or false.
(i) When a little boy grows he does not share his secrets with his mother.
(ii) The mother becomes very busy when she grows old.
For life is short, the years rush past…
A little boy grows up so fast.
No longer is he at your side
His precious secrets to confide.
The picture books are put away,
There are no longer games to play,
No good-night kiss,
No prayers to hear…
That all belongs to yesteryear.
My hands, once busy, now are still,
The days are long and hard to fill,
I wish I could go back and do
The little things you asked me to.
B.2. What is the mother trying to convey through this poem?
B.3. Match the following.
A B
(i) life (a) busy
(ii) secrets (b) little
(iii) hands (c) short
(iv) things (d) precious
Answers:
B.1. (i) True
(ii) False
B.2. The mother conveys her regret and guilt about the fact that she couldn’t spend more time with her son when he required it most.
B.3. (i - c), (ii - d), (iii - a), (iv - b)
Poem No. 8
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
A.1. Fill in the blanks.
(i) The most important thing that we have learned is ____________.
(ii) The poet Roald Dahl calls the television ______________.
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink- -
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
A.2. In every house, what have been children doing in front of the T.V.?
A.3. Pick out an example of Hyperbole from the above extract.
Answers:
A.1. (i) to never allow the children near the television set
(ii) an idiotic thing
A.2. The children have been gaping at the screen. They are lazy and they sit as if they are hypnotised by the junk that is shown on the T.V.
A.3. And stare until their eyes pop out. / A dozen eyeballs on the floor.
Poem No. 9
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
A.1. Choose the correct alternative.
(i) We should treat chance and opportunities ___________.
(a) with fear (b) with money (c) boldly and happily
(ii) We must make money but _____________.
(a) hold friends (b) gain it to the (c) not use it
It's doing your job the best you can,
And being just to your fellow man;
It's making money - but holding friends, And being true to your
aims and ends.
It's figuring how and learning why,
And looking forward and thinking high;
And dreaming a little and doing much,
It's keeping always in closest touch.
With what is finest in word and deed,
It's being through, yet making speed;
It's daring blithely the field of chance,
While making labour a brave romance.
A.2. Look at the line, 'With what is finest in word and deed?' What message of life do you get in this line?
A.3. Match the following.
A B
(i) holding (a) much
(ii) doing (b) high
(iii) making (c) friends
(iv) thinking (d) speed
Answers:
A.1. (i) (c) boldly and happily
(ii) (a) hold friends
A.2. We should be our best in all that we say and do, i.e. we should put in maximum efforts in every way no matter what the situation is.
A.3. (i - c), (ii - a), (iii - d), (iv - b)
Poem No. 10.
Read the following poem and answer the questions given below : (5 Marks)
B.1. Choose the correct alternative.
(i) ________________ pleases the children.
(a) Cottage cheese (b) Tomato (c) A rare dish
(ii) They will ask for more of ______________
(a) Ice-cream (b) cottage cheese (c) chocolate cake
Tomatoes, onions, peppers, fish,
Garlic nor cottage cheese;
Oh, it's a dish uncommon rare
That truly seems to please.
No red sauce may the ice cream have,
"It's bleeding," they will say;
And gravely hand it to their mum
To take it clean away.
But let us speak of chocolate cake,
It must be frosted o'er;
Then they'll devour three full slabs,
And calmly ask for more.
Oh, I do so always love to eat
With picky little pests,
Whose parents joy to make them
The most undesirable guests!
B.2. Why are the children called undesirable guests ?
B.3. Write the words from the passage which rhyme with the following.
(i) cheese (ii) say
(iii) o'er (iv) pests
Answers:
B.1. (i) (c) A rare dish
(ii) (c) chocolate cake
B.2. The kids are little brats who always keep complaining about the food served to them and are very choosy about the food they want to eat. All the healthy food served to them is a strict no-no. These picky, whining and persnickety nature of the kids turns them into undesirable guests.
B.3. (i) please (ii) away (iii) more (iv) guests
