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