Exercise | Q A.2 | Page 47 Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below. They growl at that and they growl at this; Whatever comes, there is something amiss;

Exercise | Q A.2 | Page 47

Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

They growl at that and they growl at this;
Whatever comes, there is something amiss;

1. What does the word ‘growl’ mean here?
2. Why do they find everything amiss?

SOLUTION

1. The word ‘growl’ means shouting or snarling at everything.
2. They find everything amiss or quite wrong because they are never satisfied with anything. They shout and complain about everything.