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Question 1: Imagine that your class has to be divided into groups or houses. Each house will have their own colour, symbol/emblem, motto, dress code, a common room with objects of their intere

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Question 1: Read the lines of the following poem. Guess and fill in suitable words to make the lines rhyme :

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Golden Glow:

Question 3

Question 1: If you were asked to draw a detailed picture of the scene described in the poem, what objects, animals, natural features, etc. will you show in the picture? Make a list.

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I would show the following in my picture : moon, trees, fruits, the night sky, a house with a thatched roof, a dog in a kennel, doves in their dovecotes, a mouse, a stream, fish and reeds.

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Question 2: Write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme of the poem.

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Rhyming words are : moon – shoon, sees – trees, catch – thatch, log – dog, peep – sleep, by – eye, gleam – stream. The rhyme scheme is aa, bb, cc, and so on in rhyming couplets.

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Question 3: Underline the word silver/silvery in the poem. In what lines does it occur? What pattern S does it show? Ans. The word silver/silvery occurs in the second | line of every couplet.

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Yes, I can think of a seaside scene, with the setting sun throwing golden light over everything.

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Question 5: The same landscape appears different at different times. What message can we draw from this?

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The landscape changes according to the light from the sky. In this poem, the poet makes us look at ordinary moonlight in a different way. The message we can draw from this is how, in different situations, we might perceive the same scene completely differently.

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Question 6: Read ‘The Listeners’ and ‘Someone’ – poems by Walter de la Mare. English Kumarbharati 9th Digest Chapter 3.1 Silver Additional Important Questions and Answers Simple Factual Activi

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1. The objects that are at rest without any motion : trees, casements, thatch, kennel, cote, water. 2. The animals that are at rest without any motion : dog, doves, fish.

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Question 1: How has the harvest mouse been described?

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The moonlight reflects on the eye and claws of the harvest mouse, making them look silvery. The mouse is running somewhere quickly.

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Question 2: How has the poet described the scene near the stream?

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The stream is gleaming with silver light. The fish in the stream are motionless and shining. There are silver reeds near the stream.

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Question 3: The poet has described a countryside scene. What tells you this?

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The poet talks about the moonlight falling on fruits, trees, thatched houses, a dog in the kennel, doves, a harvest mouse, reeds and streams with fish. All this will be present only in the countryside and not in cities.

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Question 1: Explain the figure of speech ‘Personification’ j in the first two lines.

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In these lines, the moon is personified. She is i given the human quality of walking in her silver shoes.

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Question 4: Can you think of a parallel scene of dawn or evening when everything is steeped in golden light?

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Question 1: Which of the objects, animals, etc. mentioned in the poem are at rest without any motion?

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Question 2: Give one example of Alliteration from the poem. Ans. ‘By silver reeds in a silver stream.’ The sound of the letter ‘s’ is repeated. Appreciation of Poem. Note: The point format giv

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