Page No: 141 Thinking about the Poem 1. What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloured/Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them? Answer The “great honey-coloured/Ramparts at your ear” refers to the beautiful yellow coloured hair that falls at the woman’s ear and …
Page No: 132 Thinking about the Poem 1. Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names. Answer The characters in this poem are Belinda, a little black kitten, a little grey mouse, a little yellow dog, a little pet dragon and a pirate. Character Pet name Kitten Ink Mouse …
Page No: 115 Thinking about the Poem 1. (i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like? (ii) How does the fog come? (iii) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to? (iv) Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the …
Page No: 100 Thinking about the Poem 1. (i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest. (ii) What picture do these words create in your mind: “… sun bury its feet in shadow…”? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet’? Answer (i) The three things …
Page No: 84 Thinking about the Poem 1. Notice the use of the word ‘turn’ in the first line, “I think I could turn and live with animals…” What is the poet turning from? Answer The poet is turning away from living with other humans as he finds them complicated and false. He would …
Amanda! NCERT Solutions Class 10th Page No: 62 Thinking about the Poem 1. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this? Answer Amnada is must be about 9−10 years old. She is school going girl. The things that her mother scolds her for are all typical instructions given to a 9 or10 year …
Page No: 47 Thinking about the Poem In pairs, attempt the following questions 1. Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball? Answer The poet wants the boy to experience the loss. He should learn that it is the part of life. …
Page No: 45 Thinking about the Poem 1. Does ‘dying’ really rhyme with ‘lion’? Can you say it in such a way that it does? Answer No, ‘dying’ does not rhyme with ‘lion’. It is for this reason that the poet has used ‘dyin’ so that when we pronounce it, it rhymes with ‘lion’. …
Page No: 30 Thinking about the Poem 1. Read the poem again, and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks. (i) Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the case and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns. (ii) Find the words that describe the …
Page No: 15 Thinking about the Poem 1. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the sun got so hot that it ‘burst’, or grew colder and colder? Answer Yes I believe that this world …
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