1. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
"Good gracious! How you hop!
Over the fields and the water too.
As if you never would stop!
My life is a bore in this nasty pond,
And I long to go out in the world beyond!
I wish I could hop like you!
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo
(a) What poetic device has been used in the second line?
(b) Why is the Kangaroo been appreciated?
(c) What is the desire of the speaker?
(d) Find the word from the above lines which means 'unpleasant'
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Answers
Answer- The above question is from the poem 'The Duck And the Kangaroo'.
Given question: Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
"Good gracious! How you hop!
Over the fields and the water too.
As if you never would stop!
My life is a bore in this nasty pond,
And I long to go out in the world beyond!
I wish I could hop like you!''
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo
(a) What poetic device has been used in the second line?
(b) Why is the Kangaroo been appreciated?
(c) What is the desire of the speaker?
(d) Find the word from the above lines which means 'unpleasant'.
Answer: (a) 'Visual Imagery' is the poetic device used in the second line as the hopping of kangaroo over the fields and water can be visualized.
(b) The Kangaroo is being appreciated because he can hop very well and the Duck also wants to hop and live a life like him.
(c) The desire of the speaker i.e. the Duck is to see the world beyond the nasty pond and hop like the Kangaroo and visit different places.
(d) The word in the above lines which means 'unpleasant' is 'nasty'.
Explanation:
The word ‘gracious’ means in the poem ‘The Duck and Kangaroo