4. Answer any 4 of the following questions, each in a complete sentence: 1x4
(i) Why do the birds hide in cooling trees? (ii) Where from does the cricket shri
(i) What does the line "And summer's lease hath all too short a date” mean?
fiv) Whose gold complexion is dimmed? (v) What is the rhyme scheme of the poe
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day"? (vi) What does the drowsy pers
think when he hears the cricket's song? (vii) Why does the stream look silver
(viii) What does the poet appeal to nature?
5. Complete each of the following sentences, choosing
alternativ
Answers
Answer:
(i) The birds hide in cooling trees because they are exhausted by the scorching heat of summer and hence they want to take a rest.
(ii)The vibrations caused by running the scraper along the file are the source of the cricket's chirp.
(iii)Shakespeare means that summer is short. In modern day terms, a lease is an agreement to pay for borrowing something for a period of time. Therefore, if we apply that definition to a season like summer, we may conclude that the author is stating that the season "hath all too short a date;" that is, it doesn't last long.
(iv)It has the characteristic rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(v)This is the sound of cricket. ... Even the drowsy person when hears the sound feels it as the grasshopper's sound.
(vi) he hears it
(vii)The stream and its surrounding reeds also look as if they are silver coated.
(viii)The poet appeals to nature to keep the soldier warm so that he doesn't catch a cold. He asks the insects not to disturb the soldier as he is peacefully sleeping.
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