Question

ead the following poem and answer the questions .

I had a dove and the sweet dove died

And I thought it died of of grieving

O, what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied

With a silken thread of my own hand’s weaving

Sweet little red feet! Why should you die?

Why should you leave me?sweet bird why?

You lived alone on the forest-tree,

Why, pretty thing! would you not live with me?

I kissed you oft and gave you white peas:

Why not live sweetly, as in the green trees?



1. Why did the bird feel miserable?

2. What did the bird lose though the comforts were given ?

3. Where does the bird prefer to live?

4. Give the antonym of the word pretty?

5. What did the poet give to the bird?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. the bird felt miserable because it was tied.

2. the bird lost its freedom

3. the bird prefers to live in the forest.

4.ugly

5. the poet gave the bird a prison. the poet gave the bird a silk thread to which the dove was tied. the poet gave the dove soft oft and white peas.

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