Question

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Answer 1

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Here is the full poem:-

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill

Be a scrub in the valley--but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway some happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass--

But be the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,

There’s something for all of us here

There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do,

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail

If you can’t be the sun, be a star,

It isn’t by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are!

Answer 2

Be the Best

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valley - but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill,

Be a bush if you can't be a tree

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway, happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass

But be the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,

There's something for all of us here

There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,

And the task we must do is the near

If you can't be a highway then just be a trait

If you can't be the sun, be a star,

It isn't by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are!

Questions: (One sentence answers to be written & submitted on one single

sheet only)

1. What is the poet's tone in the poem?

2. What should be our attitude towards our work?

3. What is the message of the poem?

4. Winning does not depend on .---

5. Which word in the poem means the same as "piece of work is difficult”.

6. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza in the poem?

7. Identify the figures of speech used in these lines:

a. And some highway happier make.

b. If you can't be a pine on top of a hill, be a scrub in the valley.

8. When was the last, you tried to do or be your best?