Question

My heart was so light
That I sang day and night
For all nature looked gay.
“You sang, Sir, you say?
Go then “says the ant, “and dance the winter away”.
1. Why does the speaker say that his heart was light?
2. Why did the ant suggest to her listener, ‘to dance the winter away’?
3. Identify and explain the poetic device in the line, “You sang, Sir, you say?”
4. Write the rhyming scheme in the above stanza
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Answer 1

Answer:

4. Say-gay, Light-night

Answer 2

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Explanation:

• It was cricket's habit  to spend all of his summer time in singing day and night. He said so because he was too happy due to the nature that seemed to be sunny.

• The ant said this line to cricket as the cricket is very lazy. He waste his time in summer and keep shivering in winter. So the ant suggested him to dance in winter to feel warm.

• The poetic device used here is alliteration.

• The rhyming scheme of this stanza is a a b b.