POEM..............
I went away next year-
Spent a season in Kashmir-
Come back thinner, rather poor. But richer by a cherry tree at my door.
Six feet high my own dark cherry. And I could scarcely believe it -a berry.
Ripened and jeweled in the sun. Hung from a branch-just one.
And next year there were blossoms small
Pink, fragil,quick to fall.
At the merest breath, the sleepiest breeze---
I lay on the grass , at ease, Looking up through leaves at the blue
Blind sky at the finches as they flew.
And flitted through the dappled green.
While bees in an ecstasy drank. Of nectar from each bloom and the sun sank
Swiftly ,and the stars turned in the sky,
And moon -moths and singing cricket and i -
Yes, I-praised Night and stars and tree
That small, the cherry ,grown by me.
1) Complete the following
a) The poet felt richer because-----------
b) The blossoms on the tree were-
2) Use the following words to make the meaningful
a) Scarcely
b) ecstasy
3) Identify and explain the figure of speech. "Spent a season in Kashmir "
4) Write the beneficiaries of the cherry tree.
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Answers
The correct answers for the given questions are as follows:-
a) The poet felt richer because there was a cherry tree at the door of his house. He owned the tree.
b) The blossoms on the tree were small in size, pink in colour and very delicate and fragile, as if they could fall off any moment,
2) Use the following words to make the meaningful
a) Scarcely - We could scarcely think of anything to say at that grave moment.
b) ecstasy - The news of him winning the match gave him ecstasy he had never felt.
3) Identify and explain the figure of speech. "Spent a season in Kashmir "
The figure of speech used in the given sentence is Alliteration.
When there is a similar sound or the occurrence of the same letter at the beginning of adjacent words, it is called alliteration.
4) Write the beneficiaries of the cherry tree.
The beneficiaries of the cherry tree were the poet, the bees, the sun, the moon, the stars and the moths and crickets. All of them seemed to appreciate the beauty of the cherry tree.