Question

Polenta
124/HONEYCOMB
Explore the meadow houses,
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses,
The ant's amazing mound.
Oh! Meadows have surprises
And many things to tell;
You may discover these yourself,
If you look and listen well.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Question 1:

What surprises do the meadows have to offer you?

Solution:

Meadows have too many surprises offer in the form of pleasure of the sounds of brook and the feeling of soft velvety grass.

Question 2:

Why is it a great pleasure to walk through the meadows?

Solution:

It is a great pleasure to walk through the meadows because its grass is as soft as a velvet that gives you a pleasant walk.

 

Question 3:

What does the poet call ‘buttercup’as? Why?

Solution:

The poet figuratively uses the word ‘buttercup’ for flowers and buds. The poet calls them so because they offer a lot of sweet nector to the butterflies, to sip.

Question 4:

What must have been called as the ‘drinking straws’ by the poet?

(a) Plastic pipes to drink juices

(b) Twigs of the trees in bushes

(c) Proboscis of the insects

(d) The straw that the poet carrier with himself to drink river water.

Solution:

(c) Proboscis of the insects.

Question 5:

Which word in the poem is a synonym of ‘sup’ or ‘drink with mouthfuls’?

(a) Sip

(b) Unfold

(c) Suck

(d) Brook

Solution:

(a) Sip

 

Question 6:

Which is the word in the extract that means ‘a liquid sweet juice?

(a) Velvet (b) Meadow

(c) Brook (d) Nectar

Solution:

(d) Nectar