Q.1. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow: There's a cat named Joe and you wouldn't want to know But he thinks he'd like to be a Hippopotamus And he sounds very strange, and he really wants to change And in that way he's just like a lot of us Oh, it wouldn't be so bad if he was certified as mad But he's not... he holds a normal conversation Its just that within he's in a different kind ofskin And it causes him a lot of botheration An identity crises in a bloke like that Has got to get a high consideration At times we're all like that, the hippo and the cat And it can make for very strange conversation You see, Joe can't swim... it's just not natural to him He gets his fur wet and whiskers out of shape And a hippo feels a dud unless he's wallowing in mud With his toothy mouth all agape But you look into Joe's eyes and know he loves the shape and size Ofhis big, round cousin in the water So he sits by the river with his hearts all a-quiver Wanting what he really shouldn't ought An identity crises in a bloke like that Has got to get a high consideration At times we are all like that, the hippo and the cat I guess we'd sometimes like to change our situation (a) (b) (C) (d) (e) Give a suitable title to the poem. What is personification? How is it used in the poem? Do you find the poem quite humorous? Give two reason Which link in the poem is repeated? Explain the link. What is the central idea of the poem?
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1. Give a suitable title to the poem.
"THE CAT NAMED JEO"
2. What is personification?
Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art, as an anthropomorphic metaphor.
3. How is it used in the poem?
This poem is Personification because…
This poem is an example of personification because in the poem a cat is poeple things. For example the cat wishes and dreams to be a hippopotamus.
4. Do you find the poem quite humorous?
Yes. The poem is full of humour. The narrator’s father falling over and over again was quite humorous.
5. Give two reason Which link in the poem is repeated?
There's a cat named Joe
6. Explain the link. What is the central idea of the poem?
The central theme of a poem represents its controlling idea. This idea is crafted and developed throughout the poem and can be identified by assessing the poem's rhythm, setting, tone, mood, diction and, occasionally, title.
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