Q1.Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
"I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust-layers of the globe,
And all that them without me were seeds only, latent ;
And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own origin,
And make pure and beautify it."
(a) What does the word 'lave' in the above extract mean?
(b) Who is I' in the above extract?
(c) How does it give back life to its own origin?
(d) What will remain unborn without rain?
(e) Name the poet of the poem from which the extract has been taken.
(1) The second line "And al. . unborn" brings out which of the following qualities of the rain?
(i) permanence
(iii) pride
(ii) beauty
(iv) generative ability
Answers
Answer:
a)lave means wash
b)rain/water
c)by raining
d)seeds
e)---
f)iv generative ability
Explanation:
a)washing of all the dirt on the earth
b)all are seeds without me means,without watering a plant it's just seeds
c)when it rains all the flours and Fiona come to life without water it's not possible
d)without water/rain seeds can't grow healthy
e)-----
f)----
Answer:
The word 'lave' in the extract means to wash or bathe.
Explanation:
From the above question,
They have given :
"I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust-layers of the globe,
And all that them without me were seeds only, latent ;
And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own origin,
And make pure and beautify it."
(a) What does the word 'lave' in the above extract mean?
(b) Who is I' in the above extract?
(c) How does it give back life to its own origin?
(d) What will remain unborn without rain?
(e) Name the poet of the poem from which the extract has been taken.
(1) The second line "And al. . unborn" brings out which of the following qualities of the rain?
(i) permanence
(iii) pride
(ii) beauty
(iv) generative ability
ANSWER:
(a) The word 'lave' in the extract means to wash or bathe.
(b) The speaker in the poem is the rain.
(c) The rain gives back life to its own origin by providing moisture and nourishment to the dust-layers and atomies of the earth, thus allowing them to develop and grow.
(d) Without rain, seeds would remain unborn.
(e) The poem from which the extract has been taken is called "Rain" and it was written by the American poet George Inness.
(1) (iv) Generative Ability
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