Q4) Read the poem and answer the following questions.
Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream. In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village I live. I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am. I load my little boats with shiuli flower from our garden, and hope that theses blooms of the down will be carried safely to land in the night. I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting thee white bulging sails. I know not what playmate of mine in the sky and sends them down the air to race When night comes, I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float with my boats! on and on under the midnight stars. The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets of dreams.
1. How will the clouds help the paper boats? (2 mark for GPS and ½ mark for 1 complete sentence).
2. What message does the poet want to give through this poem? (2 mark for GPS and mark for complete sentence).
3. Find the metaphor in the poem. (1 mark for the correct answer). 4. Pick out the alliterations in the poem. (1 mark for the correct answer).
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Explanation:
Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream. In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village I live. I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am. I load my little boats with shiuli flower from our garden, and hope that theses blooms of the down will be carried safely to land in the night. I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting thee white bulging sails. I know not what playmate of mine in the sky and sends them down the air to race When night comes, I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float with my boats! on and on under the midnight stars. The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets of dreams.
1. How will the clouds help the paper boats? (2 mark for GPS and ½ mark for 1 complete sentence).
2. What message does the poet want to give through this poem? (2 mark for GPS and mark for complete sentence).
3. Find the metaphor in the poem. (1 mark for the correct answer). 4. Pick out the alliterations in the poem. (1 mark for the correct answer).