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Section C (literature - 14)
7 Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.
"words are the food and dress of thought
They give it its body and swing
And everyone's longing today to hear
Some fresh and beautiful thing."
Questions:
(4x1=4)
(a) What are people always eager to hear?
(b) Find a similar word for "desire" from the above stanza.
(c) The poet of the above poem is
i. Peter Dixon
ii. E-Yeh-Shure
iii. Mary O'Neill
d) How are the words related to ideas?
i. without ideas words are meaningless.
ii. both words and ideas play important role.
iii. Every idea/ thought is expressed in words.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) They are longing to hear some fresh and beautiful thing

(b) Longing

(c) iii. Mary O'Neill

(d) ii. both words and ideas play an important role