Question

Read the following lines carefully and answer the questions: [1x5= 5 Marks]

I took a stroll down Cypress Street

The hot sidewalk beneath my feet.

The one thing that stood out the most

Where trees once stood there were lamppost.

I’d never seen so much concrete

No Cypress left on Cypress Street.

According to my Great Aunt Gem

There used to be a lot of them.

They cut them down. They took their wood

A treeless street is plum no good!

Just like a treeless neighbourhood

So tell the Mayor next time they meet…

To change the name to Lamppost Street!

Answer the following questions:

a) Where does the poet move out for a walk?

b) What has replaced the trees in the street?

c) Who are referred to as “They” in the above lines?

d) Why the poet asks the readers to tell the mayor to change the name of the street to

the Lamppost Street?

e) Mentioned the adjectives used for the words given below from the poem above.

i) ___ sidewalk. ii) _ street.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Cypress Street

2.Lamppost

3.Woodcutters

4.Because there are no more trees left instead of lampposts.

Answer 2

Answer:

Here's the solution to the question.

Explanation:

This poem is called "Cypress Street"

a) The poet moves out for a walk on Cypress Street.

b) Lampposts have replaced the trees in the street.

c) "They" refers to the Woodcutters.

d) The poet asks the readers to tell the mayor to change the name of the street to Lamppost Street because there are no cypress trees left on the street as all the trees were replaced by lampposts.

e) i) "hot" is the adjective for "sidewalk", and ii) "treeless" is the adjective for "street".

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