Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:-

Thanks for the start to the lives that we’ve had.

Thanks for the nights that you went without rest.

So many memories, most happy, some sad;

If you weren’t perfect, you still passed the test,

Holding our hands, holding back all the fears.

Thank you sincerely for all of those years.

So many hours that you worked to provide

Multiplied by all the days that we grew,

When we behaved and the times we defied,

Never a doubt we could still count on you,

Making our laughter and drying our tears.

Thank you sincerely for all of those years.

Thanks for the rules that we wished were not there.

Thanks for the wisdom we sometimes denied.

All the attention and all of the care,

All the forgiveness and all of the pride,

Pointing out faults but then calling out cheers.

Thank you sincerely for all of those years.

For the examples you set every day,

Teaching with actions, those lessons hold tight.

We hardly knew just how much you could say

Simply by doing what you knew was right.

Now that we’re older, the logic appears.

Thank you sincerely for all of those years.

Thank you for love not required to be earned,

Not ever fading as time moves along.

You have to know that the love is returned,

Not always showing, but always so strong,

And you still care as your golden time nears.

Thank you sincerely for all of the years.

1. On the basis of your reading of the poem, answer the following questions briefly. (4m)

a) For what all does the poet thank ‘you’ in the first stanza?

b) How did ‘you’ teach important lessons of life?

c) Which word in the second stanza is the antonym of ‘obeyed’?

d) Which word in the third stanza is the synonym of ‘pardon’?

2. On the basis of your reading of the poem, complete the statements given below by choosing the most

appropriate option. (2m)

a) The poem is addressed to all

(i) people in general (ii) parents universally

(iii) past memories (iv) golden years

b) The meaning of the phrase ‘golden time’ in the last stanza is

(i) rebirth (ii) time when your hair will become golden

(iii) time when you will go to heaven (iv) old age
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Answer 1

Answer:

And you still care as your golden time nears.