Question

Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:

LETTER FROM A PARENT:

Dear sir,

I feel I ought to write

About Tom’s essay-work last night.

Of all the subjects you have set

This seemed the most unwise yet.

“Describe your family”......... Tom wrote it

So well, I just had to stop it

Being handed in: - so did my wife.

The details of our family life

Are not such a kind, alas

That I should want them read in class:

We did not wish the High School staff

To read them for a-lunch-hour-laugh.

We tore it out. I realize.

You may think what we did unwise-

But give it your consideration

And please accept my explanation.

I trust you will not blame my son,

For, after all, the work was done.

Yours truly,

Harold Honeyburn

1. Why did the father stop his son from submitting the essay?

2. If the essay is submitted to the teacher, what will the staff do?

3. Who is to be blamed for not submitting the poem?

4. Why should Tom be pardoned, according to his father?

5. Who is the letter written to?

6. Write the words from the poem which tell us that the parent pleads

with the teacher to excuse his son.

7. What was the title of the essay?

8. What does ‘handed in’ mean in this context?

9. Write a synonym for ‘unwise’.

10.Write the antonym of ‘accept’.​

Answer 1

Answer:

LETTER FROM A PARENT:

Dear sir,

I feel I ought to write

About Tom’s essay-work last night.

Of all the

Answer 2

Explanation:

Who is the letter written to?