Question

Read the following poem. I'm an angel disguise with dimpled cheeks and laughing eyes. Don't you want me ? I am your baby. I have come as a gift from heaven's hall in your heart. Oh, hear my call Mother keep me I am your baby, Oh Mother, let me live, don't take away my life. Mother let me live. You know it isn't right to stop me being born, I want to be yours Oh Mother, let me live, don't take away my life. Mother let me live. I want to live my life. Mother, you will see when you look at me and hold me in your armsYou'll fall in love with me, Like a flower in your care, I am a gift so pure and fair Don't you want me? I am your baby. My little life please don't abort, let me live, don't cut me short. Mother, keep me,I am your baby.
Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in the brackets given.
13) The poem is a cry of________.
14) The word 'abort' in the poem means__________.
15) "Like a flower in your care" Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?
16) You know it isn't right…... What does 'it' refer to here ?
17) The girl child wants her mother to ________.​

Answer 1

The poem is a cry of:  (C) a daughter

The word ‘abort ‘ means - (D) to terminate or end

Like a flower in your care" Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?

Simile

You know it isn't right…... What does 'it' refer to here ?

it is wrong

The girl child wants her mother to

to be a angel