Question

Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions that follow:
He wore a question mark for tail,
An overcoat of gray,
He sat up straight to eat a nut.
He liked to tease and play,
And if we ran around his tree,
He went the other way.
a. Whom does the word 'he 'refer to?
b. What makes the poet say that the squirrel wears a question mark?
c. How do the squirrel tease and play with people?
d. Find the synonym of the word 'irritate from the above passage​

Answer 1

• The poet said that the squirrel “wore a question mark for a tail” because its tail is twisted appearing like a question Mark.
• We usually say that an animal ‘has’ a set of given characteristics rather than saying ‘wear’. The poet, however, uses the word ‘wear’ to indicate the external characteristics of the squirrel.
• The dictionary meaning of ‘wear’ suggests some­thing of an outer covering, for instance clothes.
• The poet liked to tease and play with the squirrel. Whenever the poet went a little close to the squirrel, the squirrel would run away in the other direction