Read the given poem and answer the questions that follow.
*A FRIENDS GREETING,
I’d like to be the sort of friend, that you have been to me,
I’d like to be the help that you’ve been, always glad to be;
I’d like to mean as much to you each minute of the day,
As you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.
I’d like to do the big things and splendid things for you,
To brush the gray out of your skies, and only leave them only blue,
I’d like to say the kindly things, that I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul, the way that mine you’ve stirred.
1. Give two pairs of rhyming words.
2. the word oft means
i) now
ii) often
iii) orphan
3. In two lines describe the kind of friend the poet wants to be.
4. Give another word from the passage which means happy.
5. To rouse means
i) to awaken
ii) to kill
iii) to tell
Answers
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1. Rhyming words:
Rhyming words are two or more words that have the same or similar ending sound.
Rhyming words in the given poem:
- Me,be
- You,blue
- Day,way
2.The word oft means often.
Option(ii) is correct.
The term oft means often or frequently.
3.The poet wants to be the sort of friend that his friend was to him.He wants to be the help that his friend has been and mean as much to him each minute of the day and do big,splendid,kindly things that could rouse his soul.
4. Another word from the passage which means happy is Glad.
Glad is a feeling of pleasure, joy, or delight.
When used as adjectives, glad means pleased, happy, gratified.
5.To rouse means to awaken.
Option(i) is correct.
To rouse means to bring anyone out of sleep or unconsciousness,or to provoke, stir, or excite.