Read the given poem and answer the questions that follow
I lay in sorrow deep distressed:
My grief a proud man heard,
His looks were cold, he gave me gold.
But not a kindly word.
My sorrow passed I paid him back The gold he gave to me,
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks And blessed his charity.
I lay in want and grief, and pain A poor man passed my way He bound my head, he gave me bread;
He watched me night and day;
How shall I pay him back again For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far Is heavenly sympathy.
a) What did the proud rich man offer the poet?
b) Why was poet in a fix?
c) What did the poet realise at the last?
d) The word that means the same as 'sadness' is ____________________
e) Coin an appropriate title to the given poem.
Answers
Answer:
My sorrow passed I paid him back The gold he gave to me,
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks And blessed his charity.
I lay in want and grief, and pain A poor man passed my way He bound my head, he gave me bread;
He watched me night and day;
How shall I pay him back again For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far Is heavenly sympathy.
a) What did the proud rich man offer the poet?
b) Why was poet in a fix?
c) What did the poet realise at the last?
d) The word that means the same as 'sadness' is ____________________
e) Coin an appropriate title to the
Answer:
My grief a proud man heard,
His looks were cold, he gave me gold.
But not a kindly word.
My sorrow passed I paid him back The gold he gave to me,
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks And blessed his charity.
I lay in want and grief, and pain A poor man passed my way He bound my head, he gave me bread;
He watched me night and day;