Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
‘All right!’ you’ll cry. ‘All right!’ you’ll say,
‘But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!’
We’ll answer this by asking you,
‘what use the darling once to do?
‘How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?’
Have you forgotten? Don’t you know?
We’ll say it very loud and slow:
THEY --- USED --- TO --- READ! They’d READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To read some more. Great Scotts! Gadzooks!
a) What does the poet ask the poet at their objection to take the set away? What
does the poet remind the parents? (3)
b) What shows that the children in the past were fond of reading the books?
What was surprising about them? (3)
c) Which books does the poet mention? What did the books contain? (3)
d) Which monster is the poet referring to in the above extract? How was
situation different before its invention? (3)
Why has the poet capitalized the words? What is the purpose of repetition? Give
an instance of repetition in the extract.

Answer 1

Answer:

I can't understand it?