Question

Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow: 10
Memories from childhood stay with us forever,
Taking us where we have been and will go,
Pieces of life that live on and will never
Let us forget we were young long ago.

Sometimes I wander back into those shadows,
Quietly being who I used to be,
Bringing to life all the joys and the sorrows,
Days that can’t die while they still live in me.

Holidays linger and happy times glisten;
I can see everyone active and well.
I can still hear them if only I listen,
Feeling each motion and breathing each smell.

Life has such treasures that time’s always stealing;
Nothing can ever entirely stay.
While you are young, you can capture each feeling;
Make all the memories you can every day.
1. From whose point of view, has the poet written this poem? Why? 1
2. The speaker says, ‘Some memories are happy, some are unhappy’. Do you agree
with the poet? Why/Why not? 1
3. What is the speaker’s suggestion to the youth? 1
4. According to the speaker, memories are an important part of who we are. What
do you think memories are? Explain. 2
5. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? 0.5
6. Name and explain the figure of speech in stanza 3. 1
7. Give one example each of alliteration and antithesis, from the poem. 1
8. What message does the poet want to convey through the last stanza of the
poem? 1
9. Do you feel nostalgic about your childhood days? How do you do think your
childhood

Answer 1

Answer:

1. On the basis of his Childhood
2. Yes because all people have some happy and unhappy memories
3. Let us forget we were young long ago.
4. Yes, Memories are important part of life because without a memory there is no way of life
5. Rhyming scheme is abab,abab