Understanding the Poem
swer these questions.
1. Does the water-lily open up' (that is, bloom) quickly over a night or day, or gradually over a few
days? What supports your answer?
2. What is amazing about that process of opening up? What two things change each day?
3. What is our first reading of a poem compared to? Do we find that surprising?
4. When are we actually surprised about the poem? What causes it?
5. Does the poem just unfold as time passes or does it happen when we do something a few times?
What do we have to do?
6. The water-lily grows larger in size and gets a deeper colour as it unfolds.
What does the poem do?
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Answers
Answer:
The water lily 'opens up' gradually over a few days. Water lily flowers change color shades over the life of the bloom. That said, tropical water lilies can be either day- or night-flowering plants of temperatures above 80 degrees, these flowers will finally start to open up and bloom.
Explanation:
Answer:
Answer:1 Ans:- Tropical water lilies can be either day- or night-flowering plants of temperatures above 80 degrees, these flowers will finally start to open up and bloom. Just as a lotus blooms up over a few days.
2 Ans:- One is amazed by a water lily bud unfolding with each passing day, taking on a richer color & new dimensions. One is not amazed , at a first glance, by a poem, which is as tight closed as tiny bud.
3 Ans:- The poem has been compared with a verse, significantly the blooming of a water lily. It is surprisingly because hardly had any poet compared the meaning of a poem with gradually an unfolding flower like water lily.