Question

Wake Indirect speech
On Rond the extract and do the activities that follow.
Bight years have passed
Since I placed my cherry seed in the grass,
"Must have a tree of my own," I sald,
And watered it once and went to bed
And forgot; but cherries have a way of growing.
Though no onolo caring very much or knowing.
And suddenly that summer near the end of May,
I found a tree had come to stay,
It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the tall grass running wild,
Goats at the leaves, the grass cutter scythe
Split it apart and a monsoon blight
Shrivelled the slender stem...... Even so,
Next spring I watched three new shoou grow,
The young tree struggle, upward thrust
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust
A1. Complete the information
1) The thought which prompted the poet to plant the cherry seed is ----
2) The threats for the cherry tree are-1)---- --2--- --3-
A.2 Poetic device
Find out examples from the poem:
1) Alliteration -
*2) Antithesis, you have to search
A3. Appreciation
The young tree struggle, upward thrust
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust
(Explain these lines)
A4. Poetic creativity
Compose four poetic lines describing any of your childhood experiences.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explain the contribution of agriculture to the national economy employment and output?​

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1) The thought which prompted the poet to plant the cherry seed is that he must have a tree of his own.

2) The threats for the cherry tree are: 1. goats who chewed off the leave. 2. Grass cutter cut and trimmed the plant with his scythe. 3. The monsoon disease called blight destroyed the plant.

A.2) Alliteration: "Who watched, wandering, while Time and the rain

Made a miracle from green growing pain…"

Antithesis: "but cherries have a way of growing,

Though no one’s caring very much or knowing."

A3. The neglected cherry tree is desperate to survive so its branches are spread out to take more sunlight and air.

A4. I once rescued a cat, a cat with a moustache

It grew into a big teddy as I fed it meat

I was little and he was fat

Until I grew up and he closed his eyes.