Question

When storm-clouds rumble in the sky and June showers come down.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its
bagpipes among the bamboos.
Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows
where, and dance upon the grass in wild glee.
Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground.
They do their lessons with doors shut, and if they want to
come out to play before it is time, their master makes them stand
in a corner
When the rain come they have their holidays.
Branches clash together in the forest, and the leaves rustle
in the wild wind, the thunder-clouds clap their giant hands and the
flower children rush out in dresses of pink and yellow and white.
Do you know, mother, their home is in the sky, where the stars.
are.
Haven't you see how eager they are to get there? Don't you
know why they are in such a hurry?
Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms, they
have their mother as I have my own.
A. Answer the following questions:
1. What does the phrase "to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos' mean?
2. What does the poet compare the flowers with?
3."... and if they want to come out to play before it is time". What time is being referred to here?
B. Pick out four words from the poem that indicate sound.
C. Choose words from the passage that mean the same as:
a. Excited
b. Huge
D. Choose words from the passage that mean exactly the opposite to: "domestic​

Answer 1

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2. the poet compared flower with students

3. maybe the time when wid blows

B.shut, clap, clash, rustle

C. glee. b.giant

D. Wild

Answer 2

Answer:

‘Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where, and dance

upon the grass in the wild glee.’

What emotion do the flowers in the above lines show?

a. Disappointment

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b. Desperation

c. Happiness

d. Excitement

Explanation: