working with the poem
1. The cricket says, “Oh! what will become of me?" When does he say it,
and why?
2. (i) Find in the poem the lines that mean the same as “Neither a borrower
nor a lender be" (Shakespeare).
(ü) What is your opinion of the ant's principles?
The ant tells the cricket to "dance the winter away". Do you think the word
dance' is appropriate here? If so, why?
(i) Which lines in the poem express the poet's comment? Read them aloud.
(ii) Write the comment in your own words.
If you know a fable in your own language, narrate it to your classmates.
Answers
Answer:
1-The cricket said the line, “Oh! what will become of me?” when he found out that winter had arrived but his cupboard was empty. He could not find a single crumb on the snow-covered ground, neither could he see a flower nor a leaf on the tree.
Explanation:
2-The lines in the poem that means the same as “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” are 'But we ants never borrow; we ants never lend. 3-The ant told the cricket to “dance the winter away” because when it asked the cricket what it did in the summers and why it had not stored any food for summers, the cricket answered that it sang through the warm and sunny months of summers. 4-(i) The lines in the poem that express the poet's comment are “Folks call this a fable. I'll warrant it true.” (ii) This comment by the poet means that this poem is indeed a fable as it had a moral behind it. uper part is answer 4part
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