WORKSHEET 4
(A) The Wind and the Leaves
"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day,
"Come over the meadows with me and play,
Put on your dresses of red and gold:
For summer is gone, and the days grow cold."
Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call,
Down they came fluttering, one and all
O'er the brown field then they danced and flew
Singing the soft little songs they knew
Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went,
Winter had called them, and they were content
Soon, fast asleep on their earthy beds,
The snow laid a coverlet over their heads.
George Cooper
Que 1. Find the answers from the poem.
1. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
2. Who is speaking in the first stanza?
3. What literary device is this?
4. What does the third line of the first stanza tell us about the season of the
year?
5. What does the poet mean by "Singing the soft little songs they knew"?
6. Why does the poet say the leaves are 'fast asleep"?
7. What is the main topic of the poem?
8. What is the mood of the poem?
Answers
The Wind and the Leaves :
This poem is written by George Cooper.
Explanation:
1. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
Answer: AABB
2. Who is speaking in the first stanza?
Answer: Wind
3. What literary device is this?
Answer: Personification
Here, the wind is considered a human being.
4. What does the third line of the first stanza tell us about the season of the
year?
Answer: The sun is rising and the wind says to leaves that it's time to wake up from sleep and put on dresses of red and gold coming from the sun.
5. What does the poet mean by "Singing the soft little songs they knew"?
Answer: It tells regarding the song that the leaves sing after they blew off by the wind. The poem is concerning the journey within which the wind and also the leaves travel along.
6. Why does the poet say the leaves are 'fast asleep"?
Answer: The author says "Soon, asleep on their earthy beds" as a result, the leaves square measure asleep as they're lying lifeless and inactive on Earth throughout winter. The author means that the soft sounds that the leaves build once wind blows and that they move as "singing the soft very little songs they recognize
7. What is the main topic of the poem?
Answer: The poem 'The Wind and the Leaves is a poem. it's a couple of natural interactions between the leaves and the wind. in the poem, the author powerfully advocates the strict natural rule that everything is confined.
8. What is the mood of the poem?
Answer: The tone of the poem is happy. The wind asks the leaves to return over to meadows to play and celebrate. The wind also tells the leaves that summer has gone, the season has begun and winter is near to start. The leaves hear the wind's decision and start to return all the way down to the brownfield.