Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign.Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes Like ours; the land our brothers walk upon Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie. Questions Q.1. Which land will we share with our brothers ? Q.2. Which poetic device is used in the 2^ nd line ?

1. We will share the same earth with our brothers and we shall become a part of it when we die and our bodies will be converted to dust. 2. The poetic device used in the 2^ nd line is Metonymy. Here the word ‘uniform’ represents the bodies of the people.

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Wind, come softly
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
Questions:$Q.1.$ Whom does the poet request in the above lines$?$
$Q.2.$ Write any one action of the wind.

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When the humid shadows hoverOver all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a joy to press the pillow
Of a cottage-chamber bed,
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!
Questions
$Q.1.$ Who is considered to be sad and weeping in the verse$?$
$Q.2.$ What is considered as a bliss on a rainy day$?$

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No, the root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
It is to be roped, tied,
And pulled out snapped out
Questions:
$Q.1.$ From which poem is the above verse taken$ ?$
$Q.2.$ How are the roots of the tree pulled out $?$

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And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slowDropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Whose song can be heard by the poet$?$
$Q.2.$ What is the poetic device used in the last line$?$

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They, too, aware of sun and air and water.
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter started.
Their hands are ours, and in their lines, we read
A labour not different from our own.
Questions :$Q.1$. What are they also aware of$?$
$Q.2$. Why is the adjective ‘peaceful’ before harvests$?$

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Wind, come softly
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ Write about any two destructive activities of the wind.
$Q.2.$ How can we make friends with the wind$?$

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I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Where can the narrator hear the sounds of Innisfree$?$
$Q.2.$ What is the poetic device in the $2^{\text {nd}}$ line$?$

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So she made a very little cake,
But as it baking lay,
She looked at it and thought
it seemed Too large to give away.
Therefore she kneaded another,
And still a smaller one;
But it looked, when she turned it over,
As large as the first had done.
Then she took a tiny scrap of dough,
And rolled and rolled it flat;
And baked it thin as a wafer-
But she couldn’t part with that.
Questions :$Q.1.$ Why did the lady not give the already prepared cake to Saint Peter$?$
$Q.2.$ The second time, to the lady, the cake looked (Complete the sentence.) $?$

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And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again
To former size.
Questions :
$Q.1. $Explain the figure of speech in the second line.$ ?$
$Q.2.$ Which words in verse are used for ‘branches’ $?$

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Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear
Though as for that the passing there.
Had worn them really about the same.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ How does the poet compare the two roads$?$
$Q.2. $ What is the poetical device in the $3^{\text {rd}}$ line $?$

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