So hack and chop But this alone won’t do it. Not so much pain will do it. The bleeding bark will heal. Questions: Q.1. Explain the figure of speech in the last line. Q.2. What is a bark?

1. The figure of speech in the last line is Metaphor. There is indirect comparison between ‘skin’ of a person and ‘bark of tree’. The point of comparison is to heal after bleeding. 2. The outer layer of a trunk of a tree is called its ‘bark’

So hack and chop But this alone won’t do it. Not so much pain wil…

Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ Explain the figure of speech in the last line.
$Q.2.$ What do the sun and air do to the roots$ ?$

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Now, you shall build as the birds do,And shall get your scanty food
By boring, and boring, and boring,
All day in the hard, dry wood.”
Questions
$Q.1.$ Explain — You shall build as the birds do.$ ?$
$Q.2.$ What was the woman transformed into $?$

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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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The snake trying to escape the pursuing stick,
with sudden curvings of thin
long body. How beautiful
and graceful are his shapes
He glides through the water away
from the stroke. O let him go over the water into the reeds to hide without hurt.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ What is the snake trying to escape from $?$
$Q.2.$ What do the words ‘with sudden curvings of thin long body’ suggest $?$

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I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey - bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Who has penned the poem$?$
$Q.2.$ What does the poet want to build at Innisfree$?$

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Let us remember, whenever we are told
To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn,
Remember, we who take arms against each other
Questions:$Q.1.$ What, according to the poet, should we not forget$?$
$Q.2.$ What is the general tendency of people that we should discourage$?$

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Said the Duck, “As I sat on the rocks,
I have thought over that completely,
And I bought four pairs of worsted socks
Which fit my web-feet neatly.
And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke,
All to follow my own dear true
Love of a Kangaroo !”
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What did the Duck think to resolve the Kangaroo’s objection$?$
$Q.2.$ Identify and explain the poetic device in the lines :
“And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,
And every day a cigar I’ll smoke”.

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Now in memory comes my mother,As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers,
Ere she left them till the dawn;
Oh! I feel her fond look on me,
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the patter of the rain.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Explain the poetic device in the second last line.
$Q.2$. Who has penned the poem$?$

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Now in memory comes my mother,As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers,
Ere she left them till the dawn;
Oh! I feel her fond look on me,
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the patter of the rain.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Whose memory comes alive when the poet listens to the rain$?$
$Q.2.$ Which word in the passage mean 'before'.

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So hack and chop
But this alone won’t do it.
Not so much pain will do it.
The bleeding bark will heal
And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again To former size.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What will be ineffective in killing a tree $?$
$Q.2.$ What will happen even if the tree is cut $?$

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