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 ? Q.3. When will miniature boughs expand again ?

(1) In killing a tree, even if one hacks? and chops, it won’t do. It will not kill the trees entirely. (2) Even if the tree is cut with blows of an axe, it will not die. The bleeding bark of; the tree will heal and from close to the ground, Will rise curled green twigs. It will revive. (3) If the miniature boughs are not checked/controlled, they will expand again to their former size.

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

Every tinkle on the shingles Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter Of the rain upon the roof.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ How does the poet describe the falling rain?
$Q.2.$ What does the mind of the poet fancy?
$Q.3.$ Trace a word from the extract that means ‘memories’.

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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
Or pulled out entirely,
Out from the earth-cave,
And the strength of the tree exposed
The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden
For years inside the earth.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Explain ‘anchoring earth’. ?
$Q.2.$ Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘And pulled out-snapped out’. ?
$Q.3.$ How is the strength of the tree exposed ?

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Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ When is the process narrated in this stanza take place?
$Q.2.$ How does a tree die ? or How is a tree killed?
$Q.3.$ Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the lines : ?
Browning, hardening, Twisting, withering.

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The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ How does the wind affect the weak fires?
$Q.2.$ What is the effect of the wind on strong fire?
$Q.3.$ Trace a word from the extract that means ‘prosper’. ?

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Then took the other, 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 :
$Q.1.$ the second road different from the first?
$Q.2.$ Explain 'the better claim' in this stanza.?
$Q.3.$ What is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?

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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.
$Q.3.$ Trace a word from the extract which means ‘thrown in different directions.

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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:
O! 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:
$Q.1.$ Who comes in the memory of the child when it rains?
$Q.2.$ What does the poet like to do when it rains?
$Q.3.$ Find the word in the extract that refers ? to the ‘repeated sound of the rain’.

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I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear the 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 does the poet want to go? Why?
$Q.2.$ What do the last two lines of the stanza suggest?
$Q.3.$ Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.

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Once, when the good Saint Peter
Lived in the world below,
And walked about it, preaching,
Just as he did, you know,
He came to the door of a cottage,
In travelling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth;
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What did Saint Peter do?
$Q.2.$ What did Saint Peter see in a cottage?
$Q.3.$ Give the meaning of ‘the day was almost done.

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Remember they have eyes like ours that wake
Or sleep, and strength that can be won
By love. In every land is common life
That all can recognise and understand.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What similarities are shown between us and other human beings on the earth?
$Q.2.$ How can strength be won?
$Q.3.$ What can all recognise and understand?

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