Comprehention Poem English - Comprehention Poem

Be the Best
If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley—but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill,
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree
If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie then just be a bass
But be the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here
There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can’t be a highway then just be a trait
If you can’t be the sun, be a star,
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are!
Question :
1. What is the poet’s tone in the poem ?
2. What should be our attitude towards our work ?
3. What is the message of the poem ?
4. Winning does not depend on…………………….

Oh! Defenders of borders
You are great sons of my land
When we are all asleep
You still hold on to your deed.
Windy season or snowy days
Or scorching sun’s sweltering rays
You are there guarding all the time awake
Treading the lonely expanses as Yogis.
Climbing the heights or striding the valleys
Defending the deserts and guarding the marshes
Surveillance in seas and by securing the air
Prime of your youth given to the nation!!
Wind chimes of my land vibrate your feat
We pray for you brave men!!
May the Lord bless you all!!
Question :
1. The poem is dedicated to…………………
2. What do they sacrifice for the nation?
3. Which figure of speech is used in the last line of the second stanza ?
4. What does Dr. Kalam express through the last two lines ?

Whenever I see Gas balloons go up I wonder where we’d end up If we’re balloons.
Would we go far away To some unknown destiny ?
Or will it be carefully decided goal We would work our way to ?
Balloons! How much they’re
like human beings-
so different from each other
in colours, shapes, design and sizes
Some live long and some don’t
Just like us some find
A pair of loving hands and some don’t
They get lost, burst or destroyed
Like we do At times
They rub cheeks affectionately
Occasionally you can hear
them whisper secrets
As only friend will
And once in a while, in the chill
of the night, or mist of dawn
you may find one tear
flowing down silently
Question :
1. The poem describes the similarities between………………………..
2. Just as we are unaware about the fate of balloons, we are also……………..
3. Outwardly balloons are different from each other in…………………
4. The line used to describe die rustling sound of balloons is………………………