gay.” a) Who does ‘I’ refer to? b) What was the nature of the cricket? How do you know? .
Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket, And out of the door turned the poor little cricket, a) The ant refused to help the cricket. Why? b) Explain the second line. .
He wished only to borrow; He’d repay it tomorrow; a) Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines. b) Give more examples of rhyming words from the poem. . My heart was so light that I sang day and night, For all nature looked gay.
“You sang , Sir , you say”? a) Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines. B. Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below .
In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of ( ) The ant spends all its summer saving ( ) . The cricket ( ) happily in the summer. He ( ) anything for the winter.
When winter comes, he is worried that his ( ) is empty. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have ( ) and a ( ) to stay. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants ( ) .
He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying 10th - - ( ) . The ant threw the cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not ( ) but it is true and applicable to ( ) also.
(the pleasant nature, human beings, doesn’t save, warm place, kitchen cupboard, just a fable, saving for future, some grains, never borrow or lend, an ant and a cricket, sings and dances) C. Answer each of