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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.“Folks call this a fable. I’ll warrant it true; Some crickets have four legs, and some have but two” (a) Who is ‘I’ here? (b) What is a fable? (c) ‘…some have but two.’ Who are referred to here? (d) What is the figure of speech in the second line? |
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Answer» (a) The poet is ‘I’ here. (b) A fable is a short poem or a legend that imparts a moral lesson. It is not based on truths. It often has animals as characters. (c) The crickets are referred to here. (d) The figure of speech in the second line is Metaphor- ‘some have but two’. ‘Some’ crickets that have two legs refer to human beings who are as lazy and careless as the cricket. So the Cricket is compared indirectly to the lazy human beings who are two legged. |
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