Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given belo

1.	Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :Sweet and low, sweet and low,Wind of the Western Sea,Low, low, breathe and blow,Wind of the Western Sea.Over the rolling water go,Come from the dying moon, and blow,Blow him again to me;While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps.Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,Father will come to thee soon;Rest, rest, on mother’s breast,Father will come to thee soon;Father will come to his babe in the nest,Silver sails all out of the west,Under the silvery moon;Sleep, my little one, sleep my pretty one, sleep.(1) What is a lullaby?(2) Who is addressed in the poem?(3) What is the mother’s request to the wind?(4) Whom is the mother waiting for?
Answer» 1. A lullaby is a sweet song sung to a child to make it sleep. 2. The wind of the western sea is addressed in the poem. 3. The mother requests the wind to blow to make her child sleep. 4. The mother is waiting for her husband (the child’s father).

Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :Sweet and low, sweet and low,Wind of the Western Sea,Low, low, breathe and blow,Wind of the Western Sea.Over the rolling water go,Come from the dying moon, and blow,Blow him again to me;While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps.Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,Father will come to thee soon;Rest, rest, on mother’s breast,Father will come to thee soon;Father will come to his babe in the nest,Silver sails all out of the west,Under the silvery moon;Sleep, my little one, sleep my pretty one, sleep.(1) What is a lullaby?(2) Who is addressed in the poem?(3) What is the mother’s request to the wind?(4) Whom is the mother waiting for?

Answer»

1. A lullaby is a sweet song sung to a child to make it sleep.

2. The wind of the western sea is addressed in the poem.

3. The mother requests the wind to blow to make her child sleep.

4. The mother is waiting for her husband (the child’s father).