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Read the following stanza. Rose a nurse of ninety years, Set his child upon her knee – Like summer tempest came her tears – ‘Sweet my child, I live for thee’. Now answer the following questions. 1) How old was the nurse? 2) What did the nurse do?3) How did the tears come out from the woman’s eyes? 4) Which season of the year is mentioned in the stanza? 5) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.Additional Questions: 1) What did the woman do when she saw her child? 2) “Like the summer tempest came her tears” – What figure of speech is used in this line?3) What is the ‘tempest’ here compared to? 4) Who succeeded in making the woman cry? 5) What did the widow say in the end? 6) What is the meaning of the last line of the stanza? 7) Identified the rhyming words given in the stanza. 8) Why did the widow cry on seeing her child? |
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Answer» 1) The nurse was ninety years of age. 2) The nurse placed the widows child on woman’s knee. 3) Tears came out like the summer tempest. 4) The summer season 5) years – tears; knee – thee Additional Answer: 1) When she saw her child the woman at once cried. The tears came down with the force of a storm. 2) The figure of speech ‘simile’ is used in the above line because the tears are compared to a storm. 3) The tempest is compared to the tears that came down her face with a force. 4) The ninety nine year old nurse succeeded in making her weep. 5) The widow that she would live for her daughter. 6) I would not die with your dead father. I would live for you. 7) Years – tears ; knee – thee. 8) All the while the widow had been thinking of her child. She was thinking who would have to live like without a father. These thoughts made her cry when she saw her child. |
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