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Read the following stanza.There is no one to play with At all, The trees are so high And so tall;And I should be lonely For hours, Were it not for the birds And the flowers. Now answer the following questions: a) Why is there no one to play with? b) How are the trees? c) Why are the trees so high and tall? d) How is he in the country? e) Were it not for the birds and the flowers’ – What does this clause mean? f) Who are the friends for him in the country? g) When should he be lonely? h) What does the poet want to describe in the stanza? i) Why does the speaker not want to live in the village? j) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza. |
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Answer» a) Because it is the country and very few people live there. b) The trees are high and tall. c) Because in the country there is a lot of place. In the town all the trees are cut down for want of site for construction of houses, factories and roads. d) He is lonely in the country. e) It means that if the birds and flowers were not there, he should be lonely in the country. f) The birds and flowers are his friends in the country. g) If the birds and animals were not there, he should be lonely. h) The poet wants to describe why the country child does not like to live in the „ country. i) The speaker does not like to live in the country because there are no one to give company to him in the country. j) all – tall; hours – flowers. |
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