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Notes
• Read the poem once again. Do you
come across any word pictures in the
poem?
Let’s list them down.
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• Look at the following lines from the
poem and answer the questions given
below.
• ‘Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill.’
Who is the ‘defeated army’ here?
Explain.
There’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The winter is over and gone.
William Wordsworth
Pick out the lines in the poem that impressed you
and write them down. You may also write why these
lines impressed you.
• ‘The oldest and the youngest
Are at work with the strongest’
What do these lines convey to you?
Look at the first and the last line of the poem.
‘The cock is crowing
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The winter is over and gone.’ -
What do the crowing of the cock and the
withdrawal of the winter suggest?
Read the lines given below.
A. Twinkle Twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
B. ‘My love is like a red red rose
That’s newly sprung in June.’
C. The king is as brave as a lion.
Attempt an appreciation of the poem.
• In ‘A’, ‘star’ is compared to
‘diamond’. In ‘B’, ‘love is compared
to ‘a red rose’.
Find out the comparison in ‘C’.
• Now, pick out such comparisons used
in the poem ‘Lines Written in March’.
Now, read the poem ‘Daisy’s Song’ given in the extended
reading section on page 162.
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