A LARK - MRS. BEATRICE

A LARK

QT.1) Who is talking in the poem ? To whom?

Ans. The poet is talking in the poem to the lark and the fish.

Qt.2) What does the lark do ?

Ans. The lark is flying high in the empty sky.

Qt.3)What does the poet ask the lark ?

Ans.The poet asks the lark whether it would prefer to be a silent goldfish in the sea.

Qt.4) What does the goldfish do ?

Ans. The goldfish dives deep in the cold water.

Qt.5) Do you think, according to the poet, the goldfish is happy in the water ? Pick the line from the poem to support your answer. 

Ans.  I think, according to the poet the goldfish is not happy in the cold water. The line that supports my answer is :

When you feel the cold waves creep

Are you really glad, say?

Qt.6) What does the poet want to know from the goldfish ?

Ans. The poet wants to know from the goldfish whether it is happy in the cold water, or would it prefer to sing and fly like the lark.

Qt.7)Give pairs of rhyming words from the poem.

Ans.

Qt .8) State the figure of speech.

i)                 Lark-bird, lark - bird, soaring high.

REPET I T I ON – as lark-bird is repeated for emphasis.

ii)              Goldfish, goldfish, diving deep

REPET I T I ON – as Goldfish is repeated for emphasis.

ALLITERATION – as the letter ‘d’ is repeated for better poetic effect.

iii)Are you never sad, say ?

 ALLITERATION – as the letter ‘s’ is repeated for better poetic effect.

Qt.9) Give the synonym for the following from the poem :

i)                 Flying  high –

ii)              Tired –

iii)           Boring ----

iv)           Move silently ---

Qt.10) Give the antonyms for the following from the poem :

i)                 Often –

ii)              Glad ---

iii)           Shallow ---

iv)           Interesting ---