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Chapter: 10th English: UNIT 6 : Prose: The Last Lesson

Reading

Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Reading

H. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Festival of harvest

Celebrations at its best

Festival of Light

To our heart’s delight

Festival of Dance

Leaves us in a trance

Festival of Music

Where they sing the joyous lyric Festival of flowers

That brightens up with colours

Festival of decorated cars

That twinkle like the stars

Festival of Love

That spreads treasures on a tree,

To share the word from above

That makes us happy and free.

Festival of sacrifice

To unfurl the joy of giving,

Celebrate them well and nice

To make life worth living.

 

Fill in the blanks.

1. (a) festival of Light is the festival which fills our hearts with delight.

(b) The joy of giving is referred to as a festival of sacrifice.

2. What kind of joy is unfurled during the festival of sacrifice?

The Joy of giving is unfurled during the festival of sacrifice.

3. How can we make our life worth living?

We can celebrate the festivals well and nice and make our life worth living.

4. What does the poet mean by ‘Festival of flowers’?

Since it is decorated with colourful flowers, it is called as festival of flowers.

5. When are we in a state of trance?

We are in a state of trance, during festival of dance.

6. What do the people do when the festival of Music is celebrated?

The people sing the joyous lyric, when the festival of music is celebrated.

7. What makes us happy and free, according to the poet?

According to the poet, festival of love makes us happy and free.

8. Find out the rhyme scheme employed in the fourth stanza.

a b a b

9. Pick out the rhyming words from the first stanza of the poem.

harvest-best, light-delight, dance-trance, music - lyric, flowers- colours

10. Write down the words that alliterate in the poetic lines below.

(a) Festival of Flowers - Festival Flowers (Sound is alliterated)

(b) That spreads treasures on a tree - Treasures, tree (T sound is alliterate)


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