Meadow Surprises :ncert solution class 7

WORKING WITH THE POEM

1. Read the lines in which the following phrases occurs. Then discuss with your partner the meaning of each phrase in its context.

(i) velvet grass

Ans:- ‘Walk softly through the velvet grass’. Here the word ‘velvet’ means smooth and soft. The grass is soft and smooth like velvet in the pastures.

(ii) drinking straws

Ans:- ‘And unfold the drinking straws’. Here the stems of the flowers are very thin and hollow through which the butterfly draws nectar.

(iii) meadow houses

Ans:- ‘Explore the meadow houses’. Meadow houses are the holes and burrows made in the ground by hares and other animals.

(iv) amazing mound

Ans:- ‘The ant’s amazing mounds’. The hill made of mud by the ants is amazing mounds.

(v) fuzzy head

Ans:- ‘A dandelion whose fuzzy head’. The soft head of dandelion like is fuzzy head.

2. Which line in the poem suggests that you need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a meadow? Read aloud the stanza that contain this line.

Ans:- “Oh! Meadows have surprises

      And many things to tell

      You may discover yourself,

      If you look and listen well”.

3. Find pictures of the kinds of birds, insects and scenes mentioned in the poem.

Ans:- This is to be done by the students by themselves.

4. Watch a tree or a plant, or walk across a field or park at the same time everyday for a week. Keep a diary of what you see and hear. At the end of the week, write a short paragraph or a poem about your experiences. Put your writing up on the class bulletin board.

Ans:-      TULSI PLANT

Everyday my mother worships Tulsi

If you everybody wants you will see,

She has a great devotion to the plant

So I think I should also want,

She pours water to it by offering to the sun

Which is believed to be sacred work by anyone,

She puts the leaves of the plants in her blessing

And distributes the Prasad by praising,

She recites whole day some spells in silence

That inspires her to preach non-violence,

Whenever anything about the plant we tell

She listens to us curiously and very well,

She wants to put always her will

We all listen to her will by standing still.