1. Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child's happiness and joy.
Ans:- (i) I love to rise in a summer morn,
(ii) When the birds sing on every tree,
(iii) And the skylark sings with me,
(iv) O! What sweet company.
2. In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood?
Ans:- (i) But to go to school in a summer morn,
(ii) O! It drives all joy away,
(iii) Under a cruel eye outburn,
(iv) In sighing and dismay.
3. 'A cruel eye outworn' (stanza 2) refers to
(i) the classroom which is shabby/noisy.
(ii) the lessons which are difficult/uninteresting.
(iii) the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.
Mark the answer that you consider right.
4. 'Nor sit in learnings bower
worn thro' with the dreary shower'
Which of the following is a close paraphrase of the lines above?
(i) Nor can I sit in a roofless classroom when it is raining.
(ii) Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining.
(iii) Nor can I sit in the school garden for fear of getting wet in the rain.
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