English Special Question Bank Worksheet - Class Ix Page 44

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To swallows on the wing;
My spirit flew in feathers then
That is so heavy now,
And summer pools could hardly cool
The fever on my brow.
Questions:
1)
What does the poet remember?
2)
When did he feel light-hearted? Why?
3)
What does the fever signify?
4)
Name the poem from which this extract is taken and also its
composer.
Extract – 3
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sardid boon.
Questions:
1)
Why does the poet say, ‘the world is too much with us’?
2)
How do we waste our powers.
3)
Do you think the poet wants us to realize that nature belongs to us?
Why?
4)
Name the poem from which this extract has been taken and also write
the name of the poet.
Extract – 4
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all – to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
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