Poem – 5. The school boy
Q1. Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child's happiness and joy.
Ans: I love to rise, when the birds sing, the skylarks sings with me, O! what sweet company.
Q2. In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood?
Ans: “ It drives all joy away”, under a cruel eye outworn, In singing and dismay.
Q3. ‘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.
Ans: (iii) the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.
Q4. ‘Nor sit in learning’s bow 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
Ans: (iii)Nor can I sit in the school garden for fear of getting wet in the rain.
