English (Compulsory) Class 10 Chapter 2: Poetry 1: Textbook Poems - Paraphrase and Extract Questions

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• Class 10
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 2
• Book pages Class 10 book U5 Mother Nature pp 65-76, U8 Blue pp 100-111
• FBISE SSC-II

Chapter summary

Total 9 marks. The extracts are short (usually four lines), so learn the method and the two textbook poems: Mother Nature and Blue. Rhyme scheme: mostly ABCB in four-line stanzas.

Topics in this chapter

• Meaning and theme of each textbook poem
• Imagery and figurative language in extracts
• Rhyme scheme of extracts
• Paraphrase of a stanza
• Identify rhyme schemes and figurative language in poems
• Give an informed personal and analytical response to poetry
• Understand figurative language, word relationships and nuances
• Use paraphrasing skills to paraphrase a poem
• Use summary skills for text and poems
• Synonyms, antonyms and connotation in poems
• Comment on implied meanings in a text
• Mixed topics

Sample questions

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1. Nature, the gentlest mother,
   Impatient of no child,
   The feeblest or the waywardest, —
   Her admonition mild
   from "Mother Nature" by Emily Dickinson
   
   What does the poet mean by "Impatient of no child"? (2 marks)
2. The mountain mist is mother's veil,
   She dries the tears of night;
   She tucks the stars in one by one
   And dims the lamps of light.
   Original stanza written for Parhayi.com
   
   Find an example of metaphor in the extract and explain it. (2 marks)
3. A teacher is a gardener
   Who plants a thought in me,
   And watches with a patient eye
   While it becomes a tree.
   Original stanza written for Parhayi.com
   
   Find an example of metaphor in the extract and explain it. (2 marks)

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English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.