CHAPTER-5 A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-6 Is this a true story? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important? ANSWER: No, this is not a true story. It is a legend. The part of the poem that, according to me, […]
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-5
CHAPTER-5 A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-5 Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was? What would she have done then? ANSWER: I don’t think the old lady would have been so […]
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-4
CHAPTER-5 A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-4 How does the woodpecker get her food? ANSWER: The woodpecker needs to bore all day in the hard, dry wood to get itself some food.
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-3
CHAPTER-5 A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-3 How did he punish her? ANSWER: He cursed her and changed her into a woodpecker as a punishment for being so selfish.
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-2
CHAPTER-5 A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-2 What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction? ANSWER: Saint Peter asked the old lady for a piece of cake. She was very selfish and kept reducing the size of the cake […]
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-1
CHAPTER-5 A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-1 Which country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to? ANSWER: The “Northland” may refer to any of the countries among Greenland, Norway, Russia, Canada, etc.
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-2
CHAPTER-4 THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE Thinking about the Poem II. QUESTION-2 . Look at these words; … peace comes dropping slow Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket singsWhat do these words mean to you? What do you think “comes dropping slow…from the veils of […]
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-1
CHAPTER-4 THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE Thinking about the Poem II. QUESTION-1 Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree (i) bee-loud glade (ii) evenings full of the linnet’s wings (iii) lake water lapping with low sounds What pictures do these words […]
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-3
CHAPTER-3 RAIN ON THE ROOF Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-3 What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to? ANSWER: The single major memory that comes to the poet is of his mother and her fond look on the […]
CLASS-9 ENGLISH BEEHIVE(POEM) Q-2
CHAPTER-3 RAIN ON THE ROOF Thinking about the Poem I. QUESTION-2 What does the poet like to do when it rains? ANSWER: The poet likes to press his head into the pillow of his cottage chamber bed and listen to the patter of the soft rain overhead.