Very Short Answer Questions: Magnifying Glass | English Poorvi Class 8 - New NCERT PDF Download

Q1. Who is the poet of the poem Magnifying Glass?
Ans: The poem is written by Walter de la Mare.

Q2. What magical object does the poet describe in the poem?
Ans: He describes a magnifying glass.

Q3. What does the poet call the magnifying glass?
Ans: He calls it “magic.”

Q4. What does the poet see in a scrap of chalk?
Ans: He sees a myriad shells.

Q5. What appears like a forest with flowers and trees?
Ans: An inch of moss appears like a forest.

Q6. What looks like a hive of bees?
Ans: A drop of water looks like a hive of bees.

Q7. What does the poet lie in wait to watch?
Ans: He waits to watch a spider.

Q8. What does the spider produce from its spinnerets?
Ans: It produces web-silk.

Q9. What special feature of the spider is described?
Ans: The spider’s tigerish claws are described.

Q10. What happens to the flies in the poem?
Ans: The silly flies stumble into the spider’s net.

Q11. What is said about the flies’ eyes?
Ans: They have many eyes but still get trapped.

Q12. What does the magnifying glass make marvellous?
Ans: Even the tiniest thing becomes marvellous.

Q13. What does the poet say about lenses like the magnifying glass?
Ans: He says they can be used to look at the moon.

Q14. What would it seem like if one eyed the moon with such lenses?
Ans: It would seem as if you could walk to the moon in an afternoon.

Q15. What tone does the poet use in describing the magnifying glass?
Ans: He uses a tone of wonder and amazement.

Q16. What is the main theme of the poem?
Ans: The theme is the beauty of observation and discovery.

Q17. What tiny object does the poet compare to a forest?
Ans: A moss patch.

Q18. What does the magnifying glass help the poet to do?
Ans: It helps him observe the unseen details of nature.

Q19. How are the flies described in the poem?
Ans: They are called “silly” because they get trapped.

Q20. Why does the poet feel the magnifying glass is magical?
Ans: Because it makes ordinary things appear extraordinary.

Q21. Which natural elements are magnified in the poem?
Ans: Chalk, moss, water, spider, and flies.

Q22. What is the central idea of the poem?
Ans: Even the smallest things in nature are full of wonders when seen closely.