Very Short Questions: Poem - The Wonderful Words - Class 6 PDF Download

Q1: Reference to Context:
Words are the food and dress of thought
They give it its body and swing
And everyone’s longing today to hear
Some fresh and beautiful thing;
But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
May be your mind is holding now
A marvellous new surprise!

Explanation: Words are the food for thought and decorates one’s thought. Proper shapes are given to ideas. Everyone wish to hear new and interesting things that are appealing and soothes to the ears of the listeners. The poet emphasized on the importance of expression through words. New and innovative ideas keep coming and may prove to be fruitful for humanity in general.

Questions:

(i) How can be words the ‘food and dress’?
Ans: The words are food and dress as they feed and decorate one’s thought.

(ii) What do everyone wish for?
Ans: Everyone wish to hear something about fresh and beautiful things.

(iii) What is imprisoned behind the eyes?
Ans: A thought is imprisoned behind the eyes.

(iv) What does the poet pray for?
Ans: The poet prays for expression of some surprise idea.

(v) Find out the antonym of‘Marvellous’.
Ans: ‘Ordinary’.

Q2: Reference to Context:
All that you do is match the words
To the brightest thoughts in your head
So that they come out clear and true
And handsomely groomed and fed
For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said.

Explanation: One’s actions must match with the bright thought that flashes in one’s mind, expressing that idea or thought. The proper usage of words decorates that idea masses. A lot more is needed to be done and expressed. There is always a scope spheres. Which is yet untouched and undiscovered.

Questions:

(i) How brightest thought’ can be expressed?
Ans: The thought can come out clear and true.

(ii) What can come out ‘clear and true’?
Ans: The thought can come out clear and true.

(iii) Why is that the thought needs to be groomed?
Ans: The thought needs to be groomed for better understanding.

(iv) Explain ‘Have never yet been said’.
Ans: The poet explains that a lot of thoughts did not come out as they were not expressed in language.

(v) Change the word ‘handsome’ to adverb.
Ans: Handsomely.

Q3: And everyone’s longing today to hear
Some fresh and beautiful thing
Ans: If you want to express your thought, you will find many eager listeners. Everyone is very eager to hear something new and beautiful.

Q4: But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
Ans: You have thoughts in your mind but its in prison behind your eyes. You need to free your thoughts from the prison by giving them word.

Q5: For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said
Ans: The poet encourage readers to convert their thoughts into words and speak them as there are loveliest things that never yet been said.