Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. Synecdoche is a poetic device that uses a part to represent the whole. E.g.
That’s a great set of wheels! (Set of wheels has been used for cars.) Pick an example of synecdoche from the poem.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. Choose the option that lists the possible feelings of the poet prior to the experience shared in the poem.
(1) reassured
(2) disappointed
(3) curious
(4) demotivated
(5) thankful
(6) disheartened
(7) impulsive
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Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. What figure of speech has been used in the line ‘And saved some part’?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. Identify the option that DOES NOT use the word ‘rue’ correctly.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. Choose the option showing the reason NOT corresponding with “... a crow/ Shook down on me / The dust of snow”.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. Which word is the synonym of ‘feel remorse’ or ‘regret’ as used in the stanza?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. Under which tree was the poet sitting?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. What was the effect of the fall of the dust of snow on the poet?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. What was saved for the poet?
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?