Poem
– 07
THE BEES
William
Shakespeare
Exercises:
I. Let’s Read And Respond:
A. Following are jumbled statements
drawn from the poem. Rearrange them in the right order.
Ans:
a) By nature, they are very sincere and they serve their master and thus set an
example to human beings.
b)
They share their work and they are very professional in their work like
soldiers and merchants.
c)
The soldier bees armed with their stings suck honey from the velvet buds.
d)
The honey is brought to the royal tent of the emperor.
e)
They build their hives with roofs of gold.
f)
The bees knead up the honey.
g)
The poor bees are like porters crowding in with the heavy burdens at their
narrow gate.
h)
All the bees deliver their goods and serve the lazy drone.
II. Appreciation:
A. Answer the following questions
in one or two sentences each:
1) What is the unique quality of
bees?
Ans:
The unique quality of honey bees is to show a demonstration of order in their
lives.
2) How do the bees serve as an
example to people?
Ans:
They are extremely true ordinarily. They set a guide to individuals by their
precision and polished skill.
3) How is the work distributed
among the bees?
Ans:
There are magistrates, merchants, soldiers, masons, civil workers, mechanic
porters and so on. Every one of these gatherings plays out its relegated
obligation genuinely.
B. Answer the following in four or
five sentences each:
1) How does the poet describe the
duty consciousness of the bees?
Ans:
Honey bees are very obligation cognizant. They play out their allocated
obligations genuinely and earnestly. They share their work and do it like
specialists in that calling. They don't whine or cheat. They are faithful to
their lords.
2) Mention the different types of
bees, according to the nature of their work.
Ans:
The beehive has various sorts of honey bees. The King honey bee is
incomparable. He directs crafted by all the honey bees. There are judge honey
bees who administer equity, the warrior honey bees who gather nectar, the
artisan honey bees that assemble cells of the bee sanctuary, the resident honey
bees who need nectar and the doorman honey bees who bring the things required
for the colony.
3) How does the poet describe the
drone?
Ans:
The drone is lazy and always sleepy.
C. Fill in the blanks in the
following sentences:
1.
The poet describes the bees as kings and officers because he finds a kind of
similarity in the society of the bees and the human beings.
2.
The poet is sympathetic towards some of the bees because they work very
hard.
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