FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 06 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - POEM - NATURE’S FRIEND

 

Poem - 06

NATURE’S FRIEND

W.H. Davies

1)  Now, discuss the points raised in these questions with your partner. Write down what you say.

a) The poem begins with the words, “Say what you like” What does this expression mean?
a) “You may believe me or not”.   

b) “You may like what I say or not like it”.
c) “ and I will get it for you”
d) “Tell me what you want to say”.
Ans: a)“You may believe me or not”.

 

b) What does “that” in line 4 refer to?
Ans: “that” in the line 4 refers to flowers.

 

c) “That wins the bee.” So the bee is defeated. (True/ not true)
Ans: Not True

 

d) Think about the meaning of the second stanza. Which of the meanings given below is correct?

i) I touch the moth’s wings as delicately as wind and sun.

ii) Only I touch the moth’s wings.
Ans: i) I touch the moth’s wings as delicately as wind and sun.

 

e) What did the poet do to turn the mouse’s eyes away?
Ans: The mouse’s eyes turned away as the poet was playing.

 

f) Why has the wren become the poet’s friend?
Ans: The Wren has become the poet’s friend because the poet will not rob nest.

 

g) The poet tells us, animals love voices and faces of people. What examples does he give?
Ans: The examples are: the hedge stops cows or they would come after his voice. The horse can tell, straight from his lip and his hand could not hold any whip.

 

Writing:

2) Imagine that you and your friends have formed a group called “Friends of Nature”. You want to distribute handwritten pamphlets. How do you begin? Write 6 sentences to tell what people should not do.

 

Discuss with your friend how to do this exercise. Write down the words in the blanks.

 

Salumarada Timakka Treelover is a lady who be called a Nature’s Friend. A centenarian now, she planted and tended about 800 trees in her younger days.

 

These she planted along the sides of a road in Hulikal, Magadi Taluk, She was honoured with the “Best citizen of the Country and “Friend of Trees” awards. She says half the honour should go to late chikkayya, her teacher.

 

Her foster son, 25-year-old Umesh has been planting thousands of trees all over Hassan District.

 

In this poem, W.H. Davies says, “I am a nature’s friend”. Do you want to be a nature’s friend too?