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?
