MP Board 10th English Short Answer Type Question First Flight Poems Question Bank

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Instructions-Answer the following questions in about 30 words

Dust of Snow

  1. What is a ‘dust of snow’?
  2. What does the poet say has changed his mood?
  3. How does Frost present nature in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?
  4. In the poem ‘Dust of Snow’, what does hemlock tree represent?

Fire and Ice

  1. What does ‘fire’ stand for in the poem?
  2. What does ‘ice’ stand for in the poem?
  3. According to Frost, what are the two different views about the end of the world?

A Tiger in the Zoo

  1. How does the tiger terrify the villagers?
  2. What does the tiger stare at in the night?
  3. How does the tiger act in the cage?
  4. What does the tiger do near the water hole?

How to Tell Wild Animals

  1. According to the poet of ‘How to Tell Wild Animals’,how will you know that is an Asian lion?
  2. According to the poet of ‘How to Tell Wild Animals’, how does a leopard behave when he meets a person?
  3. Who is the noble wild beast according to the poet of ‘How to Tell Wild Animals?
  4. How can you differentiate crocodile from a hyena according to the poet of ‘How to Tell Wild Animals?
  5. According to the poet of ‘How to Tell Wild Animals’, what two things does a chameleon not have?

The Ball Poem

  1. Where did the ball go?
  2. In the poem ‘The Ball Poem’, why does the poet say “I would not intrude on him.”?
  3. What does in the world of possession mean?

Amanda

  1. What is Amanda getting instructions for?
  2. Why are some lines in the poem given in brackets?
  3. Why is Amanda not looking at the speaker while eating chocolates?
  4. Why is the speaker worried about acne in the poem?
  5. How silence is golden and freedom is sweet?
  6. Why does Amanda want to be an orphan?
  7. Why does Amanda want to be Rapunzel?
  8. Why Amanda seems to be moody?
  9. Is Amanda’s mother really nagging, What do you think?
  10. Why does Amanda think that life on tower would be different?

The Trees

  1. Where are the trees at present? What do their roots, and leaves do?
  2. What happens to the roots and leaves of these trees at night?
  3. How does the poet describe the growth of the trees inside the house?
  4. Why does the poet use the metaphor of newly discharged patients?

Fog

  1. What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
  2. How does the fog come?
  3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
  4. Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that
    tell us that the fog is like a cat.

The Tale of the Custard the Dragon

  1. Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names.
  2. “Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful…” Why?
  3. What did the custard do at last?

For Anne Gregory

  1. What does the young man love in Anne Gregory?
  2. What color does Anne Gregory suggest she can change her hair to? Why?
  3. What does Anne Gregory wish a young man to love her for?
  4. What is the central message or theme of the poem?
  5. What does the word ‘ramparts’ in the poem mean?

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