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Unit Three, 17, , ON THE WATER, , Surrary, The poem On the Water' describes the wonders of nature one gets to see while boating., The poet is trying to tell us that we should take some time out of our busy schedule and, the blue water and the clear, skies which make things bright, lovely and lively. The poet tells us to appreciate how, , enjoy, , the wonders of nature. He wants, , us, , to, , appreciate, , the water winkles in the sun and the reflection of the hils and trees on the stream which, , make it look like a beautiful painting. Further, the poet, tells us to enjov the flora and, fauna while taking a short trip in the boat.
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Meanings, A1), , (2, , reedy, , marge, , reeds, , or, , (1n), , -, , water's, , edge, , where, , tall grasses grow thick, , bulrush,, , water-mace, , (1) wetland grass, , whilst, , (6), , (conj), , glide (), , delight, (8), , move, , -, , ripples, a liquid, , -, , swallow (n) - a small migratory bird, , (11) skimming (v), , -, , to, , glide, pass near the, , surface, , ere (adT) - before, , dart (7), , (10), , -, , like plants, , (4, , (9)winkle (v) - to shine, , to, , (n), , -, , (n)-, , -, , (12), , suddenly and rapidly, , while, , move, , softly and smoothly, , joy, pleasure, a, , movement in the surface of, , gleam (7) - to shine, to glitter, , - a small bird with a large, head and bright colourful feathers, , (13) kingfisher (n), (14), , stream, , (n), , -, , a, , small river wherein the water, , keeps on movingS
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Q.3. (1) List the insects, flowers,, , birds and, , plants, , mentioned in the poem., , Ans., (1), , insect, , dragonfly, , (2), (3), , birds, , swallow, kingfisher, , flower, , lilies, , (4), , plants, , Q.4, , List the, , bulrush, water-mace, reedss, , rhyming words in the poem and add, , one m o r e, , to each., , Ans., (1), , wide, , Glide, -, , delight, , (2), , bright, , (3), , run, , sun, , 4), 5), , see, , tree, , large, , marge
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(6), , place, , water-mace, , (7), (8), , dragonfly, , by, , gleam, , (9), , too, , streamn, blue, , (10) boat, Ans., , a, , float, , (1) side (2) fligl1t (3) fun (4) bee (5), , barge (6) face, , (7) tie (8) scream (9) you (10) coat, , Q.5, , List the adjectives used for the following:, , sky, lilies, dragonfly, kingfisher, water-mace., , Ans., , (1), (2), , sky, , smooth, bright, , lilies, , round and large, , (3), , dragonfly, , great and green, , (4), , kingfisher, , bright, green and blue, , (5), , water-mace, , heavy, , *Q.6 List the actions done by the following., , (ripples, lilies, swallow, fishes, kingfisher), Ans. Ripples - run, lilies - float, swallow - skims,, fishes - spring, kingfisher - darts, , Q.7 Pick out words from the poem which combine, Ans., , together to make a word., (1) dragon + fly dragonfly, =, , (2) king + fisher, (3) in + to = into, , kingfisher
