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Poem Chapter 5 The School, Boy Questions From, Textbook, , WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 85), , Question 1:, , Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1, that reflect the child’s happiness and joy., Answer:, , The words/phrases that reflect the child’s, happiness are the song of birds and the, Skylark, and the sound of hunter's horn.

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Question 2:, , In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which, words/phrases reflect the changed mood?, Answer:, , The words/phrases reflecting the child's, , mood are:

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(a) drives all joy away, (b) cruel eye outworn (of the Teacher), (c) sighing and dismay.

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Question 3:, ‘A cruel eye outworn (stanza 2)’ refers to, , (i) the classroom which is shabby/noisy, (ii) the lessons which are, difficult/uninteresting, , (iii) The dull/uninspiring life at school with, lots of work and no play., , Mark the answer that you consider right., , Answer:, , (ii)

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Question 4:, , “Nor sit in learning’s bower worn thro’ with the, , dreary shower, , Which of the following is a close paraphrase, , , , of the lin, , es above?, , (i) Nor can | sit in a roofless classroom, , whe, , n it is raining., , (ii) Nor can | learn anything at school, , though teachers go on lecturing and, , explaining., , (iii) Nor can | sit in the school garden for, , fear, , Answer:, , (i), , of getting wet in the rain.