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Chapter 15 – The School Boy (Poem) Solutions

Question - 1 : -
Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy.

Answer - 1 : -

The following phrases in stanza 1 reflect the child’s happiness and joy :
(a) the birds sing
(b) distant huntsman winds his horn
(c) skylark sings with me
(d) O ! what sweet company.

Question - 2 : -
In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood ?

Answer - 2 : -

The following words/phrases reflect the changed mood :
(a) drives all joy away
(b) cruel eye outworn
(c) sighing and dismay

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 - 3 : -

(ii) the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.

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

Answer - 4 : -

(ii) Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining.

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