JKBOSE Class 6 English Tulip Poem Chapter 8 What is Green Solution
JKBOSE (Jammu Kashmir State Board Of School Education) Class 6 English Solution Chapter 8 What is Green all Exercise Question Answers. Students of JK Board Grade 6 Standard can download all Answer.
THINKING ABOUT THE POEM
Answer these questions:
1.) Name a few green things around us mentioned in the poem.
Answer: A few green things around us mentioned in the poem are grass, grasshopper, olive and pickle.
2.) Name a few things that are not really green but have been called green by the poet.
Answer: The coolness of the shade, country breeze, flutter in spring, trickling of water, these are things that are called green by the poet.
3.) What does the word ‘flutter’ stand for?
Answer: ‘Flutter’ means to the movement after the melting of frost in the spring.
4.) Does the colour green have sound for the poet? What is it?
Answer: Yes, the color green has sound for the poet, it is the trickling of water.
5.) What does the world look like after the rain?
Answer: The world looks bathed and beautiful after the rain.
6.) What does the word ‘fuzz’ refer to in the lines ‘Green is the fuzz/That covers up/Where winter was’?
Answer: The word ‘fuzz’ refers to the tiny shoot of new seeds that push their way after the snow melts.
7.) What do you think is the symbol of winter here?
Answer: The symbol of winter here is fuzz as the winter takes away all the charm of green environment.
8.) What do you think the word ‘green’ stands for in the poem?
Answer: Here in the poem, the word ‘green’ stands for greenery and freshness.
9.) What do you think the poet is referring to when she says ‘Green is yours/ Green is mine….’?
Answer: The poet wants to tell us that green is the color of our beautiful nature and we together should take care of it. It not just the color of our nature, but also it symbolizes freshness and newness.
10.) Do you think this world of ours is as ‘green’ as we would want it to be?
Answer: No, today’s world is not as ‘green’ as we would want it to be. We are responsible for its condition. We should plant more and more trees in order to make it greener and more beautiful.
