NCERT Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 Poem The School Boy
NCERT Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 Poem The School Boy: National Council of Educational Research and Training Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 Poem Solutions – The School Boy. NCERT Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 Poem PDF Download.
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Board |
NCERT |
| Class |
8 |
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Subject |
English |
| Book Name |
Honeydew |
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Chapter |
Chapter 5 Poem |
| Chapter Name |
The School Boy |
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Topic |
Solutions |
NCERT Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 Poem – The School Boy
Working with the poem
1.) Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy.
Answer: Love to rise in a summer morn, the birds sing on every tree; distant huntsman winds his horn, the skylark sings with me are four words/phrases that show the child’s happiness and joy.
2.) In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood?
Answer: At times I drooping sit, spend many an anxious hour. Nor in my book can I take delight, Nor sit in learning’s bower-these phrases show the sudden change in the mood.
3.) ‘A cruel eye outworn’ (stanza 2) refers to the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.
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?
Answer: Nor can I learn anything at school though teachers go on lecturing and explaining.
