The Echoing Green Question & Answers
2. Tick all the things the poet is describing in the poem:-
1. a beautiful, sunny spring day
2. people playing in the meadow
3. children playing games in the meadow
4. older people watching children play
5. older people thinking about their youth
6. older people asking children to rest
7. children tired at the end of the day
Answer :
1- Yes 2- No 3- Yes
4. Yes 5- Yes 6- No
7- Yes
Answer the following questions:-
The Echoing Green Questions And Answers
Q.1 The merry bells ring
a. Why were the merry bells ringing?
Answer :
The merry bells were ringing to welcome the Spring.
b. Who tried to sing louder than the sound of the bells?
Answer:
The skylark and the thrush tried to sing louder than the sound of the bells.
Q.2 Old John with white hair
a. What was old John doing?
Answer:
John was forgot about his worries and enjoying himself.
Or
Old John was enjoying himself without worrying about anything.
b. Where was he?
Answer: He was sitting under the Oak Tree.
Or
He was sitting under the oak tree among the old folk.
C. Work with a partner.
1. What title would you give each of the three stanzas of the poem? Use some of these words beginning during end morning evening afternoon
Answer :
Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Q.2. What is the Green? What echoes all around the Green?
Answer :
Green is the greenery all around them as it is spring season and they are enjoing in the lap of nature. All they are merry. Pleasant sound of bird's singing is echoing all around the green.
Or
Green refers to the splendour of spring that can be seen all around. The joyous sounds of birds singing, children playing and adults talking echo all around the Green.
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