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CBSE Solutions Class 8 English Honeydew Poems
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Working with Poem
Q1. The cricket says, “Oh! What will become of me?” When does he say it, and why?
Answer: The cricket said the given line when it found that its cupboard was empty and winter had arrived. It could not find a single crumb to eat on the snow covered ground and there were no flowers or leaves on the tree. It wondered what would become of it because it was getting cold and since there was nothing to eat, it would starve and die.
Q2. (i) Find in the poem the lines that mean the same as “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” (Shakespeare).
Answer: The line is :
“We ants never borrow ; we ants never lend.”
(ii) What is you opinion of the ant’s principles?
Answer: The ant’s principle is not bad. It teaches a lesson to everybody to plan for the rainy day.
Q3. The ant tells the cricket to “dance the winter away”. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here? If so, why?
Answer: When the ant told the cricket to “dance the winter away”, she meant the cricket didn’t utilize his precious time and the available resources during summer to save up enough for the cold season. He was making merry and dancing his way when the sun was shining bright. Therefore, when the ant mentions about the word ‘dance’, she means that the cricket should try to dance and sing in the winter just as he did during the summer and not bother her by asking for food and shelter. Hence, the word ‘dance’ in context is associated with the irresponsible and careless nature of the cricket who made merry when the sun shone bright, but didn’t save adequate food to survive in the winter season.
Q4. (i) Which lines in the poem express the poet’s comment? Read them aloud.
Answer: The line “Folks call this a fable. I’ll warrant it true” expresses the poet’s comment.
(ii) Write the comment in your own words.
Answer: This comment by the poet means that this poem is indeed a fable as it had a moral behind it. The cricket did not have anything to eat during the winters because it did not bother to store some food during summers. It was negligent and sang all through the summers. The ant, on the other hand, had built a nice home for itself and had stored food so that it would not starve during winters. It worked hard during summers to achieve this. Thus, the moral of the poem is to be prepared for the adverse times and always work hard instead of being negligent.
Q5. If you know a fable in your own language, narrate it to your classmates.
Answer: Once there was an old man. He had four sons. These sons always quarrelled with one another. So the old man was sad. When he was about to die, he called them all. He asked them to bring four sticks. Then he asked them to tie them in a bundle. After that he asked each of them to break the bundle. No one could do it. Then he untied the bundle and gave a stick to each of them. They easily broke them. Thus, the old man explained them the value of unity. He told his sons that if they remained united no one would ever harm them.
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