On the Grasshopper and the Cricket - New Images Next - Class 7 - English

The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead:
That is the grasshopper's -- he takes the lead
In summer luxury, -- he has never done
With his delights, for when tired out with fun,
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.

a. Explain ‘The poetry of earth is never dead’.
b. Why are the birds 'faint'? What is meant by 'faint' here?
c. Whose voice do you hear on summer afternoons? Where does he go when he is tired?

When does the Grasshopper take the lead?

1. in summer luxury

2. in winter luxury

3. in helplessness

4. in rain

What never ceases?

1. The poetry of earth

2. The poetry of life

3. The poetry of art

4. The poetry of language

Whose song resembles the Grasshopper’s song?

1. housefly

2. Cricket

3. Girl     

4. mynah

Whose voice do you hear on summer afternoons? Where does it go when it is tired?

Which insect takes over from the Grasshopper in winter?

Explain what ‘The poetry of earth is ceasing never’ means.

Why does the Cricket’s song sound like the Grasshopper’s?

When all the birds are faint with the not sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run.

1. What does the hot sun do?

2. What does the voice do?

3. What season is described here?

On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever.

1. What does the frost do?

2. What does the poet want to convey?

3. What season is described here?

What is the mood of the poem?

1. reflective   

2. joyous        

3. gloomy

Which season do you enjoy the most? Give reasons for your answer.

Underline the words at the end and state the rhyme scheme.

1. Sing a song of sixpence,                                
   A pocket full of rye.                            
   Four and twenty blackbirds.   
   Baked in a pie.                                           

2. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
   Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
   All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
   Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Verify ‘on the Grasshopper and the Cricket’ is a sonnet with the help of the rhyme scheme given on the previous page.

 Verify ‘on the Grasshopper and the Cricket’ is a sonnet with the help of the rhyme scheme given on the previous page. 

Identify and underline the phrases in these sentences. Also state their types. 
                 1. I was walking in the garden when it started raining. 
                 2. I am extremely angry about the expired coupon. 
                 3. During the competition, the bull became aggressive. 
                 4. You will get the assignment in your email. 
                 5. In the end, my parents gave me permission to travel alone. 
                 6. You should watch this film without delay. 
                 7. She was a woman of great wealth and wisdom. 
                 8. The girl with brown hair is my sister 

Write down three sentences with apostrophe (‘). Also write three sentences with quotation marks (“).