Class 10 Test

Worksheet - 4

Poem:- Dust of Snow

Q1.What do the ‘crow’ and ‘ Hemlock’ represent - Joy or sorrow? what does the dust of snow that the crow shakes of hemlock tree stand for?

Q2. Read the following stanza and write the answer accordingly.

has given my heart

a change of mood

and saved some part

of a day I had rude.

      Questions:

1. What was it that change the mood of the poet?

2. What did the poet think of that day?

3. Name the poem and the poet.

Poem:- Fire and Ice

Q3.There are many ideas about how the world will end. do you think that the world will end someday? have you ever thought that what would happen if the sun got so hot that it burst, or grew colder and colder?

Q4. Read the following stanza and write the answer accordingly.

Some say the world will end in fire

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

Question:

1. What do people think of the world?

2. Which opinion does the poet favor?

3. What is your opinion about the world?