NCERT Class 8 English Chapter 8 On the Grasshopper and Cricket
NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew (Poem) Chapter 8 On the Grasshopper and Cricket
Working with the poem
Question 1.
Discuss with your partner the following definition of a poem.
A poem is made of words arranged in a beautiful order. These words,when read aloud with feeling, have a music and meaning of their own.
Answer:
In a poem the words of the poet’s thinking are arranged in such a manner that they appeal a melodious tone though they’re not grammatically correct.
Question 2.
The ‘poetry of earth’ is not made of words. What is it made of, as suggested in the poem ?
Answer:
“The poetry of earth’ is made of the songs of its creatures like grasshopper and cricket.
Question 3.
Find in the poem lines that match the following.
(i) The grasshopper’s happiness never comes an end
(ii) The cricket’s song has a warmth that never decreases.
Answer:
(i) ……he has never done with his delights
(ii) ……in warmth increasing ever
Question 4.
Which word in stanza 2 is opposite in meaning to the frosť?
Answer:
warmth
Question 5.
The poetry of earth continues round the year through a cycle of two seasons. Mention each with its representative voice.
Answer:
The season of summer – the grasshopper
The season of winter – the cricket
MCQs Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1.
Who sings on a frosty winter day ?
(a) ant
(b) cricket
(c) grasshopper
(d) pigeon
Answer:
(b) cricket
Question 2.
How did the birds feel during extreme summer ?
(a) faint
(b) pleasant
(c) gay
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(a) faint
Question 3.
Which voice runs from hedge to hedge ?
(a) ant’s
(b) grasshopper’s
(c) cricket’s
(d) parrot’s
Answer:
(b) grasshopper’s
Question 4.
What happens to the grasshopper during winter ?
(a) feels sulky
(b) hides in grassy hills
(c) sings and gay
(d) unpleasantly behave
Answer:
(b) hides in grassy hills
Question 5.
Which word in the poem means ‘fade’?
(a) favour
(b) fatigue
(c) faint
(d) function
Answer:
(c) faint