Poem 1 WB - 1

 

Poem 1 WB - 1

QUESTION: 2

Ans. 1: Cricket complains because he wasted the summer season in singing and he didn’t store food. So now he has no food. (So he is complaining.)

Ans. 2: The starvation (hunger) and famine (no food to eat) made him bold.

Ans. 3: Cricket went to ant because he wanted shelter to protect himself from rain and cold. And he was hungry so he wanted some food.

Ans. 4: Ant tells cricket that ants neither borrow nor lend anything.

Ans. 5: Ant asks the Cricket if he had not saved any food during summer?

Ans. 6: Ant suggested to Cricket that if he had spent his summer in singing then he should spend his winter by dancing.

Ans. 7: The cricket in the poem symbolizes carelessness, irresponsibility, laziness and procrastination.

Ans. 8: The message of the poem to mankind is that, instead of wasting present, think about what is important and be productive. Planning and preparation of future is very important.

Ans. 9: The moral of the poem is that hard work and preparation are important for success and survival, while laziness and irresponsibility can lead to suffering and dependence on others.

QUESTION: 3

Ans. 1: The poem mainly focuses on: Hard work and preparation, which are important for success and survival. Laziness and lack of preparation can lead to suffering and dependence on others. It’s important to think about the future and plan accordingly.

Ans. 2: We can see major differences between the Ant and the Cricket. Ant is hard working, prepared and responsible while the cricket is lazy, careless and irresponsible. Ant thought about the future and utilized the time while cricket wasted it.

QUESTION: 4 - Stanza: 1

Ans. 1: The expression ‘sunny months’ means the months when the sun shines brightly. These months are during summer and spring.

Ans. 2: ‘Not a crumb to be found’ because the entire land is snow-covered now so there is no possibility to find any flower, leaf or grain.

Ans. 3: The last line of this stanza suggests that as the cricket has not saved any food to eat in winter, he is worried about what to eat, and how he will survive the hunger.

QUESTION: 4 - Stanza: 2

Ans. 1: The cricket's condition was bad as he was dripping wet and trembling with cold. Plus, he was already starving.

Ans. 2: A shelter from rain and a mouthful of grain could keep cricket alive.

Ans. 3: Cricket was ready to give assurance that he would just borrow the food and repay it by the next day.

QUESTION: 4 - Stanza: 3

Ans. 1: The ant did not help cricket and hastily closed the door on cricket's face.

Ans. 2: The story of “The Ant and the Cricket” is called ‘Fable’ by the people.

Ans. 3: The last line of the poem suggests that this story is not only limited to four-legged cricket but also related to two-legged. The story is about lazy humans as well.