ENG POEM - NOTES OF WINTER

                                        WINTER

QUESTION AND ANSWERS:

Q1. What happens to the flowers in winter?

Ans. The flowers lie low in the ground waiting for spring so   that they can bloom again.

Q2.Where does the wind whistle?

 Ans. The wind whistles through the roof.

Q3. How does the poet protect his kittens during winter?

Ans. The poet protects his kittens by making them wear mittens on their paws.

Q4. What happens to the poet and his brother in the breeze?

Ans. They sway in the breeze.

Q5. How does the poet know it’s Christmas?

Ans. The poet knows it’s Christmas as he can hear the sleigh bells ringing and the sweet voices singing.

 Q6. What are the special delicacies prepared for Christmas?

 Ans. Puddings and pies and other things that are nice.

Q7.How does the poet know it is spring?

Ans. The poet knows it’s spring when the flowers start to bloom again.

Q8.How does the poet know that its winter again?

 Ans.  The poet knows that it is winter again when the wind whistles through the roofs, snow flakes fall on trees, warm fire glows and he can hear the sound of the bells on sleighs and voices that sing –‘it’s Christmas.’

Q9. In the fourth verse, the poet says that he loves spring. Do you think he also likes winter? Why do you think so?

 Ans.  The poet likes the winter too for he uses words such as ‘gently’ to describe the falling of snowflakes, ‘warm’ to describe the fire; ‘sweet’ to describe the voices; ‘nice’ to describe the food .

10.Rhyming words:

roof- hoof; trees- breeze; ringing – singing; flower – hour  

11.Figures of Speech

 a) Alliteration – ‘pudding and pies and all that’s nice’                    ‘mittens on my little kittens’

 b) making your own alliteration:

   blooming bells, towering trees and wailing winds

 c) ‘The wind whistles through the roof’ – alliteration and       personification     

 d)‘I love silver springs that call back the flowers’ – alliteration and personification

e) The poem also contains other figures of speech.

- ‘Clip clop go the horses hoofs’ – onomatopoeia 

-‘Warm fires glowing like sapphires’ – simile 

Onomatopoeia  is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.