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SHORT TEST - FEBRUARY

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE?

a. Who is the persona in the poem?
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b. Write one line from the poem that depicts that people are jobless.
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c. Provide three phrases that depict the message of cruel realities of a nation in
uncertainty of its future.
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d. In your own words describe why the poet used the word sick to describe the rice
fields.
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e. What did the persona mean when she said deserted?
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f. Why is the persona feeling guilty?

g. Why is the question Are you still playing your flute repeated as the starting line of all
the stanzas?

h. In your opinion, is this a romantic poem? Provide reasons for your answer.
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NATURE
a. In your words describe the weather as depicted in the poem.
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b. State one moral value that you have learnt from the poem.
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c. Note that the poem ends with the line and beauty comes suddenly and the rains have
gone. Describe how this bears a resemblance in our life.

d. In the opening lines of the poem, the poet describes the things that are absent. In
your opinion, what is the poet trying to convey?
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e. Why do you think H.D.Carberry wrote the poem?
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f. List three words related to nature.
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g. Which line in the poem Nature suggests the sense of smell?

h. Based on your knowledge of the poem Nature, describe a theme in the poem.