Class V, English Literature Unit Test

Session 2020-21 Full Marks: 12

Topic: Those Winter Sundays
Read the following questions carefully. Write down the answers on single lined pages.
A) Tick the correct answer: (3X1= 3)

i. In the poem ‘Those Winter Sundays’, the phrase ‘cold splintering, breaking’ is an example
of
a) metaphor
b) imagery
c) personification
d) alliteration

ii. The tone of the poem ‘Those Winter Sundays’ can be described as
a) carefree
b) optimistic
c) regretful
d) self-righteous

iii. Who is the speaker of the poem ‘Those Winter Sundays’?

a) An adult looking back on his childhood
b) An office manager
c) A father looking back on his child’s younger years
d) None of the above

B) Explain with reference to the context of the poem what ideas or messages the poet wants to express
in the following lines. (5)

a) “Speaking indifferently to him

Who had driven out the cold
And polished my good shoes as well
What did I know, what did I know
Of love’s austere and lonely offices?”
Here the speaker expresses his regret and sorrow for not appreciating his father’s love, care
Answer:
and hard work. The ungrateful child has now become adult who criticizes his youthful lack of
gratitude and links the fault with his early inability to understand his father’s struggle to make
them feel happy and comfortable and keep them warm in the cold winter days.
C) Why do you think the poet named the poem as ''Those Winter Sundays''? Suggest a suitable title of
your own and justify your answer with one reason. (1.5+1+1.5=4)

Answer: Those Winter Sundays is a poem about a memory. The speaker recalls the actions of a father
who each Sunday rises early to dutifully make a fire and polish the good shoes for his son.

Love between father's and son's. This title relates the relationship between fathers and son.
Father's does work hard for their children.