HOW TO TELL WILD ANIMALS:-

Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (chance-advance, east-beast, dyin-lion)

Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence to the next line (and if there…..tawny beast)

Inversion: Change in the format of a sentence (if there should to you advance)

Assonance: use of vowel sound ’o’ (you should go, should to you, roars,)

Allusion: Reference to a famous thing, place, species of animal, etc (Asian Lion)

STANZA 2

Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (round-ground, you-you learn-discern)

Alliteration: repetition of consonant sound ‘r’ at start of two or more closely connected words
(roaming round)

Inversion: Change in the format of a sentence (The Bengal Tiger to discern)

Allusion: Reference to a famous thing, place, species of animal, etc (Bengal Tiger)

Assonance: Use of vowel sound ’o’ (or if some time when roaming round),oxymoron

STANZA 3

Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (view- you, peppered- Leopard, pain-again)

Alliteration: use of consonant sound ‘h’ in the beginning of two words (he has)

Poetic license: A liberty to the poet to change the spellings in order to create rhyme or rhythm in a
poem (use of lept instead of leapt)

Repetition: use of ‘lep’ word in the last line.

Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘o’ (strolling-forth-you, whose-spot, do no good to roar)

Consonance: use of ‘l’ sound (he’ll only lep lep)

STANZA 4

Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (yard-hard, there- bear, guess-caress)

Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence to the next line (if you were walking….creature there)

Alliteration: use of ‘w’ sound (when-walking), use of ‘h’ sound (who- hugs), use of ‘b’ sound (be-
bear)

Assonance: use of vowel ‘e’ (meet a creature there)

STANZA 5

Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (prey-may, nonplus-thus, smiles-crocodiles)

Alliteration: use of consonant sound ‘n’ (novice-nonplus), use of ‘th’ sound (the-thus)

Enjambment: continuation of sentence to the next line (though to distinguish….might nonplus, The
crocodile…..hyena thus)

STANZA 6

Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (small-all, thing-wing, tree-see)

Alliteration: use of ‘h’ sound (he hasn’t)

Consonance: use of ‘g’ sound (single wing)

Question and answers

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the east;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion."

Question 1: What are the physical characteristics of a Asiatic lion?

(i) It is very large and wild.

(ii) It has huge canines.

iii) It is large and brownish yellow in colour.

(iv) It has a loud roar.

Question 2: What happens when the lion roars?

(i) People hide in their houses

(ii) People cutting trees in jungles quickly rush to their homes.

(iii) Animals along with their young ones hide themselves in the safest places they can find
(iv) People get scared and feel as if they are dying.

Question 3: What does the word 'tawny' mean?

(i) huge

(ii) large

(iii) roaring

(iv) brownish-yellow

Question 3: What is the habitat of the Asian Lion?

(i) Eastern countries

(ii) Western countries

(iii) Northern countries

(iv) Southern countries

"Or if some time when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern."

Question 1: How can a tiger be recognised?

(i) A tiger can be recognised with its nobility.

(ii) A tiger can be recognised with its loud roar.

(iii) A tiger can be recognised with the black stripes on his yellow skin.

(iv) A tiger can be recognised with its cat like appearance.

Question 2: Why does the poet call the tiger a noble animal?

(i) The tiger doesn't harm the animals in the jungle.

(ii) The tiger is often seen helping other animals in the jungle.

(iii) The tiger is very impressive in his appearance and doesn't scare others with its roar.

(iv) The tiger doesn't kill humans.

Question 3: What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?

(i) ababab

(ii) abcdab

(iii) abcabc

(iv) aabbcc

"If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard

Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again."

Question 1: What kind of hide does a leopard have?

(i) It has a striped hide.

(ii) It has a spotted hide.

(iii) It has a golden brown coat.

(iv) It has a grey colour coat.

Question 2: When does one come to know that it is a leopard?

(i) One comes to know that it is a leopard when he sees it strolling.

(ii) When one sees an animal roaring with pain.

(iii) When one sees its bright eyes.

(iv) When the animal leaps at anyone again and again.

Question 3: Give a synonym of 'strolling'-

(i) laughing

(ii) roaring

(iii) roaming

(iv) snoring

Question 4: What would happen if anyone roars with pain?

(i) it would make the leopard more angry

(ii) it would make the leopard calm down

(iii) it would attract other people around

(iv) it would be of no use as the leopard would eat him up anyways

"If when you are walking around your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is a Bear.

If you have any doubts, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress."

Question 1: Where can one meet a bear?

(i) in the jungle

(ii) in the zoo

(iii) in the national park

(iv) around one's yard

Question 2: What does the bear do on meeting a person?

(i) He bares his teeth.

(ii) He hugs him very hard.

(iii) he snarls at him.

(iv) he attacks at him

Question 3: What would the bear do to clear your doubts

(i) He will smile at you.

(ii) He will give you another tight hug.

(iii) He will give you a bear hug.

(iv) He will share some freshly procured honey with you.

Question 4: Which pair of words don't rhyme with each other?

(i) yard-hard

(ii) sure-creature

(iii) there-bear

(iv) guess-caress
"Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus,

The crocodile you always may

Tell from the Hyena thus :

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep they're Crocodiles."

Question 1: Between which animals would it be difficult to differentiate?

(i) lion and a tiger

(ii) leopard and a tiger

(iii) lion and a leopard

(iv) crocodile and a hyena

Question 2: How does a hyena differ from a crocodile?

(i) A hyena lives on land and a crocodile lives in water.

(ii) A hyena has small teeth but a crocodile has large teeth.

(iii) A hyena eats smaller animals but a crocodile eats larger animals.

(iv) A hyena laughs as it swallows its victim, while a crocodile weeps as it swallows its prey.

Question 3: Which of the following is the synonyms of non-plus?

(i) confused

(ii) happy

(iii) subtract

(iv) differentiate

Question 4: What is the noun form of 'merry'?

(i) marriage

(ii) merriment

(iii) meirying

(iv) merrying
"The true Chameleon is small,

A lizard sort of a thing;

He hasn't any ears at all,

And not a single wing.

If there is nothing on the tree,

'tis the chameleon you see."

Question 1: How does a chameleon look like?

(i) a dragon

(ii) a lizard

(iii) a bird without wings

(iv) a snake

Question 2: What two things does a chameleon not have?

(i) teeth and tongue.

(ii) wings and tongue.

(iii) ears and tongue.

(iv) ears and wings.

Question 3: Why can't we see the chameleon on the trees?

(i) it hides between the leaves.

(ii) it becomes invisible sometimes.

(iii) it flies away when they see any humans around.

(iv) it changes its body colour according to the environment.

Question 4: Tick the correct famous idiom about the chameleons.

(i) He was as changeable as a chameleon.

(ii) He was as colourful as a chameleon.

(iii) He was as deaf as a chameleon.

(iv) He was as sharp-sighted as a chameleon.