Reading - Unseen Poem - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

Unseen Poem

  1. Read the following poems carefully: (1x5=5)
    Fame is a food that dead men eat,
    I have no stomach for such meat.
    In little light and narrow room,
    They eat in the silent tomb.
    With no kind voice of comrade near
    To bid the feaster be of cheer.
    But friendship is a noble thing,
    Of friendship, it is good to sing.
    For truly when a man shall end,
    He lives in the memory of his friend,
    Who doth his better part recall,
    And of his fault make the funeral.

    1. By the expression ‘Fame is a food that dead men eat’ we mean
      1. fame is enjoyed only after death
      2. fame is enjoyed during the life-time
      3. fame is something like a food
      4. fame dies with one’s death.
    2. Friendship is a noble thing because
      1. a man cannot live without friends
      2. real friends are very helpful
      3. a man always remembers the good qualities of his friend after his death
      4. it enhances the dignity of mankind.
    3. Friendship is better than fame because in friendship
      1. when a man dies he lives in the memory of his friend
      2. a man always regards his friend
      3. enmity never comes
      4. a man is always happy in the company of his friend.
    4. In the last line of the above poem the poet wants to convey that
      1. one should believe in friendship
      2. the faults of a man are highlighted by his friend after his death
      3. the faults of a man are forgotten by his friend after his death
      4. one should not run after fame and friendship.
    5. The word recall means
      1. forget
      2. come close
      3. help
      4. remember.

  2. Read the following poems carefully: (1x5=5)
    I lay in sorrow deep distressed;
    My grief a proud man heard,
    His looks were cold, he gave me gold,
    But not a kind word.
    My sorrow passed I paid him back
    The gold he gave to me,
    Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
    And blessed his charity.
    I lay in want and grief, and pain
    A poor man passed my way
    He bound my head, he gave me bread;
    He watched me night and day;
    How shall I pay him back again
    For all, he did to me?
    Oh, gold is great but greater far
    Is heavenly sympathy.

    1. One day the poet was in
      1. trouble
      2. need of money
      3. the need of a friend
      4. depression.
    2. The proud rich man offered the poet
      1. sympathy
      2. money
      3. bread
      4. tea.
    3. The poet was in a fix because
      1. he didn’t know how to pay back to the proud rich man
      2. he didn’t know the poor man who served him so much
      3. he wanted to give money to the poor man but he had no money
      4. he didn’t know how to pay back to the poor man’s service to him.
    4. The poet realized in the last that
      1. the poor man was better than the rich man
      2. sympathy was more valuable than gold
      3. the rich man was better than the poor man
      4. money was the most important thing in the world.
    5. The word that means opposite to sorrow is
      1. carelessness
      2. ability
      3. joy
      4. beauty.

CBSE Worksheet 01
Unseen Poem

Solution

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