FIRST YEAR NOTES--------BOOK -3

                                                                         By: Muhammad Wasif Malik (M.A English)

                                                                                              
 POEMS

Poem No.1
                                                                                              THE RAIN

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Q/1: What does the poet hope in the rain?
Ans: He hopes that the scene of the sunshine after the rain will be beautiful and a source of happiness.
Q/2: How does the poet feel about the rain fall?
                                                     OR
How does the poet feel when he hears the rain falling on the leaves?
Ans: He says that the leaves create sweet music. The poet feels happy to hear this sweet music of rain.
Q/3: What change will take place when the sun comes out?
                                                      OR
What will happen the sun rises after the rain?
Ans: After the rain, the sun shines bright. It makes every dark thing bright with its light.
Q/4: What does the poet call the upper leaves the rich leaves?
Ans: The poet calls the upper leaves the rich leaves because they are thick growing leaves.
Q/5: What is meant by rich leaves?
Ans: The rich leaves mean the thick growing leaves.
Q/6: How can a rainy day be enjoyed?
Ans: We can enjoy rain by observing the lovely scene it creates. We can enjoy a picnic on the bank of a river. We   can enjoy rain by playing games.
Q/7: How does rain water fall on the poor leaves?
Ans: The rain water falls on the poor leaves by drop after drop from top rich leaves onto the lower poor leaves.
Q/8: How does the poor suffer in `The Rain`?
Ans: The poor suffer in the rain if they do not have shelter to protect them.
Q/9: What does the sound of rain falling on leaves give impression to the poet?
Ans: He says that the rain drops falling on the leaves create sweet music. The poet feels happy to hear this sweet music of rain.

Poem No.2
                                                                                                  NIGHT MAIL

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Q/1: What kind of train the night mail is?
                                          OR
What kind of train has been described by the poet?
Ans: The night mail is a train that brings cheques, postal orders and letters for the people.
Q/2: What happens in the farm when the night mail passes by it?
                                           OR
Does the night mail create any problem for the people?
Ans: When it passes by the farm, it disturbs no one. Only the jug in the bedroom begins to shake a bit.
Q/3: What do night mail /coach bring for the people?
                                           OR
What thing does the night mail bring?
Ans: The night mail is a train that brings cheques, postal orders and letters for the people.
Q/4:what do sheep-dogs do at the arrival of the night mail?
Ans: The sheep-dogs do nothing at the arrival of the train. They continue to take rest on their paws.
Q/5: Does the night mail disturb the life on farm? How do the birds and sheep-dogs behave on her arrival?
Ans: When it passes by the farm, it disturbs no one. Only the jug in the bedroom begins to shake a bit. The birds and sheep-dogs do nothing at the arrival of the train. They continue to take rest on their paws.
Poem No.3
                                                                             LOVELIEST OF TREES, THE CHERRY NOW

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Q/1: What does the poet mean by ``of my three score years and ten``?
Ans: According to the bible, a man lives about seventy years in this world. The poet is referring to this age of him. These score and ten years mean seventy years.
Q/2: Why are the fifty springs little to see the cherry tree?
Ans: The poet says that fifty years is a little room to enjoy the beauties of nature. Therefore, he would go to the jungle. There he would be able to see many things within the little available time.
Q/3: Write the theme or main idea of the poem, ‘loveliest of trees, the cherry now``.
Ans: The poet says that man`s life is too short to enjoy the beauties of nature. Here cherry stands for the beauty of nature. The poet wants to enjoy the beauty of nature in the short period of his life.
Q/4: How does the cherry tree look like?
Ans: The cherry in full bloom. It is covered with white flowers. It seems to be dressed up for Easter. As it looks very beautiful, the poet calls it the loveliest of trees.
Q/5: Why does the poet call cherry the loveliest of trees?
Ans: The cherry in full bloom. It is covered with white flowers. It seems to be dressed up for Easter. As it looks very beautiful, the poet calls it the loveliest of trees.
Q/6: Are fifty years a fairly long period to look at things in bloom?
Ans: The poet says that fifty years are a little period to look at the things in bloom. 

Poem No.4
                                                                                                O WHERE ARE YOU GOING

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Q/1: What kind of the feelings does the poet create in the minds of the readers?
Ans: The feelings that the poet wants to create in the minds of the readers are those of courage and fearlessness. He urges us to be ready to have any adventure.
Q/2: Who are the two imaginary persons personified in the poem ``o where are you going. ``
Ans: There are two persons mentioned in the poem: Reader and Rider. The rider is bold and ambitious. The reader is full of fear.
Q/3: Point out the qualities of ``The Rider’ in the light of the poem?
Ans: The rider is a person who is bold and ambitious to make his way through thick and thin.
Q/4: What does the ``Fearer’ say to the ``Farer’ in the second stanza of the poem?
Ans: The fearer tells the farer that he must know that there would be darkness on the way. There would be lack of food, water, comfort and other such things.
Q/5: How does the Rider answer to the Reader in the end in the poem?
Ans: He tells him that he would never be able to come out of his house for adventure. He says all the fear remains in search of cowards. Therefore, they are searching for him.
Q/6: Explain the title significance of the poem``o where are you going``?
Ans: The title of the poem signifies a hidden warning. Some person wants to achieve some goal and someone is trying to stop us.
Q/7: What three dangers does the reader mention in the first stanza of the poem?
Ans: The reader mentions the three dangers in the poem are: fatal valley, a dunghill and a gap.
Q/8: What do you feel after reading the poem``O Where are you Going``?
Ans: we feel excited and thrilled. We get ready to accept any challenge with courage. We become courageous and brave.

Poem No.5
                                                                                  IN THE STREET OF THE FRUIT STALLS

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Q/1: Why does the poet describe the fruits as cannon ball?
                                                     OR
 Why do the fruits look like bombs to the poet?
Ans: Because the fruits are like cannonballs.
Q/2: What are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark?
Ans: The poet feels that the children are happier to taste and eat the fruits than very rich people. Their joy in times of peace is valuable.
Q/3: Make a list of all fruits mentioned in the poem?
Ans: Melon, guava and mandarin are mentioned in the poem.
Q/4: How do fruits look like in the streets of fruit stalls?
Ans: They look like cannon balls.
Q/5: How do children enjoy the fruit in the poem?-
Ans: The children eat fruit. The juice of the fruit wets their fingers, mouth, cheeks, nose and chins. They begin glow like the lantern.
Q/6: Which parts of children`s body were involved while eating fruit?
Ans: Their mouths, fingers, cheeks, nose and chins were involved while eating fruit.