Unit 3 - 3.1 Night of the Scorpion — English STD 10 — Question

Find out lines from the poem that are examples of the following figures of speech:

Figures of Speech	Lines
Repetition
Alliteration
Hyperbole

Pick out three lines that contain the monologues of God.

From the poem pick out the words of old English that mean the words given below:
(1) edge -
(2) poetry -

Write as many phrases as you can using 'enough' and use them in your sentences.
(1) hard enough: If you work __________ you will be rewarded.
(2) bold enough: He was not __________ to realise his ambitions.
(3) fast enough: He was not _________ to understand the joke at his expense.
(4) strong enough: The little bird was still not ____________ to fly away on its own.
(5) reasonable enough: The price seemed _______________ yet I hesitated to buy it.

Complete the table of rhyming worda :

Words	Rhyming words from the poem	Rhyming words of your own
Ear
Within
Man
Split

Read the poem and write the rhyme scheme of: the last stanza/last five lines.

Pick out and write the lines that contain imagery.

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by: Let us (said He) "pour on him all we can:" Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span.
So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay.
Perceiving that alone of all His treasures Rest in the bottom lay

Write the rhyming words from the extract:

Find the lines from the extract which mean:
(a) become crazy for the goal
(b) toil hard happily
(c) get rid of all fears
(d) make efforts continuously

Does the poem retain a steady rhythm throughout?