THE MOON

THE MOON

VOCABULARY

Let’s make sentences

1       Mild          =       calm and peaceful

S       The young girl seemed very polite and mild.

2       humble    =       simple

S       It is my humble rquest to you.

3       lustrous   =       shiny

S       She has lustrous hair.

4       dim            =       less brightness

S       The room had dim lights.

5       beaming  =       shining happily

S       Her beaming face looked very pretty.

6       glance      =       look

S       The teacher glanced at the student’s copy.

Reference to context

1                   She looks both mild and gentle

Though she lives in regal state;

And her attendant nobles

In countless myriads wait.

Q1      Who is “she” in the above lines?

Ans     “She” is the moon.

Q2      What kind of a lady is “she”?

Ans     The moon is kind and gentle.

Q3      Who are the “noble attendants” that surround the moon?

Ans     They are the stars.

2                   Her mien is humble, and with them,

Her dignity she shares;

She would not that her lustrous eye

Should dim the light of theirs.

Q1      With whom does the moon share its dignity? What does this tell us about the moon?

Ans     The moon shares its royal status with the stars. This tells us that the moon is humble.

Q2      What is “her lustrous eye”?

Ans     “Lustrous eye” is the bright light of the moon.

Q3      Identify the rhyme scheme of the stanza.

Ans     The rhyme scheme is abcb.

Answer the questions

Q1      How does the poet describe the moon in the first stanza?

Ans     In the first stanza, the moon has been personified as a beautiful and fair queen.

Q2      In the second stanza, the poet says that the moon lives in a “regal state”. Which line in the first stanza supports this statement?

Ans     The line “And she was born a queen” supports this statement.

Q3      How can you say that the moon is humble and kind?

Ans     The moon is humble and kind because she shares the sky with the stars and she is careful that her light does not diminish the light of the stars.

Q4      Explain the meaning of the last stanza.

Ans     At night, when our curtains are not drawn shut completely, we can see the moon through the gap.the moon seems to be wishing us goodnight.

Word Basket

1     Beautiful                                                2    mild                      3.   attendant                                                     4          nobles

5          5. myriads                                                               6          mien

7      dignity                                                               8          lustrous

       9. dim                                                                       10       beaming

11       silent                                                                    12       glance