Revision -poem-grade 6 -Final term_Remebering an old brown horse n WHere mind is without

• English
• Secondary Education

Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners  will be able to:

* recall the main themes of the poems "Remembering An Old Brown Horse" and "Where mind is without fear".

* recap some important questions based on both these poems.

* Identify and share the poetic devices used in the poems.

Remembering an old brown horse

How did the old brown horse spend his days when he was young?

"And he used to trot through the woods and lanes".
Choose the Antonym of 'trot' from the options given below:-

1. Run
2. Jog
3. Scamper
4. Crawl

Does his master care for him now? Why/Why not?

What would you have done to make the horse’s last years
comfortable?

Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the word "
"trim".

1. an electronic watch
2. crow
3. neat and smart

"A horse who is lame and half-blind"
Choose the synonym of lame

1. cripple
2. chore
3. assignment
4. engagement

Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken
up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?

"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high"
Identify the poetic device used in the above lines.

1. Alliteration
2. Simile
3. Pun
4. Personification

"Where the world has not been broken
up into fragments by narrow domestic walls."
Choose the synonym of fragments.

1. bits
2. Parade
3. March
4. procession

The poem "Where mind is without fear " talks about_______.

1. India to awaken to a bright dawn of freedom – from slavery and our own mental chains.
2. evolution of life
3. Women Empowerment

"Where the mind is led forward
by thee into ever widening
thought and action"
Choose the antonym of "forward" from the option given below.

1. dashing
2. settle
3. reversely
4. ahead

The ‘domestic walls’ are usually associated with safety, comfort and love.
Are these the feelings evoked by the phrase ‘narrow domestic walls’? If
not, choose the correct answer from the ones given below:
(i) small houses which make us feel cramped.
(ii) ideas which are petty and narrow-minded.
(iii) a house divided into rooms by walls.

What does the poet mean by “where knowledge is free”?

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