Class 8 Answering Questions form Poem CQ Question Answer Solution PDF

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Oh, They say my house is no good
But what can I build with nothing here?
I'll erect a home,
Yet how long will I truly stay?
I gaze into the mirror,
Noticing the strands of grey in my hair.

Thinking of this,
Hason Raja never built a dwelling.
Where will Allah take him? Where will he find rest?
This uncertainty brings him to tears.

If only Hason Raja had known his days,
He would have painted his rooms in vibrant hues.
Oh, They say my house is no good,
But what can I build with nothing here?

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The field of the embroidered quilt - Jasimuddin
Translation: E. M. Milford

Spreading the embroidered quilt,
She works the livelong night,
As if her poet were
On his bereaved plight.
Many a joy and many a sorrow
Is written on her breast;
The story of Rupai's life is there,
Line by line expressed.
"How will he bear the pain, mother?
On this quilt lies all of mine-
All my pain and my grief,
Embroidered line by line.
So lay it on my grave, mother.
This picture of my grief
That his and mine upon its breast
May mingling find relief

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The Children's Song -Rudyard Kipling

Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women of our race.
Father in Heaven, Who lovest all,
Oh help Thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age,
An undefiled heritage.

Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,
With steadfastness and careful truth;
That, in our time, Thy Grace may give
The Truth whereby the Nations live.

Teach us to rule ourselves always,
Controlled and cleanly night and day;
That we may bring, if need arise,
No maimed and worthless sacrifice.

Teach us to look, in all our ends,
On Thee for judge, and not our friends
That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed
By fear or favour of the crowd.
Teach us the strength that cannot seek,
By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;
That, under Thee, we may possess
Man's strength to comfort man's distress.

Teach us Delight in simple things,
And Mirth that had no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And Love to all men, 'neath the sun!
Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through the years to be!

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A Little Plant ~Anonymous

In the heart of a seed
Buried deep, so deep,
A dear little plant
Lay fast asleep.
"Wake!" said the voice
Of the rain drops bright.
The little plant heard.
And rose to see
What the wonderful
Outside world might be.

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Ode on Solitude ~Alexander Pope

Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
In his own ground.

Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.

Blest! who carn unconcern'dly find
Hours, days and years slide soft away,
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day.

Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mix'd; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please,
With meditation.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.

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Something Told the Wild Geese ~Rachel Field

Something told the wild geese
It was time to go.
Though the fields lay golden
Something whispered, - "snow".
Leaves were green and stirring,
Berries, lustre-glossed,
But beneath warm feathers
Something cautioned, - "frost".
All the sagging orchards
Steamed with amber spice,
But each wild breast stiffened
At remembered ice.
Something told the wild geese
It was time to fly -
Summer sun was on their wings,
Winter in their cry.

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Green Escape -Joseph Auslander

I have turned my face
Away from streets and crowds
To a windy place
And clouds.
I have turned from skyscrapers
That scratch out the sky,
From wet newspapers
Always whipping by.
I have taken away my heart,
I will give it again
To be split apart
By wind and rain.
I will stand like a stone
All day in the grass
Where the bees drone
And pass and repass.
I will watch them brush
Gold across their legs,
Hear the bird at hush
Over her eggs.
I will hear the wild swan
Lift high and harsh
His crooked clarion
Across the marsh.
Where the jewel-weed hangs,
Where the spotted stream runs,
Where the green beetle bangs
Bronze on bronze-
Rooted in the deep ground,
The sky tugging at my hair,
There will I be found-
There!

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The News-Michael Rosen

Here is The News:
'Two incredible shoes
Two incredible shoes
That's The News.

When it rains
They walk down drains.
They glow
in the snow.
They grizzle
in a drizzle.
They sneeze
in a breeze.
They sneeze
in a breeze.
They get warm
in a storm.
They go soggy
When it is foggy.
They've even hissed
in a mist.
But
(sad to say)
There comes a terrible frost.
This is what happened:
They got lost.'

That was The News
'Two incredible shoes.
Two incredible shoes.
That was The News.

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Contemplation ~John Carpenter

For days and days I've climbed a tree
A dappled yellow tree
And gazed abroad at many things
I've always wished to see.

I see the green and gentle fields
All bounded in with hedge
And shining rivers swimming through
The rushes on the edge,
And little sheep who play all day
I watch them as they run,
While far away the roofs of town
Are shining in the sun.

I think it's very nice to sit
So high and look so far----
How very large the world can be!
How many things there are!