Someone Poem Questions & Answers

Hi Everyone!! This article will share Someone Poem Questions & Answers.

This poem is written by Walter de la Mare. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Swing, The Bakers Village and The Wicked Barber’s Plight so, you can check these posts as well.

Someone Poem Questions & Answers

Word Galaxy

• Wee – small
• Knocking – striking noisily especially on a door, to attract attention
• Screech-owl – an owl that makes a singing or whinnying sound
• Nought – nothing
• Cricket – an insect that makes a musical chirping sound
• Stirring – moving
• Dewdrops – tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night
• Beetle – an insect with a hard wing cover on its back

Question 1: Fill in the blanks:

(a) The door of the speaker’s house was small.
(b) Someone was knocking at the speaker’s door at night.
(c) The busy beetle was tap-tapping on the wall.
(d) The speaker first listened and then opened the door.

Question 2: Match the columns:

Question 3: Who was knocking at the speaker’s door?

Answer: Someone was knocking at the speaker’s door.

Someone Poem Questions & Answers

Question 4: What did the speaker do after he opened the door?

Answer: The speaker looked left and right after he opened the door.

Question 5: What sounds did the speaker hear after opening the door?

Answer: After opening the door, the speaker heard a beetle tap-tapping in the wall, a cricket whistling and an owl screeching.

Question 6: What was falling when the cricket was whistling?

Answer: The dewdrops were falling when the cricket was whistling.

Question 7: From where did the sound of the screech-owl come?

Answer: The owl screeched from the forest.

Question 8: Choose the correct option:

(a) When did the poet hear the knock at the door?

i. in the morning
ii. in the afternoon
iii. at night

(b) Who was tap-tapping in the wall?

i. busy bee
ii. busy beetle
iii. lazy cricket

(c) Where were the screeches of the owl coming from?

i. from the forest
ii. from the zoo
iii. from the park

(d) When did the cricket whistle?

i. when the dewdrops fell
ii. when it started raining
iii. when poet slept

So, these were Someone Poem Questions & Answers.