Hi Everyone!! This article will share A Dewdrop Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Frank Dempster Sherman. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Fly and The Elephant’s Child so, you can check these posts as well.
A Dewdrop Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Dew – here, small drops of water on grass in the early morning
- Gem – a precious stone
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. The child is talking to
(a) a dewdrop
(b) the grass
2. The child thinks that the dewdrop was once
(a) grass
(b) a star
3. In the morning, the dewdrop is
(a) in the sky
(b) on the grass
Question 2: What does the dewdrop look like?
Answer: The dewdrop looks like a gem.
Question 3: What does the child think about the dewdrop?
Answer: The child thinks that the dewdrop is like a gem and that it must have been a star.
Question 4: What does the child ask the dewdrop?
Answer: The child asks the dewdrop if it is in the sky at night.
Question 5: What is common to a dewdrop, a gem and a star?
Answer: A dewdrop, a gem and a star shine. They all appear to be the same size too.
Question 6: Read these lines and answer the questions:
1. I believe that you
Must have been a star.
(a) Who is the speaker?
Answer: The speaker is a little boy.
(b) Is the speaker sure that ‘you’ was a star once?
Answer: No, the speaker is not fully sure that the dewdrop was a star once.
2. Tell me then, at night
Are you in the sky?
(a) Who is the speaker talking to?
Answer: The speaker is talking to a dewdrop.
(b) Why does the speaker wonder if the listener is in the sky?
Answer: The speaker wonders if the dewdrop is in the sky at night because when he sees the dewdrop in the morning on the grass, it shines like a star. He does not see the dewdrop at night.
Question 7: In the poem, which word does bright rhyme with? Find other pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Answer: In the poem, the word ‘bright’ rhymes with night. Other pairs of rhyming words from the poem are – dew and you, are and star, lie and sky.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.