Hi Everyone!! This article will share Cradle Song Questions & Answers.
Written by Sarojini Naidu, the poem is a very gentle song used to lull a child to sleep. The poetess who is a mother uses ample beautiful images to help the child to visualize them thereby creating a calming effect on him and inducing sleep.
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Cradle Song Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Groves – fields
- Athwart – on both sides
- Stream – river
- Aglint – shining
- Fireflies – a flying insect that glows in the dark
- Poppy-bole – (here) the stem of the poppy flower
- Caress – a light touch
Question 1: Choose the correct answer:
(a) The mother brings a little, lovely dream for the child from……..
i. bushes of spice
ii. grasslands of spice
iii. groves of spice
(b) The mother has stolen the dream from………
i. the poppy plant
ii. a fairy
iii. the wild fireflies
(c) The dream glints with………
i. water
ii. dew
iii. sunlight
(d) What does the mother bring for the child?
i. chocolate
ii. water
iii. dream
(e) What time of the day is mentioned in the last stanza of poem?
i. Day
ii. Night
iii. Afternoon
(f) What kind of a person do you think the mother is?
i. Caring and loving
ii. Cruel
iii. Depressed
Question 2: What is the meaning of cradle song?
Answer: Cradle song is a lullaby that is a soothing song sung to send a child to sleep.
Question 3: List the places from which the mother brings a little lovely dream for her child.
Answer: The places from which the mother brings a little lovely dream for her child are:
- From spice groves.
- From rice field.
- Across the lotus-stream.
- From the place where the wild fireflies dance through the fairy neem.
- From the bright and beautiful poppy plant.
Question 4: Why do you think the mother chose these places?
Answer: In the lullaby, the mother chose these places that are beautiful to create a soothing effect on the mind.
Question 5: Why a mother sings such song for her child at bed time?
Answer: A mother does so because she wants the child to imagine all the beautiful things before falling asleep so that he sleeps well and has pleasant dreams.
Question 6: What is a lullaby?
Answer: Lullaby is a soothing song sung by parents preferably mother to send a child to sleep.
Question 7: Where do you think the poem is set?
Answer: The poem is set in a rural atmosphere in the lap of nature.
Question 8: Read the lines and answer the questions:
(a) Who is referred to as ‘I’ here?
Answer: ‘I’ refers to the mother.
(b) What is the meaning of the above lines?
Answer: In the above lines, the mother expresses affection to her child as sings lullaby and puts her child to sleep. She gathers a lovely dream for her child in the form of a song from the fragrant spice groves (a group of trees). From there, she heads towards the rice fields and then to the stream full of lotus flowers which are glowing and glistening with dewdrops.
Question 9: Read the lines and answer the questions:
(a) Who said this to whom?
Answer: The mother said this to her child.
(b) Why does she use the word ‘fairy neem’ and ‘poppy-bole’?
Answer: She use the word ‘fairy neem’ because Indians consider it to be a sacred plant that has medicinal properties as well. The mother again says that she has stolen a lovely little dream from the poppy-bole which is a poppy plant having bright colourful flowers that induces sleep. This implies that the mother wants her child to have a sound sleep and lovely dreams.
So, these were Cradle Song Questions & Answers.