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5                        The Blossom













                       Read this poem by William Blake.

                       Merry, merry sparrow!                                          Pretty, pretty robin!

                       Under leaves so green                                          Under leaves so green

                       A happy blossom                                                A happy blossom

                       Sees you, swift as arrow,                                      Hears you sobbing, sobbing,

                       Seek your cradle narrow,                                       Pretty, pretty robin,

                       Near my bosom.                                                 Near my bosom.


              A.   Answer the questions.

                   1.  What is the common name for the ‘blossom’?



                   2.  Where is the blossom?



                   3.  What does the blossom hear?



                   4.  What does the blossom see?



                   5.  Pick a pair of rhyming words from the poem.



              B.   Write the synonyms and antonyms for each of the following words from

                   the poem.

                  1.  sobbing   2.  swift   3.  pretty   4.  under    5.  merry

              C.   Nature gives us various gifts, many of which we take for granted. Participate in
                   a class discussion on the goodness of nature and how, in return, it is our duty to

                   preserve it.

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