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Time to think and answer

Sometimes you feel like skipping school but do you skip school often? What motivates you every
day to get up and attend school? life skill self-direction

Time to enjoy

Sometimes in poems, plays and songs, the speaker addresses an absent person or a non-human
object or idea, it is called apostrophe. An apostrophe is used to direct the reader’s attention to
something other than the narrator. An apostrophe often begins with an exclamation. This may be

a sound, like O!

1. Can you find an example of apostrophe in the poem? Whom is the poet addressing?

When words or images are used to represent an abstract idea, it is called symbolism.

For example, ‘a caged bird’ symbolizes a child who is forced to go to school when he should be
playing and enjoying the pleasant summer morning.

2. According to you, what could these words represent:

a. summer

b. a cruel eye outworn

c. tender plants

Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant words in neighbouring words.

For example,
And blossoms blown away;

3. Find other examples of alliteration in the poem.

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