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B. Answer these questions.
1. How are seasons related to the flower?
2. What is the wisdom, according to the poet, that human beings must learn from the
flower?
3. What role does the flower play in our lives?
4. Match each stanza with its meaning.
I am a kind word uttered and repeated A flower can be a lover’s gift or part of a wedding
By the voice of Nature; wreath. It can also represent a memory of happier
I am a star fallen from the times. A flower can be the last gift of the living to
Blue tent upon the green carpet. the dead. Flowers can be part of joy and celebration
I am the daughter of the elements and also sad and depressing moments.
With whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was
Reared in the lap of Summer and I
Slept in the bed of Autumn.
At dawn I unite with the breeze The meadows are covered with flowers of different
To announce the coming of light; colours and fragrance of the flowers can be sensed
At eventide I join the birds in the air.
In bidding the light farewell.
The plains are decorated with As the flower sleeps, Night keeps a watch on it. And
My beautiful colors, and the air when the flower wakes up, it is daytime and it stares
Is scented with my fragrance. at the Sun.
As I embrace Slumber the eyes of The flower always looks at the light, and never
Night watch over me, and as I at the dark side. The flowers tells us that humans
Awaken I stare at the sun, which is should learn from flowers and always stay positive
The only eye of the day. and perpetually optimistic at all times.
I drink dew for wine, and hearken to At dawn, the flower joins the wind to announce the
The voices of the birds, and dance beginning of day. At dusk, it joins the birds to bid
To the rhythmic swaying of the grass. farewell to light.
I am the lover’s gift; I am the wedding wreath; The flower drinks dew and listens to the voices of
I am the memory of a moment of happiness; the birds and dances with the grass that sways in
I am the last gift of the living to the dead; the wind.
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
But I look up high to see only the light, The flower says that it represents the goodness in
And never look down to see my shadow. Nature and that is why Nature ensures that flowers
This is wisdom which man must learn. keep blooming all over the Earth all the time. The
flower compares itself with a star that has fallen
from the blue sky to the Earth. It describes itself
as the daughter of the natural elements because
Winter conceived, it is ‘borne’ by Spring, ‘reared’ by
summer and slept in Autumn’s bed.
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