English Confluence By CL Gautam

📘 CLASS 10 ENGLISH – CBSE REVISION MOCK TEST: POETRY Poems: Dust of Snow, Fire and Ice, A Tiger in the Zoo, How to Tell Wild Animals, Amanda! Total Extracts: 18 Marks: 18 × 5 = 90 Marks SECTION A – EXTRACT-BASED QUESTIONS EXTRACT 1 –  Dust of Snow Read the extract and answer the questions that follow: The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Questions: 1.What fell on the poet? (1) 2.From which tree did it fall? (1) 3.What bird shook the snow down? (1) 4.Identify the poetic device in “dust of snow”. (1) 5.What does the falling snow bring about in the poet? (1) Extract 1 1.The dust of snow fell on the poet. 2.It fell from a hemlock tree. 3.A crow shook it down. 4.Metaphor – “dust of snow” compares the snowflakes to dust. 5.It changed the poet’s mood positively. EXTRACT 2 – Dust of Snow Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. 1.What changed the poet’s mood? (1) 2.What does “rued” mean? (1) 3.What did the poet’s experien...