Complete the lines.
"To swing and have endless leisure
In the sun and in the snow,
_____________________,
_____________________".
Without pain, without pleasure,
On the dead oak tree bough.
There are no more sins to be sinned,
Till a keeper shot- him with his gun
And hung him up on a tree.
Have been taken from their feasts,
And hung up there together.
"....... and this keeper
Made him one of the things that were"
-- Who is the 'he' referred to in these lines?
magpie
game keeper
crow
weasel
Who wrote the poem 'The Gallows' ?
Edward Lear
Edward Thomas
Ted Hughes
George Eliot
Match the following according to the animals represented in the poem 'The Gallows'.
A B
a. Weasel i. Cunning, mischievous and a thief
b. Crow ii. Noisy creature that steals bright objects.
c. Magpie iii. Fierce, rather than cruel animal.
a - i, b - ii, c - iii
a - ii, b - iii, c - i
a - iii, b - i, c - ii
a - iii, b - ii, c - i
What did the crow do?
flew away
made noise
threw stones at the gamekeeper
committed theft and murder
What does " the dead oak tree bough" suggest?
the gallows
weak branch of the oak tree
the bough is dead
none of these
Match the following:
a. Weasel i. no sleeper
b. Crow ii. had long tongue and long tail
c. Magpie iii. lived in the sun with all his family
a - i ; b - ii ; c - iii
a - ii ; b - iii ; c - i
a - iii ; b - i ; c - ii
a - iii ; b - ii ; c - i
Why cannot the crow commit more sins?
It is dead
It flew away
It started building a nest
None of these
Fill in blanks with appropriate word.
The _______ oak tree bough.
strong
dead
thick
thin
To swing and have _______ leisure.
spiritless
happy
painful
endless
