Kerala Syllabus Class 7 English: Unit 02 Imagination: Lesson 02 - Foreign Lands (Poem) - Questions and Answers | Textual Activities | Teaching Manual 


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Std 7 English Unit 02 Imagination - Lesson 02 Foreign Lands (Poem) - Textual Questions and Answers & Model Questions
Foreign Lands (Poem)

About the author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94)

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for popular novels like Treasure Island, Strange Case of  Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped. He also published four collections of poems, A Child's Garden of Verses, Penny Whistles, Underwoods and Ballads.

Answer the following questions

1. What does the poet mean by ‘looked abroad on foreign lands’?
When the poet says 'looked abroad on foreign lands,' here 'foreign lands' describe the unfamiliar and exciting views the child sees from the cherry tree, which are new and different from her usual surroundings.

2. How was the child able to see places never seen before?
The child was able to see places never seen before by climbing the cherry tree, which allowed them to look over their home and see the world outside.

3. What did the child see from the tree?
From the tree, the child saw the next-door garden adorned with flowers, pleasant places they had not seen before, the river passing by, and the dusty roads with people tramping into town.

4. Why does the poet say that the river is the sky’s blue looking-glass?
The poet says that the river is the sky's blue looking-glass because when the river is still and clear, it reflects the blue colour of the sky, mirroring its appearance.

5. What does the poet mean by 'grown-up river'?
By 'grown-up river' means that the river becomes larger as it flows further away from the child's surroundings, by joining with other streams to become a larger body of water.

6. How would the child be able to see the sea and ships?
To see the sea and ships, the child climbed a higher tree that allowed them to see even farther than their current viewpoint.

7. What does the child expect to find in fairyland?
The child expects to find a magical place in fairyland where all the children dine at five, and all the playthings come alive, indicating a place of enchantment and imagination.

8. When do ‘playthings come alive’?
The playthings come alive in the child's imagination in fairyland, a place where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and toys seem to have a life of their own.
Activity 1

1. a. The child enjoys the sights from the top of the tree. Give a description of what the child sees.
From the top of the cherry tree, the child enjoys a beautiful view of the world outside their home. They see the next-door garden, a lovely sight adorned with a variety of flowers. The garden appears to be a new and exciting place, as the child had never seen it before. The view extends to other pleasant places, previously unseen.

Looking beyond the garden, the child sees the dimpling river. The river reflects the sky's blue, acting as a natural mirror that captures the colour and serenity of the sky. The dusty roads, stretching out in both directions, are bustling with people making their way into town. 

The child, dreams of finding a tree even taller than the cherry tree, one that would allow them to see even farther. They see the river grow into a more substantial, "grown-up" river that eventually flows into the sea, where ships glide along the water's surface.

The roads seem to lead to a magical, fairyland where all children have dine at five, and all the playthings magically come to life. The child's view from the top of the tree is a journey into the realm of imagination, where the familiar becomes fantastical and the ordinary world is transformed into a place of wonder.

b. Have you ever tried to look out into the street from a tree or the top of a building? If you have, what did you see? If you haven't, what do you expect to see?
I looked out into the street from the top of a building. I saw the immediate neighbourhood with more clarity, including gardens, the passage of a street, and the comings and goings of people and vehicles. I also saw the rooftops of nearby buildings, the horizon, and even a glimpse of the skyline of a city.

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Activity 2

2. a. Look at the following lines from the poem.
Up into the cherry tree
Who should climb but little me?
I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad on foreign lands. 

The words ‘tree’ and ‘me’ end with the same sound. Similarly ‘hands’ and ‘lands’ end with the same sound. They are rhyming words.
Rhyme means the repetition of the same sound at the end of different lines in a poem.
Identify the other rhyming words from the poem and circle them. 
• hands-lands. 
• lie - eye
• more - before
• pass - glass
• down - town. 
• tree - see
• slips - ships
• hand - land
• five - alive
 
b. Look at the above stanza again.

Up into the cherry tree - a
Who should climb but little me? -a- 
I held the trunk with both my hands -b-
And looked abroad on foreign lands. -b-

The last words of the first two lines end with the same sound ('tree' - ‘me’) which is marked ‘a’. The third and fourth lines end with the words ‘hands’ and ‘lands’. They have the same ending sound which is different from ‘a’. So, they are marked ‘b’. 
The rhyme scheme of the poem is a a b b. 
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the following stanza.
I saw the next door garden lie, – a– 
Adorned with flowers, before my eye,  – a– 
And many pleasant places more -b-
That I had never seen before.  -b-
Activity 3

3. Look at the following line from the poem.
And looked abroad on foreign lands. 
The same vowel sound is repeated in the words 'abroad' and 'foreign'. It creates an assonance.
Repetition of vowel sounds in a line is called assonance. It is also known as 'vowel rhyme'. 
Find out other examples for assonance from the poem.
• I saw the dimpling river pass
• If I could find a higher tree
• If I could find a higher tree
• Where all the children dine at five

Activity 4

4. Look at the following lines.
And many pleasant places more
That I had never seen before. 

The words 'pleasant' and 'places' alliterate. 

Find out more examples of alliteration from the following stanzas.
I saw the dimpling river pass
And be the sky's blue looking-glass;
The dusty roads go up and down
With people tramping into town. 

If I could find a higher tree
Farther and farther I should see,
To where the grown-up river slips
Into the sea among the ships, 

To where the road on either hand
Lead onward into fairy land,
Where all the children dine at five,
And all the playthings come alive. 

Answer:
• The dusty roads go up and down
• With people tramping into town 
• Farther and farther I should see








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