1. Which country or countries do you think “ the Northland “ refers to ?
Ans: The
Northland refers to countries
that
are in the
extreme north, just
near the North
Pole. Days are short
and nights are
very long there.
2. What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for ? what was the lady’s reaction ?
Ans : Saint
Peter asked the
old lady for
a cake as he was
hungry. But the
lady was
very selfish . so
she made a
smaller cake but
even then she did
not give it
because it looked
big to her .
she again made
another even smaller.
Still she could
not give it
to the Saint.
3.How did he punish her ?
Ans : He punished
her by changing
her into a woodpecker.
4.How does the wood pecker get her food ?
Ans :
The woodpecker gets
her food by
boring and boring
dry and hard
wood.
5. Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was ? what would she have done then.
Ans : The
lady was selfish
and greedy. So it
is difficult to
say what she
would have done
had she know
who Saint Peter
really was. She might
have given him
a very small
cake.
6. Is this a true story ? which part of this poem do you feel is the most important ?
Ans : This
is not a
true story but
a legend. The third
stanza that proves
that it is
unbelievable. It is
the most important.
7. What is a legend ? why is this poem called a legend ?
Ans :
A legend is
a story that
rolls down from
the past . there
lies little truth
in legends. The poet
himself calls it
a legend and
the story narrated
in the poem
cannot be ture. So
it
is a legend.
8. Write the story of ‘ A legend of the North land’ in about ten sentences.
Ans : A
woman in Northland
was very selfish .
she angered Saint
Peter one day . Saint
Peter came to
her cottage when
she was banking
cakes. He was
hungry after the
day’s journey and
fasting . he asked
the lady to
give him a
cake. The lady
found her cakes
too big to
be given . so
she made a
small cake. But that
seemed big . so
she again baked
another even smaller . this time
too she could
not give the
cake to Saint
Peter . Saint Peter saw
that she was unworthy
to
remain as a
human being. So he
changed her into a
woodpecker. She now
lives in wood. She
makes
holes on hard
wood in search
of food.
II . 1. Let’s look at the words at the end of the second and fourth lines , viz , ‘snows’ and ‘clothes’, ‘true’ and ‘you’ , ‘below’ and ‘know’. We find that ‘snows’ rhymes with ‘clothes’ ‘true’ with ‘you’ and ‘below’ rhymes with ‘know’ Find more such rhyming words.
Ans : ‘Earth ‘
rhymes with hearth’
‘done’ rhymes with ‘one’
‘lay’ rhymes with ‘away’ ‘ flat’ rhymes
with that ‘myself’
rhymes with ‘shelf’
‘faint’ rhymes with ‘Saint’
‘form’ rhymes with ‘warm’ ‘food’
rhymes with wood’ ‘word’ rhymes
with ‘bird’ ‘same’
rhymes with ‘flame’
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