Reading (Poem) Read the following poem carefully BALLOONS Whenever I see Gas balloons go up I wonder where we'd end up If we're balloon Would we go far away To some unknown destiny? Or will it be carefully decided goal We would work our way to Balloons How much they're te like human beings- So different from each other in colours shapes, design and sizes Just like food Sme live long and some don't Apair of loving hands and some dat They get lost, burst, or destroyed Like we de At times They rub cheeks affectionately Occasionally you can hear them whigers As only friend will And once in awhile, in the chill of the night or the most of dawn You may find one twar lowing down silently 5. Shubhang

Question

Reading (Poem) 

 Read the following poem carefully  

BALLOONS 

1. Whenever I see 
2.  Gas balloons go up 
3.  I wonder where we'd end up 
4.  If we're balloons.
5. Would we go far away
6. To some unknown destiny?
7. Or will it be carefully decided goal
8. We would work our way to?
9. Balloons! How much they're
10. like human beings-
11. So different from each other 
12. in colours, shapes, design and sizes
13. Some live long and some don't
14. Just like us some find
15. A pair of loving hands and some don't
16. They get lost, burst, or destroyed
17. Like we do
18. At times
19. They rub cheeks affectionately
20. Occasionally you can hear
21. them whisper secrets
22. As only friend will
23. And once in a while, in the chill
24. of the night or the mist of dawn
25. You may find one tear 
26. flowing down 
27.  silently 

S. Shubhangini

1. Tick(✔) the correct option for each of the following statements

(a) The poem describes.

(i) differences between one balloon and another

(ii) differences between balloons and human beings

(iii) similarities between balloons and human beings 

(iv) similarities between the stages of a balloon's life and human life

(b) Lines 2 to 8 describe the poet's uncertainty about

(i) the destiny of balloons

(ii) the destiny of human beings

(iii) what destiny is

(iv) where the balloons end up

(c) 'So different from each other' (line 11). The poet has used this expression to describe

(i) colours                            (iii) human beings

(ii) destiny                           (iv) balloons

(d) The rustling sound the balloons make is compared to the sound of

(i) breeze                                           (iii) whispers

(ii) rubbing cheeks                           (iv) bursting

(e) The expression 'one tear' refers to

(i) a lonely balloon in the air

(ii) a tear drop that looks like a balloon

(iii) a dew drop flowing down a balloon

(iv) a child crying for balloons

2. Given below is the summary of the poem. Complete it by writing the missing word(s) in the space provided

The young poet finds a striking (a)............................................between the balloons and the (b)....................................Just as we never know where the balloons (c)...........................................up in the air (d).........................we can never know whether we will meet an unknown (e)...................................or reach our carefully decided goal. Like ours, the (f)..............................................of a balloon can be long or short. To the poet, balloons seem to be living creatures. They too experience joys and sorrows.

3. Complete the following statements as briefly as possible.

(a) Two ways the balloons behave like friends are:

(i)......................................................................... 

(ii)........................................................................ 

(b) Two similarities the balloons share with us, human beings are:

(i)..................................................................... 

(ii)..................................................................... 

Answer 1

(a) The poem describes

(iii) similarities between balloons and human beings

(b) Lines 2 to 8 describe the poet's uncertainty about

(ii) the destiny of human beings

(c) 'So different from each other' (line 11). The poet has used this expression to describe

(iv) balloons

(d) The rustling sound the balloons make is compared to the sound of

(iii) whispers

(e) The expression 'one tear' refers to

(ii) a tear drop that looks like a balloon

The young poet finds a striking (a) similarity between the balloons and the (b) humans.  Just as we never know where the balloons (c) will end up in the air (d) so we can never know whether we will meet an unknown (e) destiny or reach our carefully decided goal. Like ours, the (f) life of a balloon can be long or short. To the poet, balloons seem to be living creatures. They too experience joys and sorrows.

(a) Two ways the balloons behave like friends are:

(i) rub cheeks affectionately

(ii) occasionally whisper secrets  

(b) Two similarities the balloons share with us, human beings are

(i) they are different from each other

(ii) some live long and some don't