1. Pick out the rhyming words. 2. Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.

Question

If one should come too close to earth 

The atmosphere will shake, 

With shock wave reaching to the ground 

Causing the land to quake.

1. Pick out the rhyming words.

2. Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.

3. When you read the poem aloud, you can feel/hear a rhythm. What according to you gives rhythm to the poem- the rhymes or the words in a line. Support your answer with examples from the poem.

4. What will happen when a comet will fall on the earth?

Answer 1

1. Shake and quake are the rhyming words

2. ‘abcb’ is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza.

3. When I read the poem aloud, I feel a musical rhythm and feel a regular pattern of sound. This is due to the number of syllables in lines 1 and 3 which is similar to the number of syllables in lines 2 and 4.

4. If the comet were to hit the Earth, it would cause a huge explosion.