Course Book : Home and Love ( New Oxford Modern English)

Home and Love

Answers of the given questions.

1.      What are the words the poet wants to bring to our attention?

Ans: The words by which the poet wants to bring our attention are : home and love.

2.      What information does he give us about the words? Mention at least three points found in the first verse.

Ans : According to the poet , Home and love are heavenly words. Not only to the poet but also to the angles of the heaven. The points found in the first verse are :

a)     They are small

b)     They have four letters each

c)     There are no words more tenderly complete than those of home and love.

d)     Angles do not use much sweeter words than these.

3.      What argument does the poet give, in the second verse, to show that love is no use without home and home is no use without love?

Ans: The argument does the poet give, in the second verse, to show that love is no use without home and home is no use without love is: Home and love are complementary to each other. Without love the dream of home will fall in vain and without home the desire for love will also not be possible.

4.      Which common phrase does the poet use to show that love and home work together?

Ans : The common phrase that the poet uses to show that love and home work together is ‘hand in glove’.

5.      What message does the poet have for those who have both home and love?

Ans :  The poet says that those who have both , whether they are poor or not, ought to sing the whole day long. The words will make their song divine.

6.      Find words in the poem which have the same meaning as the following:

i. a divine being        - angel    ii. Abode - home  iii. Needy – poor      iv. Obtain – gain  v. affection – love

Answer the following with reference to context.

When angels talk in Heaven above, what do they talk about?

Ans : When angles talk in Heaven above the find more interest when they talk about home and love. They find much pleasure at this.

Somehow they travel hand and glove

        i.            What does this mean?

Ans: This means that they move together as a pair. Because they are complementary to each other. Without one another will remain incomplete.

     ii.            What travels in this way?

Ans: The two words ‘Home’ and ‘Love’ travel in this way. When they remain in pair , they look as the stars on the sky.

And if you’ve both…..

       I.            What does the ‘both’ refer to?

Ans : The word ‘both’ refers to Home and Love.

   II.            What should you do if you have both?

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Ans : If I would have both , I would sing all day long and make merriment.