JK Academy Maharashtra Board Class 5 English Solutions Chapter 29 A Lark
Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 5 English Solutions Chapter 29 A Lark Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers
Maharashtra State Board Class 5 English Solutions Chapter 29 A Lark
English Balbharati Std 5 Digest Chapter 29 A Lark Textbook Questions and Answers
A Lark – by Lawrence Alma Tadema
Lark-bird, lark-bird, soaring high,
Are you never weary?
When you reach the empty sky
Are the clouds not deary?
Don’t you sometimes long to be
A silent goldfish in the sea?
Goldfish, goldfish diving deep,
Are you never sad say?
When you feel the cold waves creep
Are you really glad say?
Don’t you sometimes long to sing
And be a lark-bird on the wing?
Summary :
In this poem the poet wants the lark bird that soars high in the sky, to tell him whether he is never tired. The poet also asks it whether the lark bird doesn’t find the clouds very boring. He also wonders if the bird sometimes doesn’t wish to be a silent goldfish in the sky.
In the second stanza the poet is talking to the goldfish. He is asking the gold fish that dives deep into the sea whether it is never sad. He also wants to know from the goldfish if it feels very happy when the cold waves come creeping towards it. Finally the poet wonders if the goldfish sometimes longs to sing and be a lark bird flying in the sky.
Meanings
soaring – flying or rising high in the air.
weary – very tired.
dreary – dull and boring.
long to – badly wish to do something.
creep – move slowly and quietly.
Things to do
1. Guess the meaning of:
(i) weary – very tired
(ii) dreary – dull and boring
(iii) on the wing – flying in the sky
2. Answer the following questions:
(1) Write what the lark does.
Answer: The Lark soars high up in the sky.
(2) Write what the goldfish does.
Answer: The gold fish dives deep into the sea.
(3) What does the poet want to know from the lark?
Answer: The poet wants to know from the lark if it is not weary from soaring high up in the sky. The poet also wants to know that the lark doesn’t find the clouds boring and doesn’t the lark want to be like the gold fish diving deep into the sea.
(4) What does the poet want to know from the goldfish?
Answer: From the gold fish the poet wants to know if it is not sad after diving deep into the sea. He also wants to know if it is glad when the cold waves creep and doesn’t the gold fish wish to sing like the lark and fly high up in the sky.
3. Recite the poem.
4. Do you long to be something else? Write about your longing.
Answer: Yes, I would long to be a bird. If I were a bird I could fly high up in the sky and visit different places and see the whole world.