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ii. Fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate form of the words in the
bold face from the poem.
a. The tree on which the poet's brother used to set the ........ is still there.
b. The sun used to ........ in the poet's house in the morning through the
little window of the house.
c. The poet used to think the air must ........ as fresh to swallows on the wings.

d. The poet used to think the ........ tops of the trees might touch the sky.
e. The poet said that his ........ used to À y in feathers then but now it’s so
heavy.

iii. Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B.
Column A Column B
peep a small tree with hanging bunches of yellow À owers

violets to look quickly and secretly at something
lily a small plant with purple or white À owers with a
sweet smell that appear in spring
laburnum a large white or brightly coloured À ower with petals
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that curl back from the centre

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slender the part of a person that include their mind, feeling
and character
spirit a bush or small tree with purple or white À owers with
a sweet smell that grow closely together in the shape
a
of cone
lilac thin or narrow

2. Reading comprehension
i. Read the poem again, and answer these questions.
a. Who composed this poem?
b. What is the poem about?

c. What does the poet remember in the ¿ rst stanza?
d. What does he wish in the ¿ rst stanza?
e. What does he remember in the second stanza?

f. How does the poet describe his childhood in the third stanza?
g. Was the poet really closer to the heaven when he was a child? Why
does he think so?
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