Chapter 29 A Lark Solutions

3. Recite the poem.

4. Do you long to be something else? Write about your longing.

English Balbharati Std 5 Answers Chapter 29 A Lark Additional Important Questions and Answers

Spot the words

Match the rhyming words :

1. high

a. dreary

2. weary

b. creep

3. be

c. sky

4. deep

d. wing

5. sing

e. sea

1. high

c. sky

2. weary

a. dreary

3. be

e. sea

4. deep

b. creep

5. sing

d. wing

Reading Skills :

Read the following extract and answer the question given below:

A Lark Summary in English

Summary :

‘A Lark’ written by Lawrance Alma Tadema is a poem which throws light on how we are not happy in the situation we are in, and long to be someone or something beyond what we are. There are times when we intensely wish to be something we are not. As the proverb goes The grass is always greener on the other side’. The poet has beautifully illustrated this through this poem where he asks both the Lark bird and Goldfish if they were really happy and not weary of the life they lead. Addressing the lark bird flying high in the sky, the poet asks the lark if he is not tired when he reaches the empty sky amidst the gloomy cloud.

The poet wants to know from the lark if there are times when he longs to be a silent gold fish in the sea The poet asks the goldfish diving deep in the sea that when the cold waves slowly and quietly creep over it, is it really enjoyable? The poet enquires whether he doesn’t long to sing and lead the life like a lark bird soaring high in the sky. A simple poem with beautiful illustrations i.e. examples, the poet has conveyed a simple truth of life.

Meanings :

lark (n) – A small brown singing bird
soaring (u) – Fly or rise high into the air
weary (u) – Very tired
dreary (adj.) – dull and gloomy
diving (u) – plunge head first into water with arms raised over one’s head.
creep (v) – move slowly and quietly