Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks)When I had money, money, O!I knew no joy till I went poor;For many a false man as a friendCame knocking all day at my door.Then felt I like a child that holdsA trumpet that he must…

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Q.3 (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks) When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door. Then felt I like a child that holds A trumpet that he must not blow Because a man is dead; I dared Not speak to let this false world know. Much have I thought of life, and seen How poor men’s hearts are ever light; And how their wives do hum like bees About their work from morn till night. So, when I hear these poor ones laugh, And see the rich ones coldly frown Poor men, think I, need not go up So much as rich men should come down. A1. Compare the lifestyle of the rich and poor people : (2) Rich peoplePoor people (i)(i) (ii)(ii) A2. Explain the reasons for which many false friends came knocking at the poet’s door. (2) A3. Define, ‘Friendship’ in your own words. (2) A4. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line : (2) ‘Much have I thought of life, and seen’ A5. Compose four poetic lines of your own on ‘happiness.’ (2)

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Answer: A4 — Inversion. Full answers to A1–A5 are given below. A1. Rich peoplePoor people (i) They are surrounded by many false friends who come only for their money.(i) Their hearts are ever light; they are happy and laugh freely. (ii) They coldly frown and are unhappy in spite of their wealth.(ii) Their wives hum like bees about their work from morning till night. A2. When the poet was rich, many false men pretended to be his friends and came knocking at his door all day. They were not interested in him as a person; they came only because of his money, hoping to gain favours, gifts or loans from him. Once he became poor, these selfish ‘friends’ disappeared, and he realised that their friendship had been false. A3. Friendship is a bond of trust, love and care between two people. A true friend accepts us as we are, stands by us in good times and bad, and expects nothing in return. As the poem shows, real friendship does not depend on money or status; it is a selfless relationship of the heart. A4. The figure of speech is Inversion. The normal word order of the sentence ‘I have thought much of life, and seen’ is reversed to ‘Much have I thought of life, and seen’. The poet does this to lay emphasis on how deeply he has thought about life and to maintain the rhythm of the poem. A5. Happiness lives in a mother’s smile, In a friend who walks with you each mile; Not in gold or a palace grand, But in giving others a helping hand.

Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks)When I had money, money, O!I knew no joy till I went poor;For many a false man as a friendCame knocking all day at my door.Then felt I like a child that holdsA trumpet that he must…

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Rich people	Poor people
(i) They are surrounded by many false friends who come only for their money.	(i) Their hearts are ever light; they are happy and laugh freely.
(ii) They coldly frown and are unhappy in spite of their wealth.	(ii) Their wives hum like bees about their work from morning till night.