Poem- Foreign Lands

Spelling bank

1. foreign
2. Robert Louis Stevenson
3. cherry
4. abroad
5. adorned
6. pleasant
7. dimpling
8. trampling
9. farther
10. playthings

Vocabulary Bank
(From the book)

Make Sentences

1. trunk
2. abroad
3. adorned

Question Answers

Q1. Why does the little child climb up the cherry tree?

Ans. The child climbed up the cherry tree so that he could see as many places
as possible sitting at the highest branch of the tree.

Q2. Why would the child like to climb a higher tree?

Ans. The child likes the beautiful view from the tree as he sees a garden full
of flowers, water flowing in the river etc. He would like to climb a higher tree
so that he could look farther.

Q3. What happens in fairy land?

Ans. In the fairy land all the children have dinner at 5:00 pm and all the toys
come alive.

Q4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of the poem?

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza of the poem is AABB.

Think and Answer

Q1. Is the child really far away from his home? How do you know?

Ans.

Q2. Why does the child wish to look at fairy land?

Ans. The child in the poem would wish to visit and experience fairyland where
children are at freedom and would dine at five and play with all the playthings
which come alive.

Q3. Why is the river said to be ‘dimpling’?

Ans. The river said to be ‘dimpling’ because of the water waves forming into the
river due the flow of the moving water.

Q4. The speaker calls the river ‘the sky’s blue looking glass’. In what way
is the river a ‘blue looking glass’ for the sky?

Ans. The poet calls the river ‘the sky’s blue looking glass’ because both, the sky
and the river are clear and the blue sky is reflecting in the clear water of the
river. The reflection is so clean and clear that it seems as if one could see the
sky in the water.

Q5. Why has the river been called a ‘grown-up’ river?

Ans. The river is called a ‘grown-up’ river because it is deep as it is entering
the sea.

Q6. Foreigners often visit our country. What are the things we could do to
make a foreigner feel comfortable and happy in our country?

Ans. We could do a lot of things to make a foreigner feel comfortable and

happy like speaking to them politely, helping them find a decent place to stay,
introduce them to some friendly and nice people, tell them about some good
places to eat, guide them to some tourist places in our country, explain to them
the important rules and regulations of the country so that they do not get into
trouble and help them in whatever way possible.

RTC

“To where the road on either hand

Lead onward into fairy land,

Where all the children dine at five,

And all the playthings come alive”

Q1. Where are the lines taken from?

Ans. These lines are taken from the poem ‘Foreign Lands’.

Q2. Who is the speaker?

Ans. The poet, Robert Louis Stevenson is the speaker.

Q3. What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza mentioned above?

Ans. AABB is the rhyme scheme of the stanza mentioned above.

Q4. According to you, what could be the possible reason for the speaker
to be fascinated about the fact that the children in fairy land dine at
five?

Ans. According to me, the speaker is fascinated about the fact that the
children in fairy land dine at five and once they do that, all their toys come
alive. From early evening at five until they go to bed, they have a lot of time to
play with their living toys. This fascinates him.