Amanda

SAQ
1) Why does Amanda wish to be a mermaid, an orphan, or Rapunzel?

2) Why is Amanda getting scolded for having chocolate?

3) Do you think Amanda is sulking and is moody?
LAQ
1) If it fact that every person including a young child has his/her own individuality and
personality. It is not necessary that the child will see the world according to the direction
of his/her parents. Based on the reading the poem “Amanda” write a paragraph on:
Should children be given freedom”.

2) How does Amanda tackle the nagging nature of her parents? Explain with examples from the
poem. What values does it portray about Amanda?

Animals

SAQ
1) Explain the satisfaction that animals have and humans don’t.

2) What does the poet mean by, “Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth”?

3)Differentiate between humans and animals in terms of desire.

LAQ
1) It is not complaining but accepting a situation, the key to happiness in life. Elaborate in
context of the poem Animals’.

2) The poet in the poem Animals’ laments the loss of certain values on the part of human beings,
whereas animals seem to have retained them and are self contented. Analyse the cause of
degeneration of values in today’s hard times.