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The Little Girl
Question
What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
Solution
The single major memory that comes to the poet is that of his mother and her fond look.
The “darling dreamers” are the poet and his siblings in their childhood when they were lovingly put to sleep by their mother.
The “darling dreamers” are the poet and his siblings in their childhood when they were lovingly put to sleep by their mother.
Some More Questions From The Little Girl Chapter
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
How did this happen?
Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father
was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
What does the poet like to do when it rains?
What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poet’s did?
Do you like rain? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described in the poem?
Does everybody have a cosy bed to lie in when it rains? Look around you and describe how different kinds of people or animals spend time, seek shelter etc. during rain.
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