JANDKNCERT | English | Class 4th | Tulip Series
Foreign Lands | Lesson 7 | Poem | Summary | Questions | Answers
Foreign Lands
Up
into the cherry tree
Who
should climb but little me.
I
held the trunk with both my hands
And
looked abroad on foreign lands.
I
saw the next-door garden lie,
Adorned
with flowers, before my eye,
And
many pleasant places more
That
I had never seen before.
If
I could find a higher tree
Farther
and farther, I should see,
To
where the grown up river slips
Into
the sea among the ships.
To
where the roads on either hand
Lead
onward into fairy land,
Where
all the children dive at five,
And
all the playthings come alive.
R.
L. Stevenson
Short Summary
The poet climbs a tree
and imagines distant lands, rivers, ships, and fairylands. The poem highlights
the power of imagination.
Reading is Fun
Question
1. Write True or False
a)
The speaker of the poem climbs an apple tree.
Answer: False
b)
The speaker in the poem sees ugly places.
Answer: False
c)
The speaker holds the branches with hands.
Answer: True
d)
On climbing a tree, the speaker sees a house on fire.
Answer: True
Question
2. What does the speaker climb and what does he see?
Answer:
The speaker climbs a tree and sees rivers, seas, roads, gardens, ships, and
many beautiful places from there.
Question
3. What is a fairyland?
Answer:
A fairyland is an imaginary beautiful place full of wonder, magic, and
happiness.
Question
4. Name the things that the speaker in the poem imagines.
Answer:
The speaker imagines rivers, seas, ships, gardens, children playing,
fairylands, and burning houses.
Question
5. What does foreign land mean?
Answer:
Foreign land means a place or country that is different from one’s own country.
Let’s Talk
The
speaker in the poem imagines many things such as river, sea, ships, fairyland,
children diving and play things, etc. Imagination means the ability to think of
new ideas and form its picture in the mind.
Question.
What are the places you would like to visit and why?
Answer:
If I went on a school tour, I would like to visit Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg,
and Dal Lake because these places are very beautiful and full of natural
scenery. I would also like to visit historical places and museums to learn new
things.
What
would you do if you had saved enough money?
Answer:
If I had saved enough money, I would buy useful books and clothes. I would also
help poor people and save some money for future needs.
Let’s Write
1.
Pick out ten nouns from the poem:
Answer:
Ten nouns from the poem are as under:
i.
tree
ii. river
iii. sea
iv. ship
v. garden
vi. road
vii. children
viii. house
ix. fairyland
x. land
2.
Match the items in Column A with Column B
|
Column A |
Column B |
|
Sea |
Ship |
|
Tree |
Nest |
|
House |
Door |
|
Road |
Car |
|
Garden |
Flower |
3.
Building words
Fairy
+ land = Fairyland
Rain
+ bow = Rainbow
Star
+ night = Starlight
Rain
+ bow = Rainbow
good
+ bye = Goodbye
moon
+ light = Moonlight
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