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REAL ENGLISH 8

C Think

C1 Think carefully and answer in detail.
1. The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley said, ‘If winter comes, can spring be far behind?’
What do you think this line conveys? Discuss with reference to the poem.

2. What is the theme of the poem? How does it relate to human life?

D Language in Use

Sounds and Pronunciation

Read aloud the following words paying attention to the sounds represented by the letters in red.

up  under, shut, fund

ash  as, splash, that

arm  park, balm, garden

D1 Write at least five words with the following sounds. Circle in the words the letter(s) that stand
for each sound.

1.  as in under 2.  as in map 3.  as in farm

Appreciation

Simile

A simile is a comparison between two things. It describes a person or thing as being similar to
someone or something else. Look at the example of simile from ‘Falling Leaves’:

All down the stream, on its swollen tide,
Float the leaves, like ships in which fairies ride
Here the leaves are likened to ships in a simile.

Read a few more examples of simile:
1. The girl runs like a deer.

2. She was like a white lily among a bevy of girls.
3. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart:

Thou hads’t a voice whose sound was like a sea.
4. . . . and this sunburnt face

Is but a cloud, and like a shady grove.

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