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THE SUN

3. The figure of speech used in ‘like a red flower’ is

a) alliteration. c) metaphor.
b) simile. d) personification.

B2 Write what the following lines mean.

1. ‘At its perfect imperial distance –’
2. ‘Do you think there is anywhere, in any language,
A word billowing enough for the pleasure that fills you,’

3. ‘Or have you too gone crazy for power, for things?’

B3 Answer the following.
1. What is the theme of the poem?

2. What rhetorical question does the poet ask?

C Think

C1 Think carefully and answer in detail.

1. The poem describes the glory of the sun. Do you think we can describe the moon in the
same way?

2. The poet asks, ‘And have you ever felt for anything such wild love’. What do you think is the
‘wild love’? Why do you think the poet has used this term?
3. What do you think we can give in return to the sun for its gift of warmth and happiness?

D Language in Use

Sounds and Pronunciation

Practise saying the following words paying attention to the sounds made by the letters in red.

they day ray //

sunshine sky light //

D1 Write the following words in the correct columns of the table below.
base right make exploit

ripe point twilight undertake
sage delete cake bought

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