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Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard English - Poem Unit 7: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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Unit 7: The House on Elm Street

A. Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

1. It sat alone.
    What happened there is still today unknown.
    It is a very mysterious place,
    And inside you can tell it has a ton of space,
    But at the same time, it is bare to the bone.
(a) What does ‘It’ refer to?
(b) Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?
Answer Keys:
(a) ‘It’ refers to the mysterious house.
(b) And inside you can tell it has a ton of space, – this line indicates the size of the house.

2. “I drive past the house almost every day.
    The house seems to be a bit brighter.
    On this warm summer day in May.
    It plays with your mind.
(a) Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
(b) Pick out the alliterated words in the 2nd line.
Answer Keys:
(a) ‘I’ refers to the poetess, Nadia Bush.
(b) The alliterated words in the second line are a bit brighter.

3. It never grows leaves,
    Not in the winter, spring, summer, or fall.
    It just sits there never getting small or ever-growing tall
(a) What does ‘it’ refer to?
(b) In what way the tree is a mystery?
Answer Keys:
(a) ‘It’ refers to the tree that is beside the house.
(b) The tree is a mystery because no leaves grow in it during any one of the season. It neither grow tall nor does it become short.

4. Rumours are constantly being made,
    And each day the house just begins to fade.
    What happened inside that house?
(a) Does the house remain the same every day?
(b) Why does the poet consider the house to be a mystery?
Answer Keys:
(a) No, the house doesn’t remain the same everyday.
(b) The poet does not know what is happening in the house

5. “What happened inside that house?
    I really don’t know
    I guess it will always be a mystery”
(a) Does the poet know what happened in the house?
(b) What is the mysterious about the house?
Answer Keys:
(a) No, the poetess doesn’t know what happened in the house.
(b) The mystery about the house is nothing but the fact is no one will know what is happening inside the house.

B. Answer the following in a paragraph.

Question 1.
Where is the house located? Why is it a mysterious place?
Answer Keys:

• The house is located on Elm Street. There isn’t any house around it. It stood all alone in an isolated place on Elm Street. Next to the house, is a tree. 
• The tree to is mysterious like the house since no leaves sprout in any of the seasons. It is said to be a mysterious place ’ since no one knows who lives there or what is inside. 
• No one knows what happens inside that house and hence it is very mysterious. It is for sure a big house with vast space inside the house. 
• Generally, at night, the house looks like it is alive with people in it.
• Lights are switched on and off. Every day the poetess drives past the house. The house seems to look a bit brighter on a fine warm summer day in the month of May. 
• The very thought of this mysterious house plays with your mind since it is just one house of this kind in the areas known around. 
• Likewise, the tree too is barren during winter, spring, summer and autumn. The poetess says that the tree just stays there and never grows tall nor becomes short. 
• She wonders how a tree could survive without any leaves or without any growth and hence feels it is a mysterious place.

‘The mystery of existence will always remain a mystery and secret.”

(OR)

Poem: The house of Elm Street
Poet: Nadia Bush
Theme: Mystery of the house

• The house is located on Elm Street. It is very big. It is there alone. No one knows about the house. 
• At night the lights flicker on and off. Besides the house, there is a leafless tree.
• It has no leaves in winter, spring, summer or fall. It is never getting small or growing tall. 
• There are rumours spread about the house. 
• Every day the house begins to fade. No one knows what happened inside the house. 
• The poet wishes to go into the house. But fear overcome her wish. It is a mysterious house.

(OR)

1. The house is in Elm Street.
2. It is there alone.
3. It is big and simple.
4. No one lives there.
5. At night light flickers.
6. There is a tree without leaves.
7. It is never getting small or growing tall.
8. No one knows what happened inside.
9. It is a mysterious house.

Question 2.
How is the mystery depicted in the poem?
Answer Keys:
Introduction:

• The poem “The house on Elm Street” tells us about a mysterious house. The house remains a mystery for the poet.

Mystery of the house:

• It is a lonely place. It has a lot of space but it is empty. The house looks brighter in the hot summer. The poet doesn’t know what happens inside the house. 
• There is a tree near the house. It never grows leaves. It neither grows tall nor gets smaller. It remains the same.

Poet’s describing theme:

• The house begins to fade each day. Rumours are constantly made. But no one knows what happens inside the house. 
• The poet tells that our life in this world is a mystery. We can’t go deep inside to know the purpose or mystery behind our life.

Conclusion:

• Thus the poet doesn’t go inside the house. And the house remains a mystery forever.

(OR)

• There is a house. It is alone at Elm street. It has plenty of space but remains empty. The lights go on and off at night. 
• The poet is eager to enter the house and see but she is afraid. The house is brighter during the day. There is a tree near the house. 
• It has no leaves. It neither grows tall nor becomes small. It is the same in all seasons. Every day the house begins to fade. 
• The poet does not know what happens there. Thus the house remains a mystery forever.

(OR)

1. The house is lonely, spacious but empty.
2. At night lights go on and off.
3. The poet is afraid of going inside.
4. There is a bare tree near the house.
5. It grows neither tall nor small in all seasons.
6. The rumours spread constantly.
7. Each day the house begins to fade.
8. The poet does not know what happens
9. Thus the house is a mystery forever.

C. Read the poem and write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme for the given
stanzas.

Stanza	Rhyming words	Rhyming Scheme
1	alone - ------- - ------- ------- - space
3	------- - May mind - -------
4	tree   - ------- ------- - tall

Answer Key:

Stanza	Rhyming words	Rhyming Scheme
1	alone - unknown - bone place - space	aabba
3	day   - May mind - kind	abacc
4	tree   - be fall    - tall	abcca

D. Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and
complete the tabular column.

Figure of speech	Meaning	Lines
Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a flame.” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave.
Paradox	A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind.
Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter patter, pitter patter Raindrops on my pane.
Rhetorical Questions	A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June?

Answer Key:

Figure of speech	Meaning	Lines
Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame.” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave.	On this warm summer day in may. Here, warm summer is a Synecdoche. Inside it has a tone of space.
Paradox	A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind.	It just sits there never getting small or growing tall.
Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter patter, pitter patter Raindrops on my pane	Lights flicker on and off.
Rhetorical Questions	A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer. e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June?	How could this be? What happened inside the house?