How did the speaker feel after talking to the child on the beach?

Honeydew

Book: Honeydew

Chapter: 4. Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory

Subject: English - Class 8^th

Q. No. 5 of The Last Bargain - Working with the poem

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5

How did the speaker feel after talking to the child on the beach?

This was no ordinary child as the child represented God Himself. The joy and happiness that God gives is compared to none. That is why the speaker felt bliss after talking to the child on the beach.

Chapter Exercises

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Working with the text

Working with Language

Speaking and Writing

The Last Bargain - Working with the poem

1

Who is the speaker in the poem?

2

“The king, sword in hand” suggests
(i) wealth (ii) power (iii) more power than wealth

Mark the appropriate item in the context of stanza 1.

3

The old man offered the speaker a lot of money. Why did turn down the offer?

4

Find the poem, lines that match the following. Read both one after another.
(i) I have nothing to give you

except goodwill & cheer.

(ii) Her happiness was no more

than sorrow in disguise.

(iii) The king’s might was not worth much.

5

How did the speaker feel after talking to the child on the beach?