8TH ENGLISH TL POEM – II A CHILD’S EVENING PRAYER

POEM – II

A CHILD’S EVENING PRAYER

Coleridge in 1975

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Born	21 October 1772 Ottery St Mary, Devon, Great Britain
Died	25 July 1834 (aged 61) Highgate, Middlesex, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation	Poet, critic, philosopher
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge
Literary movement	Romanticism
Notable works	**The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Conversation poems**, Biographia Literaria
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COMPREHENSION

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Who does the child pray for?

Ans.:- The child prays for the Welfare of his parents, his brothers and himself.

2) What does the child pray for its mother?

Ans. The child prays God to grant his mother health and strength for many years.

3) What does the child pray for its father?

Ans. The child prays to God to keep its father healthy and strong,

4) Pick out the lines in the poem which show that the child is praying for its brothers.

Ans. And O! preserve my brother both From evil doing and from sloth

5) The child wants to be a source of joy to its parents which lines in the poem show this?

Ans. And may I my best thoughts employ To be my parent’s hope and joy !

6) “O Lord, to me impart and innocent and grateful heart,”

a) Who does ‘me’ refer to?

Ans.: The child.

b) What is the child asking for?

Ans. An innocent and grateful heart

c) What is the meaning of the word ‘grateful’

Ans.:- Thankful

7) Rhyming words:

Ans.:- Lay-Say-Way. Dear-Year-Near,

Joy-Employ-Boy, Both-Sloth-Oath.

Other-Mother-Brother Impart-Heart-Cart