Chapter-4 From Dawn to Dusk

A. Fill in the Blanks

1. The poet celebrates a day from dawn to dusk.
2. The dark and gloomy night walks away as the Sun delays to begin the dynamic day.
3. In the blue beam the sunrays rise like an incensed inferno.
4. The red tips of the sunrays open beautiful buds and wake me up.
5. The feathered friends fly in the sky and the clouds appear as featherbeds.
6. In the afternoon, the Sun is barbarous and causes scorching and sweltering.
7. Only the tree provides a sun parasol.
8. As the sun sets, it becomes dark, the stars twinkle and the buds close.
9. The sun departed and the ambience changed.
10. It’s the same routine every day from dawn to dusk.

Appreciation

1. Rhyming Scheme (First 8 Lines): AABBCCDD
2. Similes Used in the Poem:
   • The sun rose up like an incensed inferno.
   • Clouds, as if a featherbed.
   • The Sun’s all up, barbarous like a ferocious fire.
   • Downwards and downwards, seemed like a yellow bowl.
3. Alliterations Used in the Poem:
   • Tenebrous tiring tipsy
   • Bluish beam
   • Farrago fervour
   • Beautiful buds
   • Feathered friends flitted
   • Cerulean skilful sky
   • Deep dry slumber
   • Dismal discordant
   • Waspish warmth
   • Dynamic day