Std.- X English - 1.3 Basketful of Moonlight

Tuesday 26 May, 2020

Basketful of Moonlight

Read the stanza carefully and do the activities.

O moon,

give me moonlight,

basketful or two baskets full,

with seeds of moonlight.

From the city to my village,

on the sides of the path

I want to sow many,

small, small moons of light.

The whole village goes to the city 

daily to work.

It becomes dark on its way back

as my village is quite far.

The route is tough and full of

snakes and scorpions.

Neither bus nor cart plies.

When my father returns home

I am asleep.

A1) Complete the following sentences                with the help of the stanzas.

   1. The child wants to sow small moons            of light from _________________ .

   2. The villagers in the child's village ___

        ________________ daily to work.

   3. No ____ or ____ plies from the city

       to the child's village.

   4. The child is asleep when __________

        _____________________ late night from

       the city.

A2) Write two anxieties of the child from 

       the  stanza about his father's safety.

       i) ___________________________________ .

      ii) ___________________________________ .

A3) Write describing words used for the           following nouns from the stanza  :-

       village - ______

       route   - ______