CLASS VIII

let us know something about the poet Edward Lear

Born on12th May 1812 in the London. A talent for drawing and painting. Edward Lear

was an English artist, author, and poet, renowned for his poetry ,prose, and

especially his limericks. Lear was born into a middle-class family in the village of Holloway. Due to the family’s limited finance . He was raised by his eldest sister, named Ann. Lear suffered from health problem, when he was

six year old. Died on 29th January 1888.

POEM

GOOD GRACIOUS

HOP

Please give me a ride on your back!’ Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

‘I would sit quite still, and say nothing but “Quack,”

The whole of the long day through!And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,

Over the land, and over the sea;— Please take me a ride! O do!’

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

DEE

JELLY

Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,

    ‘This requires some little reflection;

Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck,

    And there seems but one objection,

Which is, if you’ll let me speak so bold,Your feet are

unpleasantly wet and cold,

And would probably give me the roo-

    Matiz!’ said the Kangaroo.

REFLECTION =

THINKING

ROOMATIZ=

DISEASES

WORSTED=

WOOLCLOAK

=WOOLEN

WEAR

Said the Kangaroo, I am ready! All in the moonlight pale,

But to balance me well, dear duck, sit steady! And quite at the end of my tail!

So away they went with a hop and a bound,And they hopped the whole world three times

round; And who so happy,- O who,

As the Duck and the Kangaroo?

MOONLIGHT PALE = SLOW LIGHT OF MOON

BOUND = JUMP

STEADY = STRONGLY

Q. 1 Where did the Duck live and what did she long

for?

Ans. The Duck lived in a nasty pond. He was bored of his life. He wanted to leave that place

and go out in the world beyond.

Q 3. What preparations did the Duck make for the ride on the

Kangaroo’s back?Ans. He bought four pair of worsted socks so that his feat could remain dry and warm. He also bought an overcoat. He smoked a cigar daily

to please the Kangaroo.