Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Crescent Moon Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Amy Lowell. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Riddles Poem, How Doth The Little Crocodile and Newton’s Gravity so, you can check these posts as well.
The Crescent Moon Questions & Answers
Question 1: Who do you think is the speaker of this poem? Why do you think so?
Answer: The speaker of the poem is a little boy. The last line of the poem – ‘To please a little boy’ clarifies the identity of the speaker.
Question 2: What does the narrator want the moon to do?
Answer: The narrator wants the moon to come a little closer to him so that he can float away with it above the trees and into the clouds.
Question 3: What does the narrator want to do when he is floating in the sky?
Answer: The narrator wants to brush over the tops of the trees, play hide and seek with the stars, peep at Jupiter or Mars through the shiny clouds and fill his lap with roses gathered form the Milky Way.
Question 4: From where does the narrator want to gather roses? What does he want to do with them?
Answer: The narrator wants to gather roses from the Milky Way and he wants to present them to his mother.
Question 5: What does the poet mean by “sailing moon”?
Answer: The “sailing moon” in the poem refers to the movement of the moon in the sky.
Question 6: Why do you think the narrator calls the moon “horned”?
Answer: The poet calls the moon “horned” because of its crescent shape.
Question 7: Write down any four words that the narrator uses to describe the moon.
Answer: The words that the narrator uses to describe the moon are:
- Horned
- Happy
- Rocking
- Sailing
Question 8: Why does the poet shout ‘Ahoy’ to the moon?
Answer: The poet shouts ‘Ahoy’ to the moon to get its attention.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.