Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Wonderful Words Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Mary O’Neill. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Story of the Amulet, The World’s Best Warrior and Then Laugh so, you can check these posts as well.
The Wonderful Words Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Groomed – prepared for a particular purpose
- Longing – having a strong desire or yearning for something
- Marvellous – extremely wonderful
- Prison – a place where someone/something in confinement
- Shrivel – wrinkle and shrink
- Surprise – an event that makes someone unexpectedly happy
Question 1: Complete the following lines:
Answer:
All that you do is match the words
To the brightest thoughts in your head
So that they come out clear and true
And handsomely groomed and fed—
For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said.
Question 2: What do the following lines mean?
(a) ‘All that you do is match the words
To the brightest thoughts in your head’
(i) You have to say whatever comes to your mind without selecting the words.
(ii) You have to only select appropriate words to express your thoughts in your mind.
(iii) You must first match your words with the listener and then voice them.
(b) ‘For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said.’
(i) The poet says that we must put our thoughts into words as the most beautiful things are always said.
(ii) The poet says that we must never voice our thoughts so that we never say the most beautiful things.
(iii) The poet says that thoughts must be put into words as the most beautiful things are never said.
(c) ‘And everyone’s longing today to hear
Some fresh and beautiful thing;’
(i) The poet says that everyone is waiting to hear something new and wonderful, so one should say it.
(ii) The poet says that we all love to hear new and wonderful things.
(iii) The poet says that we all say new and wonderful things to please others.
Question 3: What do words do for your thoughts?
Answer: Words are like food and dress of thoughts. They help to express thoughts in a clear and true manner. Words give body and form to the beautiful thoughts that are imprisoned in our mind.
Question 4: What can free your thoughts? Where are the thoughts imprisoned?
Answer: Only proper and carefully chosen words can free our thoughts. Thoughts are imprisoned in the minds of the people.
Question 5: Is the ending positive or negative? Give lines from the poem to prove your points.
Answer: The ending of the poem is positive as the poet is saying that our mind is full of beautiful thoughts and marvellous surprises. According to the poet, only words can free thoughts that are imprisoned in our minds. The poet says:
But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
May be your mind is holding now
A marvellous new surprise!
So, these were the Questions & Answers.