1. Answer the following questions:

a) According to the poet, who are who are the bravest men?

Answer: According to the poet, the men of his native land are the bravest men.

b) When will the poet consider his lot divine?

Answer: The poet will consider his lot divine if he can die to save his native land.

c) How do you I know that the poet loves his country?

Answer: The poet’s love for his country is evident in his praise for its “rich and rare” land, his deep patriotism, and his willingness to die for it.

 d) What is the poem about?

Answer: The poem is about the poet’s love, pride, and devotion toward his native land, celebrating its beauty, goodness, and the courage of its people.

2. Write ‘T’ for the correct statement and ‘F’ for the incorrect statement in the box near each sentence:

a) The poet’s native land is rich and rare.

Answer: True

b) The women of the poet’s native land are courageous.

Answer: True

c) The poet is in praise of the men and women of his native land.

Answer: True

d) The poet will die to save his native land unwillingly.

Answer: False

e) The poet does not love his native land.

Answer: False

3. Read the following explanations of the two stanzas of the poem given below. Identify and write the stanza number next to each explanation:

The poet says that the men of his native land are braver than those of other lands. The women are courageous. The poet will die willingly to save his native land and will consider his lot divine if that happens.

Answer: Stanza 2.

The poet is all praise for his native land. He says that his native land is rich and rare, fresh and fare, dear and rare. He takes pride in the uniqueness of his native land.

Answer: Stanza 1.

4. Write the rhyming words from the poem for the ones given below:

Answer: fare — rare, fair
saver — braver, waver
shine — mine, divine

5. In group, discuss with your friends what you have understood from the poem and share with the class.

Answer: The poem “My Land” expresses deep love and pride for one’s homeland. The poet believes that his country is beautiful, rare, and precious, describing its land as fresh and fair. He admires the bravery of its men and the courage of its women and says he would risk his life willingly to protect it. The poem makes us think about how important it is to love, respect, and be proud of our country and its people.

6. Find out some emamples of alliterations from the poem and write down in the space provided:

Answer: rich and rare land

fresh and fair land

dear and rare

7. a) The poet has used a few adjectives to describe his Native Land. Write the adjectives in the space provided

Answer: rich, rare, fresh, fair, dear

Updated on: 05/11/2025