Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given

1.	Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below:“They growl at the rain and they growl at the sun; In fact, their growling is never done. And if everything pleased them, there isn’t a doubt They’d growl that they’d nothing to grumble about!” (a) Explain the second line. (b) What do they grumble about? (c) What is the rhyming word for ‘sun’? (d) Give the rhyme scheme. (e) What is certain about the Grumble family when everything pleases them?
Answer» (a) The second line means that they always grumble and murmur showing their dissatisfaction over everything. (b) They grumble about the rain and sun. (c) The rhyming word for ‘sun’ is ‘done’. (d) The rhyme scheme is ‘aabb’. (e) When everything pleases them, the Grumble family is sure to grumble that they have nothing to grumble about.

Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below:“They growl at the rain and they growl at the sun; In fact, their growling is never done. And if everything pleased them, there isn’t a doubt They’d growl that they’d nothing to grumble about!” (a) Explain the second line. (b) What do they grumble about? (c) What is the rhyming word for ‘sun’? (d) Give the rhyme scheme. (e) What is certain about the Grumble family when everything pleases them?

Answer»

(a) The second line means that they always grumble and murmur showing their dissatisfaction over everything.

(b) They grumble about the rain and sun.

(c) The rhyming word for ‘sun’ is ‘done’.

(d) The rhyme scheme is ‘aabb’.

(e) When everything pleases them, the Grumble family is sure to grumble that they have nothing to grumble about.