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Raintree 2 My Garden

 Summary: My Garden

Swapna Dutta has written many short stories and plays, and created picture books in

English, Hindi and Bengali. Her stories have been published in newspapers and magazines.

In this poem, the speaker demonstrates her love for her garden. Her admiration is evident in

each line. In the first stanza, she says how she loves to spend endless hours in her garden

surrounded by beautiful flowers. In the second stanza, she elaborates on the kinds of

flowers in her garden.

In the third stanza, she stresses upon the plush, velvety softness of the grass in the garden.

Next, she moves on to the birds and birds mentioning the sheer variety and number that

venture into the garden. In the final stanza, she admires the friskiness of the squirrel and

invites us, the readers, into her garden so we can share her joy while enjoying the richness

of nature.

POEM: MY GARDEN

A. 1. I love to be there all the time And spend just hours and hours

2. There’s a lawn of velvet grass. So soft and oh so green Like a carpet beneath my feet

3. And sparrows, sparrows everywhere

4. And butterflies so free!

5. The frisky squirrel with his nuts

B. Suggested answer:

 The speaker likes her garden a lot because it is beautiful. It has many different colourful flowers

 everywhere and soft, green velvet grass. The garden also has many birds, butterflies and squirrels

 running around. The speaker loves to spend time in the garden, looking at these creatures

C. 1. hours 2. bright 3. pool 4. seen 5. tree 6. do

MY GARDEN

A. Answer in brief.

1. What does the speaker have in her house? What does she like to do there? (My Garden)

 Ans: The speaker has a garden full of flowers in her house. She likes to be there all the time.


2. What flowers does the speaker have in the garden?

 Ans: The speaker has all kinds of roses, bright sunflowers and white jasmine flowers in her garden.

There are lilies in the pool too.

3. How does the speaker describe the lawn in her garden?

 Ans: The speaker describes the lawn as soft and green which feels like a velvet carpet beneath her

feet. It is the nicest lawn that she has seen.

4. Which are the birds and animals in the speaker’s garden?

 Ans: There are bulbuls, parrots and koels in the trees and the sparrows are everywhere. Beautiful

butterflies fly in the garden and there is a frisky squirrel with his nuts.

B. Answer in detail.

1. What does the speaker describe in the poem ‘My Garden’?

 Ans: In the poem, the speaker describes her garden. She tells us about the different flowers that

bloom in the garden. She also tells us about the animals and birds in the garden. She says she

loves her garden and she is very happy to stay there for hours.

C. Read the lines and answer the questions.

1. There’s a lawn of velvet grass

 So soft and oh so green

 Like a carpet beneath my feet

 The nicest I have seen.

 a. What does the speaker describe here?

 b. How does it feel beneath her feet?

 c. Which line says that the speaker is very proud of her lawn?

 Ans: a. The speaker describes the soft, green lawn in her garden.

 b. ‘It feels like a velvet carpet beneath her feet’.

 c. ‘Like a carpet beneath my feet; The nicest I have seen.’ These lines say that the speaker

is very proud of her lawn. She says that her lawn looks and feels as good as the nicest

carpet she has seen.

2. I’ll show them all to you

 And after you have met them all

 You’ll love them like I do!

 a. What does the speaker want to show everyone?

 b. Who does she want everyone to meet?

 c. What is the speaker so sure of?

 Ans: a. The speaker wants to show the beautiful flowers, the birds, the butterflies, the squirrel

and the soft lawn in her garden to everyone.

 b. She wants everyone to meet the birds and animals in her garden.

 c. She is sure that everyone will love the birds and animals just as she does.

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