We should speak gently because soft and kind words leave a deep and lasting impression. We can win people’s hearts by love and God too likes it and rewards us for eternity.
From this poem, I infer to speak gently with others.
We should use kind, gentle, loving, and caring words with the old people because their days are numbered. Harsh words will make them sad but gentle words will keep them happy and they will die in peace.
B. Read the poem and fill in the blanks with the correct option.
love, fear
soft, mild
harsh, heard
good, joy
sands, life
C. Pick out the words which rhyme with the given words and write similar rhyming words on your own.D. Take a stanza from the poem. Write it in the blanks and find the rhyme scheme.Lines from the poem
Rhyme scheme (a/b/c/d)
Speak gently! It is better far
a
To rule by love, than fear
b
Speak gently – let not harsh words mar
a
The good we might do here!
b
7th English Guide Your Space Additional Appreciation Questions
He generally asks the reader to speak gently.
b) What can the harsh words do?
The harsh words may spoil the good that we do on earth.
The word ‘it’ refers to the way of speaking gently.
b) What may not long remain?
The art of speaking gently may not remain for a long time. We need to teach them continuously
The erring have worked hard vainly
b) What made them become sinful?
Because of unkindness, they remained fallible.
c) Write- down the rhyming words.
“Know, So”, “Vain – again”.