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    The document provides a summary of the poem "Autumn" by Joseph T. Renaldi along with discussion questions. It summarizes that the poem depicts signs that autumn is approaching, including leaves falling, flowers wilting, and trees becoming bare. Birds stop singing and prepare to fly south as winter approaches. Squirrels collect nuts and caterpillars crawl on boards. The breeze scatters the dry, light leaves that eventually cover the ground until snow falls.

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    Autumn Handout-CLASS 7

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    devyani singha
    The document provides a summary of the poem "Autumn" by Joseph T. Renaldi along with discussion questions. It summarizes that the poem depicts signs that autumn is approaching, including leaves falling, flowers wilting, and trees becoming bare. Birds stop singing and prepare to fly south as winter approaches. Squirrels collect nuts and caterpillars crawl on boards. The breeze scatters the dry, light leaves that eventually cover the ground until snow falls.

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    AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    CLASS: VII SUBJECT: ENGLISH

    HANDOUT: LITERATURE

    Poem: Autumn by Joseph T. Renaldi


    SHORT SUMMARY

    The poet believes that autumn is approaching as the leaves


    are falling, the flowers have started wilting and attract no butterflies.
    The sky looks hazy.​

    The orchard trees are fruitless and the branches are bare. It seems as some magic spell has turned them
    lifeless. The bears are collecting honey.

    The birds stop singing as they can sense the onset of autumn chill and get ready to fly to the nearby hill.

    The hairy caterpillars crawl on the boarded well and squirrels run across the ground to collect hickory nuts.

    The breeze blows through the countless trees and scatters the leaves very easily as they are dry and light.

    The leaves whirl and fall on the ground and find a comfortable place to rest.

    The leaves lie on the ground and wait for the snow to fall and get covered by snow.

    NOTE: ALL QUESTIONS TO BE DONE IN THE LITERATURE NOTEBOOK

    Q1. Fill in the blanks using the words given below.

    horizon hazy sky blanket of leaves fruitless Squirrels

    (1) Autumn is on the ______________, I can tell

    (2) _______________scurrying across the ground.

    (3) The land will be covered with a _____________________.

    (4) Orchard trees are ___________________ as well.

    (5) Flowers wilting beneath the ___________________ no longer attracting a beautiful butterfly.

    Q2. Reference to context: (RTC)

    a) “Autumn is on the horizon I can tell

    Orchard trees are fruitless as well.

    Their outstretched boughs as if in a spell,


    And bears collecting honey in the dell.”

    (i) Name the poem and the poet?

    (ii) Why are the orchard trees fruitless?

    (iii) What do you mean by- ’as if in a spell’?

    (iv) What are the bears doing and why?

    (v) Write the rhyme scheme of the stanza above.

    Q3. Write one example each of the Poetic devices used, from the Poem.

    I) Alliteration:________________________________________________________________.

    II) Imagery:__________________________________________________________________.

    III) Personification:____________________________________________________________.

    IV) Metaphor:________________________________________________________________.

    Q4. Answer in brief:

    a) What will happen to the fallen leaves during the winter? (Hint: covered with snow,
    obscure)
    b) What activities do the animals and insects indulge in just when autumn begins?(Hint:
    birds, bears, squirrels, caterpillars, butterflies)
    c) What made the leaves fall easily? ( Hint: weak and dry)
    d) What did the wind do to the leaves before they fall to the ground? ( Hint: scatter,
    whirl )
    e) Explain stanza 3 in your own words. (Hint: fruitless trees, look lifeless, magic spell
    has been cast)

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