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🎻 Poem: A Friend Found in Music • Check Your Understanding

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Check Your Understanding 2Critical Reflection 1Answer the Following Questions 5All Exercises 8
Q1

I Read the poem again to complete the poet's diary about her feelings on music. Fill in the blanks with words from the poem.

Today, I've been thinking about how essential music is to me. It is like an ocean that calls me to its 1. ________________. Music is the 2. ________________ that harmonises with my 3. ________________, moving me in ways I can't explain. When I feel sad or upset about things, music is the 4. ________________ that eases the ache. It is amazing how music has the power to lift my 5. ________________ and give me strength to pull through difficult times. I know that it is the effect of music whenever I feel 6. ________________. Music is the much 7. ________________ friend when there is no one to 8. ________________. Thank you, my dear music, for being my all-time comfort.

  1. shore
  2. rhythm
  3. core
  4. therapy
  5. spirits
  6. cheerful
  7. needed
  8. care
Q2

II Let us appreciate the poem.

  1. The phrase 'moves me' in the line 'That moves me to the core,' is an example of ________________.
  2. The poet uses metaphors for music. List these metaphors and rewrite them as similes.
  3. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? What impact does it have?
  4. What is the poet's purpose in using the word 'music' repetitively?
  5. What is the message the poet wishes to convey through the poem?
  6. Identify the mood of the poem from the options: (i) nostalgic (ii) thoughtful (iii) amused (iv) playful
  7. Give evidence from the poem to support that the speaker is the poet herself.
  1. 1. idiomatic expression / metaphor (denoting touching one deeply emotionally).
  2. 2. Metaphors converted to Similes:
    • "Music is the ocean" → Music is vast and deep like an ocean.
    • "Music is the therapy" → Music is as healing as therapy.
    • "Music is the needed friend" → Music is like a comforting friend.
  3. 3. abcb (shore/core, blue/through, there/care). It provides a lyrical, steady musical rhythm that mirrors the calming theme.
  4. 4. The repetition reinforces music as the constant, unwavering presence in the speaker's emotional life.
  5. 5. Music possesses immense therapeutic power to heal sorrow, celebrate joy, and provide companionship in loneliness.
  6. 6. (ii) thoughtful
  7. 7. The constant use of first-person pronouns like "me" and "I" ("pulls me", "I feel blue", "I pull through") confirms the speaker is the poet reflecting on personal feelings.