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Section 'C' Literature

Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions given below:

Macavity's ginger cat, he's very tall and thin;

You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in

His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed;

His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.

(i) Why is Macavity called a ginger cat?

(ii) How would you know that it is a Macavity cat?

(iii) What kind of coat and whiskers did Macavity have?

(iv) Identity the rhyme scheme of the above lines.

Answer:

(i) Macavity is called ginger cat because he's very tall and thin.

(ii) We would know it is a Macavity cat as its eyes were sunken in and his brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly doomed.

(iii) Macavity had dusty coat and uncombed whiskers.

(iv) The rhyme scheme of the above lines is aabb.