NCERT Solutions Kaveri Chapter 6 A Friend Found in Music — Check Your Understanding

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 difÏcult times. I know that it is the effect of music whenever I feel 6. ____. Music is the much 7. _______, dependable friend when there is no one to 8. ______. Thank you, my dear music, for being my all-time comfort.

Let us appreciate the poem. The phrase ‘moves me’ in the line ‘That moves me to the core,’ is an example of _____________.

The poet uses metaphors for music. List these metaphors and rewrite them as similes. For example, Music is as ___________ as __________.

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? What impact does it have?

What is the poet’s purpose in using the word ‘music’ repetitively?

What is the message the poet wishes to convey through the poem?

Identify the mood of the poem from the options given below. (i) nostalgic (ii) thoughtful (iii) amused (iv) playful

Give evidence from the poem to support that the speaker is the poet herself.