NCERT Solutions Class 6 English (Honeysuckle)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 English (Poetry) (Honeysuckle) Chapter – 3 The Quarrel has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
Poem – 3
(The Quarrel)
I quarrelled with my brother
I don’t know what about,
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out.
The start of it was slight,
The end of it was strong,
He said he was right,
I knew he was wrong!
We hated one another.
The afternoon turned black.
Then suddenly my brother
Thumped me on the back,
And said, “Oh, come along!
We can’t go on all night —
I was in the wrong.”
So he was in the right.
– ELEANOR FARJEON
Working with Poem
1. With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.
(i) And somehow we fell out.
(ii) The afternoon turned black.
Answer –
(i) started quarreling
(ii) night came
2. Read these lines from the poem:
(i) One thing led to another
(ii) The start of it was slight
(iii) The end of it was strong
(iv) The afternoon turned black
(v) Thumped me on the back
Discuss with your partner what these lines mean.
Answer –
(i) One reason led to another reason
(ii) The quarrel was started on small issue
(iii) The end turned into a big fight
(iv) Afternoon passed and night came but their fight continues.
(v) The quarrel came to an end.
Poem
- Poem 1 : A House, A Home
- Poem 2 : The Kite
- Poem 4 : Beauty
- Poem 5 : Where Do All the Teachers Go?
- Poem 6 : The Wonderful Words
- Poem 7 : Vocation
- Poem 8 : What if
