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Extended, composition-style answers, about 120-150 words each.
19.
You are the head of your school’s nature club. Using ideas from the poem, write a speech to be delivered in the morning assembly on the topic ‘Every garden is a work of art’ (120-150 words).
Speech Writing
How to answer:
Use the speech format: greeting, topic, two or three images from the poem as evidence, a call to action, and thanks.
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Answer:
Every Garden is a Work of Art
Good morning, respected Principal, teachers and dear friends. Have you ever stopped beside a garden and looked at it the way you look at a painting? The poem Canvas of Soil asks us to do exactly that. It calls the soil a “ palette of earth ”, the seeds “ brushstrokes ” planted true, and every plot “ a canvas wide ”. When blossoms open, “dancing in the morning light”, the garden becomes “Nature’s artwork, ever new” — a painting that refreshes itself every single day. And the artist? The humble gardener, in whose patient hands “gardens become paintings still”. Friends, let us plant something this season — a pot, a bed, a sapling — and sign our own masterpiece on the canvas of soil. Thank you.
Good morning, respected Principal, teachers and dear friends. Have you ever stopped beside a garden and looked at it the way you look at a painting? The poem Canvas of Soil asks us to do exactly that. It calls the soil a “ palette of earth ”, the seeds “ brushstrokes ” planted true, and every plot “ a canvas wide ”. When blossoms open, “dancing in the morning light”, the garden becomes “Nature’s artwork, ever new” — a painting that refreshes itself every single day. And the artist? The humble gardener, in whose patient hands “gardens become paintings still”. Friends, let us plant something this season — a pot, a bed, a sapling — and sign our own masterpiece on the canvas of soil. Thank you.
20.
Imagine you are the gardener of the poem. Your garden has finally bloomed after months of work. Write a diary entry recording your feelings (120-150 words).
Diary Entry
How to answer:
Use the diary format — date, day, ‘Dear Diary’, feelings in first person, a sign-off. Borrow images from the poem for the description.
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Answer:
Tuesday, 14 April | 9 p.m.
Dear Diary,
Today my garden finally bloomed, and I stood at the gate with tears in my eyes. All winter I worked on that dark, rich soil — my palette of earth — pressing in each seed like a careful brushstroke and letting my dreams seep in with them. There were weeks when nothing showed, and I only waited and watered and hoped. And this morning — what a painted sight ! Blossoms danced in the early light; green, red and blue glowed everywhere like wet paint. People say gardening is labour. They are wrong — today I felt like an artist signing a finished canvas. My little plot is proof that art and life can live in the same place. Tomorrow, new buds — Nature’s artwork is never done!
— A tired, happy gardener
Dear Diary,
Today my garden finally bloomed, and I stood at the gate with tears in my eyes. All winter I worked on that dark, rich soil — my palette of earth — pressing in each seed like a careful brushstroke and letting my dreams seep in with them. There were weeks when nothing showed, and I only waited and watered and hoped. And this morning — what a painted sight ! Blossoms danced in the early light; green, red and blue glowed everywhere like wet paint. People say gardening is labour. They are wrong — today I felt like an artist signing a finished canvas. My little plot is proof that art and life can live in the same place. Tomorrow, new buds — Nature’s artwork is never done!
— A tired, happy gardener
21.
Write a short article for your school magazine titled ‘Nature — the Greatest Artist’, citing the poem ‘Canvas of Soil’ (120-150 words).
Article Writing
How to answer:
Use the article format: title, byline, a catchy opening, body with quotes from the poem, and a closing thought.
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Answer:
Nature — the Greatest Artist
by Meera Nair, Class IX
We queue for hours to see paintings in galleries, yet the greatest artist exhibits for free outside our windows. Maya Anthony’s poem Canvas of Soil captures this beautifully. For her, soil is a “ palette of earth ”, seeds are “ brushstrokes ”, and every garden plot is “ a canvas wide ”. When spring arrives, the blossoms become “Nature’s artwork, ever new” — a masterpiece that repaints itself each morning, in shades of green, red and blue no factory can mix. Best of all, Nature shares her brush: in the hands of anyone who tills, “gardens become paintings still”. The next time you pass a flowering hedge, pause. You are standing in a gallery, and the artist is at work.
by Meera Nair, Class IX
We queue for hours to see paintings in galleries, yet the greatest artist exhibits for free outside our windows. Maya Anthony’s poem Canvas of Soil captures this beautifully. For her, soil is a “ palette of earth ”, seeds are “ brushstrokes ”, and every garden plot is “ a canvas wide ”. When spring arrives, the blossoms become “Nature’s artwork, ever new” — a masterpiece that repaints itself each morning, in shades of green, red and blue no factory can mix. Best of all, Nature shares her brush: in the hands of anyone who tills, “gardens become paintings still”. The next time you pass a flowering hedge, pause. You are standing in a gallery, and the artist is at work.
