Long Answer Questions — 5 Marks Each

Answer: The speaker chooses chalk, moss, water, a spider and flies—things that may seem ordinary. Through magnification, each reveals hidden complexity: shell-like patterns, a forest-like landscape, hive-like movement, spinnerets, claws and many eyes. The poem shows that wonder is not limited to rare objects; it can be produced by careful observation.

Answer: The poem begins with tiny nearby objects seen through a magnifying glass. It gradually shows more complex living detail in the spider and flies. The final stanza shifts to lenses aimed at the Moon. This widening scale suggests that the same human curiosity can investigate both the very small and the very distant.

Answer: Words such as ‘Magic’, ‘myriad’, ‘forest’, ‘marvellous’, ‘tigerish’ and repeated exclamation marks make the discoveries vivid and exciting. Simile, metaphor and personification turn scientific observation into imaginative experience, so the poem sounds curious rather than clinical.