Question

8 Sdt. English Chapter 1.1 Be The Best

Question 6. Write an appreciation of the poem with the help of the points given below.

(1) The title of the poem is - Be The Best

(2) The poem is Witten by - Douglas glas Matlock

(3) The poem has - four stanzas. Each stanza has - four lines.

(4) The lines that rhyme in each stanza, are - first and second, third and fourth.

(5) The poet compares big things with smallthings.

(6) If you cn'tbe a repeated expression in the poem.

(7) The line - I shall always remember is Be the best of wha.

Answer 1

Be The Best. :

It you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valley – but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

Be a bush, if you can’t be a tree.

If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;

If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass-

But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,

There’s something for all of us here.

There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail,

If you can’t be the sun, be a star;

It isn’t by size that you win or you fail-

Be the best of whatever you are!