Magnifying Glass
CBSE · Class 8 · English
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Overview
The poem "Magnifying Glass" by Walter de la Mare celebrates the power of close observation. Through a round glass, tiny things appear larger, stranger, and full of wonder. A scrap of chalk seems to hold many shells, moss looks like a forest, and a drop of water appears like a hive of bees. The poem
Key Concepts
A round glass makes small things
A round glass makes small things appear larger and reveals hidden details in them.
A scrap of chalk seems
A scrap of chalk seems to show many shells, an inch of moss seems like a forest, and a drop of water seems like a hive of bees.
The speaker watches a deft spider
The speaker watches a deft spider spinning web-silk from its spinnerets and notices its tigerish claws.
The silly flies stumble into
The silly flies stumble into the spider's net and are shown as helpless compared to the spider.
The poem suggests that not even
The poem suggests that not even the tiniest thing is beyond the power of the glass to make more marvellous.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how a magnifying glass changes the way small objects appear
- Identify the images of chalk, moss, water, spider, flies, and moon used in the poem
- Recognise the poem as a quatrain form with six stanzas of four lines each
- Notice the rhyme scheme ABCB in each stanza
- Explain how the poem creates wonder and curiosity through close observation
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- NCERT Official — ncert.nic.in
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- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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