The whole poem
Fifteen lines.
A former President addresses the soldiers of his country, and ends by praying for them.
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My Dear Soldiers · Class 7 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 105 leveled MCQs 51 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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The note beside the poem
Sons means both.
The line says sons; the book explains that the soldiers of both sexes are meant.
The contrast it turns on
We sleep, you watch.
Two pronouns, one line apart. The reader is put on the sleeping side of the poem.
What the book asks for
Five in fifteen lines.
Imagery, a simile, a metaphor, repetition and alliteration, all inside one short poem.
The part that earns marks
Naming is the easy half.
Say what the device DOES that a plain sentence would not, and the answer differs every time.
What the imagery is made of
Weather and ground.
No faces, no uniforms, no weapons. A reader is shown conditions rather than people.
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1
Fifteen Lines, and Six Places
A former President writes fifteen lines to the soldiers of his country. This topic follows what the poem says, the two pronouns it sets against each other, the six places it names, and the prayer it ends with.
- The poem was written by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and it opens by addressing the defenders of the borders.
- The poem calls them the great sons of the land, and the book notes that this means men and women both.
- The turn of the whole poem is a contrast: we are asleep, and they are awake and on duty.
~31 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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Five Devices in Fifteen Lines
The poem uses imagery, a simile, a metaphor, repetition and alliteration, all inside fifteen lines. This topic finds each of them and asks what it does that a plain sentence could not.
- Imagery is a picture made with words, and this poem builds its pictures out of weather and ground.
- A simile compares two things using a word such as "as" or "like", and this poem has exactly one.
- The simile likens the soldiers to yogis, because both live apart and go without comfort by choice.
~32 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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Terrains, Collocations, and a Badge
The chapter closes with word work and three tasks. This topic sorts the terrain words from the words that are not terrains, learns five collocations, and plans an acrostic poem and a note of gratitude.
- A terrain is a kind of ground, described by its shape and its surface rather than by what is on it.
- The chapter’s box mixes terrains with words that are not terrains, and spotting the odd ones is the task.
- A river is a body of water and a bay is part of the sea, so neither of them is a kind of ground.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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105 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
The poem addresses soldiers directly and was written by a President of India. Writing My Dear Soldiers was
Beginner
A A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
B Rabindranath Tagore
C Sarojini Naidu
D Subramania Bharati
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
A scientist, and the eleventh President of India.
The opening line of the poem speaks to a particular group rather than to a reader. Addressed there are the
Beginner
A the poet’s own family
B the defenders of the borders
C the leaders of the nation
D the young men of the land
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the defenders of the borders
And the second line calls them the great sons of his land.
The book adds a note about the phrase great sons so that no reader takes it narrowly. The note is added because
Intermediate
A the phrase was borrowed from a song
B the line means men and women both
C the poet had sons of his own
D the word sons is spelt unusually
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the line means men and women both
The English of the line does not say what the poem means.
The turn of the whole poem is a contrast between what we do and what the soldiers do. While they stay at their duty, we are
Beginner
A we are at the border
B we are at our work
C we are all asleep
D we are praying
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we are all asleep
Which puts the reader on one side of the poem’s contrast.
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