In this post you can get the question and answers for poem of Special Hero.

B) Find a line from the poem:

1. He always saves me from harm – Keeping me safe from harm.
2. I am so lucky to get you. – How did I get so lucky.
3. The affection between us has no end. – Our love is everlasting.

Answer the following questions:

1. Who is the speaker?
   • The speaker is a child.
2. Who is the special hero mentioned in the poem?
   • The child’s father is the special hero mentioned in the poem.
3. How did the child feel when it was held by its dad?
   • When the child was held by its dad he feels safe.
     • Seems it was sent to me
     • From someplace up above.
4. What do the above lines mean?
   • The father’s love seems to be sent from the heaven above.
5. What did the child want to tell its dad?
   • The child wanted to tell its dad that he was his special hero.

D) Work in pairs and answer the questions below:

1. “There is something special about a father’s love”
   • Identify the alliteration in the given lines.
     • Something – special
2. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
   • arms – harm
   • see – me
   • love – above
   • know – so

E. Write a paragraph on the father’s love as described in the poem.

The father holds his child in his arms. His love and tenderness keep the child from harm. The child sees love in the eyes of his father. He feels that he is lucky to have a father like him. The father’s love is something special. It seems as if it was sent for me from heaven above. The love between the father and child is everlasting. The child considers his father as his special hero.

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