Probable Questions for lesson "Children" by Henry Longfellow.

1.Who wrote the poem Children?

2.How are children important for elders?

3.The poet says that the children are thinking of brooks while he is the thinking of autumn. What does it mean?

4.What is the message of the poem “Children”?

5.What would happen, if there were no children?

6. Why does the poet ask the children to come to him?

7.How are the children different from the poet?

8.What does the poet mean by addressing the children, “For ye are living poems”?

Or

 The poet calls the children living poems and all the rest dead. Why does he say so?

9.What does the poet mean when he says that the birds and the sun shine are in the hearts of the children?