Question 11 of 23intermediate🔍 AnalyzeMatching3 marks

Match the descriptions in Column 1 with what they symbolise in Column 2. Column 1:

  1. the child's innocence, dreams, hopes, and messages sent out into the world
  2. purity, beauty, and the start of a new day
  3. the vast universe and the child's dreams continuing through the night

Column 2: (i) midnight stars (ii) paper boats (iii) shiuli flowers

(1)
Answer

(ii) paper boats

(2)
Answer

(iii) shiuli flowers

(3)
Answer

(i) midnight stars

Explanation

(1) The paper boats carry the child's name, village, and flowers, representing his hopes and dreams being sent out into the unknown world. (2) Shiuli flowers (night-flowering jasmine) bloom at dawn, symbolising purity, beauty, and new beginnings. (3) The midnight stars represent the vastness of the universe under which the child dreams his boats continue to float.

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