The Height of the Ridiculous Q. I Understanding the text Read the extract and answer the questions given below. Linguistic U/Av They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die: Albiet, in the general way, A sober man am I. 1. Why did the poet laugh after reading his own poem? After reading the poem he had himself written, the poet started laughing because the lines looked very strange to him as he had never written a poem earlier in his life. The lines made him feel that he had become very serious by nature. 2. Do you think the poem is ridiculous? Why? The poet makes fun of himself. The servant laughs wildly on reading his master’s work. The poet has given up writing because of this. (Answers may vary) 3. What made the poet stop writing funny poems? The poet stopped writing when he saw that the funny poem he wrote affected the servant so much that could not stop laughing for ten days and nights much to the poet’s discomfort. 4. Is the poem a bit exagger
