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Unit 4 · The Sky · NCERT Class 3 Santoor

Night

A calm poem about the night sky. We only name the poem — every example here is our own — and use it to learn how poets paint with words: making word-pictures, using opposites (antonyms) like day and night, and choosing sense and describing words for a quiet scene. Tap each idea to begin.

👥 3 topics⏱ ~12 min📝 8-question quiz
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Painting the night with words

A poet can show the night using just words. Tap each idea to see how.

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The three big ideas

  • Word-pictures (imagery) — words that make a scene appear in your mind.
  • For night“The silver moon glowed in the dark, quiet sky.” Now you can see it.
  • Build one — add a colour, a describing word and an action.
  • Opposites — words with very different meanings: day — night, light — dark, up — down.
  • Another name — opposite words are called antonyms.
  • Poets love them — comparing day and night shows how special the night is.

Give the opposite. bright → ?   loud → ?   awake → ?

bright → dark; loud → quiet; awake → asleep. These are antonyms.

  • Sense words — for night we often use hearing: still, silent, hushed.
  • Describing wordsquiet, peaceful, cool, sleepy set a calm mood.
  • Mood — the right words make the reader feel calm, just like a real night.
Tip: choose words that match the scene. A night poem feels wrong with “noisy” and “busy”; it needs gentle, quiet words.

Where you'll meet it

Words and the night

Describing the sky

Looking up at night, you can describe what you see — the moon, the stars — with colour, sense and describing words.

Using opposites

Antonyms help you explain things clearly — “It was not loud, it was quiet.” You use them all the time.

Writing a calm poem

Pick the night sky, add two quiet describing words and one word-picture, and you have begun your own calm little poem.

Check yourself

Skill quiz

Eight quick questions that check the skill — word-pictures, opposites and sense words — not just remembering the poem.

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Skill practice with our own original examples. The poem “Night” (NCERT Santoor, Class 3) is referenced by name only, never reproduced.

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