1. What is the main idea of the poem 'Smile'?

2.Which figure of speech is used in the line "you catch it like the flu"?

3.What does the phrase "I'd passed it on to him" mean in the context ofthe poem?

What is the tone of the poem?

What message is the poet trying to convey with the line "A single smile, just like mine could travel round the earth"?

What does the poet mean by "let's start an epidemic quick"?

What can be inferred about the speaker's feelings toward smiling?

.What is the purpose of the repetition of the word "smile" in the poem?

Which of the following is an antonym for "infectious" in the context of thepoem?

What is the meaning of the word "infected" as used in the last lineof the poem?