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प्रश्न
Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.
Death has been cited in many ways in this monologue. Identify the poetic devices used in those references.
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उत्तर
- bequeath deposed bodies – Metaphor
- small model of barren earth-Metaphor
- hollow crown – Metaphor
antics – Personification - Dust our paper – Metaphor
- scoffing his state grinning at his pomp – Personification
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?
What does he desire to unlearn and relearn?
How is the poet’s laugh reflected in the mirror?
What does the poet long for?
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
to unlearn all these muting things
Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
I want to be what I used to be.
Explain the things the poet has learnt when he grew into an adult.
Do you think the narrator is heroic? Why?
Are the athletes conscious of the feelings of others? Why do you say so?
Read the poem and answer the following in a short paragraph of 8–10 sentences each.
When officialdom demands Is there a doctor in the stands?
- Why are doctors called from stands by the sponsors?
- Why does the poet make such an observation?
If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe?
Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.
And ‘tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes…
- What is the poet’s faith?
- What trait of Nature do we see here?
Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.
The birds around me hopp’d and play’d,
Their thoughts I cannot measure.
Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.
And ‘tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
Read the poem once again. Identify the rhyme scheme and pick out the rhyming pairs of words.
Does Nature affect a person’s thoughts and feelings? Explain.
Why does the poet think that the birds were happy?
Mention any two qualities of Macavity.
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw…
- Does the poet talk about a real cat?
- Why is he called the Hidden Paw?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
He’s the bafflement of Scotland
Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime
— Macavity’s not there!..
- What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
- Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.
- What seems to be a challenge for the Scotland Yard?
- Why do they need his footprints?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake
Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.
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- Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
- What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
- What are the qualities that you may share with them?
- Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
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- ______.
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Which line is repeated in the poem? What is the effect created by this repetition?
Which quality does the speaker wish to nourish? What is his mission?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
Our nature it is that whatever we try We do with devotion deep and true.
- Who does ‘we’ refer to?
- How should we carry out our duties?
Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:
Shravan never keeps his promises. His friends know that his words are ______.
What does the executor mentioned in the poem do?
What does the crown of rulers stand for?
Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:
“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.
