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Here are a few poetic device used in the poem. Repetition- It is a figure of speech. - English

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Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.

Repetition- It is a figure of speech.

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e.g. Tell him to be alone often and get at himself and above all tell himself no lies about himself

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अध्याय 5.2: A Father to his Son - Exercise [पृष्ठ १६५]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 5.2 A Father to his Son
Exercise | Q 3. c. | पृष्ठ १६५

संबंधित प्रश्न

Did the soldiers fight with the enemies face to face?


Bring out the contrasting picture of the castle as depicted in stanzas 3 and 5.


Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.

We could do nothing, being sold.

  1. Why couldn’t they do anything?
  2. Why did they feel helpless?

They seemed no threat to us at all.


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

The wizened warder let them through.


Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.

A little wicked wicket gate.


What is the creeper compared to?


Does nature communicate with human beings?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound No other tree could live.

  1. Which tree is referred to in the above lines?
  2. How does the tree survive the tight hold of the creeper?
  3. Why does Toru Dutt use the expression ‘a creeper climbs’?

Describe the second stage of life as depicted by Shakespeare.


‘Ulysses is not happy to perform his duties as a king.’ Why?


Pick out the lines which convey that his quest for travel is unending.


Why did Ulysses want to hand over the kingdom to his son?


Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.

And drunk delight of battle with my peers;


Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough

Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades

For ever and for ever when I move

  1. What is experience compared to?
  2. How do the lines convey that the experience is endless?

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Death closes all: but something ere the end,

Some work of noble note, may yet be done,

Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.

  1. The above lines convey the undying spirit of Ulysses. Explain.
  2. Pick out the words in alliteration in the above lines.

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs:

the deep Moans round with many voices.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.


Every parent is anxious about the welfare of his/her children. Parents express their anxiety by advising them almost all the time. What kind of advice do you frequently receive from your parents? Fill in the bubbles. Tick the ones you like to follow implicitly and give reasons for the ones you don’t like to follow.


What happened to the people who wanted too much money?


What has twisted good men into thwarted worms?


Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.

Transferred Epithet- It is a figure of speech in which an epithet grammatically qualifies a noun other than the person or a thing, it is actually meant to describe.


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

..........Free imaginations

Bringing changes into a world resenting change.

  1. How does free imagination help the world?
  2. Identify the figure of speech.

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Yet learning something out of every folly

hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies


Fill in the blanks choosing the words from the box given and complete the summary of the poem.

The poet Robert Browning narrates an incident at the French Camp in the war of 1809 between France and Austria, in a (a)______version. He describes the brave action of a (b)______soldier, whose heroic devotion to duty and his (c) ______ in it is inspiring and worthy of (d) ______. During the attack of the French army on Ratisbon, Napoleon was anxious about the (e) ______. Austrians were defending Ratisbon with great (f) ______and courage. Napoleon was watching the war standing on a (g) ______near the battlefield.

All of a sudden a rider appeared from the closed smoke and dust. Riding at great speed, jumping and leaping, he approached the mound where Napoleon stood. As he came closer, the narrator noticed that the rider, a young boy, was severely wounded. But the rider showed no sign of pain and smiling in joy, jumped off the horse and gave the happy news of (h) ______to the emperor.

He exclaimed with pride that the French had (i) ______Ratisbon and he himself had hoisted the flag of France. When Napoleon heard the news, his plans (j) ______up like fire. His eyes (k) ______when he saw that the soldier was severely wounded. Like a caring mother eagle, the emperor asked if he was wounded. The (l) ______soldier replied proudly that he was killed and died heroically.

determination result dramatic
pride admiration softened
wounded mound victory
conquered soared valiant

Who do you think is the narrator of the poem?


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