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How according to the poet is it possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents change?

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How according to the poet is it possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents change?

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The poet advises his son to introspect often and not feel ashamed of being called a fool especially when he pursues knowledge. He can examine himself and remove his follies. He must enjoy the advantages of solitude. Solitude would help him to be creative. He would invariably leam that final decision are always taken in silent rooms. Being alone, he can identify his innate potential and talents. His free imagination will bring about changes even if the world resents them. The zest to bring about changes will elevate him to the level of Shakespeare, Pasteur, Wright Brothers, Pavlov, and Michael Faraday. Thus he will be remembered as one of the great men who changed the world.

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अध्याय 5.2: A Father to his Son - Exercise [पृष्ठ १६७]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 5.2 A Father to his Son
Exercise | Q 6. b) | पृष्ठ १६७

संबंधित प्रश्न

Who is the narrator in the poem?


How long had the soldiers been in the castle?


Why were the secret galleries bare?


How safe was the castle? How was it conquered?


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“A gray baboon sits statue-like alone’’


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“ What is that dirge-like murmur that I hear Like the sea breaking on a shingle -beach?


Explain the following line briefly with reference to the context.

“They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,”


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following lines from the poem.

“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

  1. “All the world's a stage”
  2. “And all the men and women merely players”
  3. “And shining morning face, creeping like snail”
  4. “Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,”
  5. “Seeking the bubble reputation”
  6. “His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide”
  7. “and his big manly voice, turning again toward childish treble”

Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.

“and all the men and women merely players”


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school.

  1. Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
  2. What are the characteristics of this stage?
  3. How does the boy go to school?
  4. Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?

Shakespeare has skilfully brought out the parallels between the life of man and actors on stage. Elaborate this statement with reference to the poem.


What does Ulysses yearn for?


‘He works his work, I mine’ – How is the work distinguished?


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

This is my son, mine own Telemachus,

To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle Well-loved of me,

  1. Who does Ulysses entrust his kingdom to, in his absence?
  2. Bring out the significance of the ‘sceptre’.

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees:


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.

How dull it is to pause, to make an end,

To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!


List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.


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?


How would his being alone help the boy?


Where are the final decisions taken?


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

Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms.

  1. Can being in solitude help a strong human being? How?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

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

Tell him time as a stuff can be wasted.

Tell him to be a fool every so often

  1. Why does the poet suggest that time can be wasted?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Describe the posture of Napoleon.


What was Napoleon’s reaction on hearing the news of victory?


When did the narrator find that the boy was badly wounded?


Why did Napoleon’s eyes become soft as a mother eagle’s eyes?


The young soldier matched his emperor in courage and patriotism. Elucidate your answer.


Napoleon was a great source of inspiration to his army. Justify.


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