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प्रश्न
How does the nightingale's song plunge the poet into a state of ecstasy?
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उत्तर
When Keats was sitting under a plum tree in the garden of his house, in Hampstead, he composed this poem. He was inspired by Nightingale's song and completed the poem within one day. The poet begins the poem in a melancholic mood and disparagingly expresses how his “heart aches” as if he is poisoned or is drugged. He felt as if he drank Lethe's water and was drowsy. Then it is revealed that actually it is the nearby bird, Nightingale's song which is the reason for the poet's happiness. The poet addresses the Nightingale that he is happy in the bird's happiness.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
If you do not give in to gossips and lies
Rather heed them not, saying, 'who bothers?'
You may be the person I am looking for.
If you crave not for praise when you win
And look not for sympathy while you lose,
If cheers let not your head toss or spin
And after a set-back, you offer no excuse,
You may be the person I and looking for.
(1) What should be your reaction towards gossips and lies?
(2) Who are your role models? Why?
(3) Give the rhyming pairs of words from the first stanza.
(4) Which line is repeated in this extract and what is its effect?
What caused a blow to man’s ego ?
Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities given below :
A1 Complete the following :
(i) Books were found on the _____________ and ____________.
(ii) The tales are described as ______________ and __________.
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Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One-half of their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
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Discuss in pairs
Ruskin's insistence on looking intensely at words, and assuring oneself of meaning, syllable by syllable – nay, letter by letter.
Study each of the following sentences and notice the balance between its parts. Pick out other sentences in the text that reflect this kind of balance
a. It is right that a false Latin quantity should excite a smile in the House of Commons; but it is wrong that a false English meaning should not excite a frown there.
b. Let the accent of words be watched, by all means, but let the meaning be watched more closely still, and fewer will do the work.
The poetic effect is achieved in the poem through understatement and asides. Discuss this with examples.
Think and answer in your own words.
What could be the age group of the speaker in the poem?
In Gujarat, the kite - festival is celebrated to welcome the Spring.
Correct the following statement.
The real ivy leaf did not fall off at all.
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Planners make their plans mathematically perfect, at the same time they calculate their profit.
Birbal thought Akbar was greater than God.
Read the passage and answer the following question:
Who designed the PVC medal?
Comment on the given statement after reading the given dialogue -
But when I saw a man in trouble, I could never help trying to set him out of it.
Its human to help others. Here the statement tells us that ____________________________.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Both Demetrius and Lysander fight for Hermia.
Form groups and hold debates on the following topics. Make bulleted lists of points in favour of the topic (pros) and those against it (cons). (3-6 points each)
You should never lose a match.
On any one page, note against the speech of every character what feelings it should show to bring out the meaning best. For example, joy, fear, anger, nervousness, friendliness, dislike, surprise, wonder, excitement, politeness, rudeness, cunning, curiosity.
Write a short note on the following:
Utilization of animal by-products in the ancient world.
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From the passage, find all the words and phrases used to describe the ‘monster’.
Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.
It was tempting and needed to be tried.
Imagine the following and write about it in your own words:
What the world looks like to a fish.
Find out how rice is cultivated. Describe the process with the help of pictures or diagrams.
In what way can we help to reduce or minimize waste generation?
Discuss the issue in groups of 4 or 5 and note down all good suggestions.
Resolve to follow them yourself. Some have been given below for your reference.
- Don’t waste food.
- Take as much as you want but finish everything that’s on your plate.
- Don’t throw away broken or half-used things. Repair them and use them.
- Avoid things which can be used only once.
For example: thermocol (polysterene) cups, plastic glasses, etc. - Reuse!
- Recycle!
What are search engines?
What is meant by being ‘offline’?
How did the parents support and encourage the young seagull’s brothers and sister?
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
Why were the other passengers in the flight gazing at the writer?
What game did Anne choose to play?
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
Do you think that all the information online can be used without any permission?
Identify the character/speaker.
Wake up. You've been sleeping for too long.
Role play
Put students in pairs to role-play a conversation between:
- Alice and her sister.
- Alice and White Rabbit.
Describe the elephant driver in your own words.
Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because______.
We do not really see the landscape from a normal train because the______.
How should one react to adversity?
How did the cavalry officers look? What happened to them finally?
It is used in the fisher’s _____.
Try your own.
Read the passage and colour one flag each time you read.
Our national emblem is taken from Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath. It is found on all government documents, coins, currency notes, postcards, and envelopes. It consists of four lions standing back to back but, we can see only three lions at a time. There is a Dharma chakra in the centre of the base plate, with the figure of a bull in the right and that of a horse in the left. The entire structure is sitting on a lotus. The words ‘Sathyameva Jayate’ is written under it in Devanagari script. These words mean, ‘Truth alone Triumphs’.
How will you treat your guest?
Identify the character or the speaker.
“I was cruel and selfish.”
They use ______ as bait.
They fed fish with______.
Why did Robinson name the tribe Friday?
Match the following.
| pale |  |
| tremble |  |
| fainted |  |
Choose the correct answer.
Name the character or speaker.
"Do you have a fever?"
Meena went to ______ her father.
Who were the guest to Kani’s home?
Moles bite and ______ the earth worms.
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
larder- ______
Pick out the rhyming words and write.
| green | |
| human | |
| will | |
| welfare |
One day Chris tried to draw a ______.
Write about the places where the poet wants us to run.
How did Alice reach Wonderland?
