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प्रश्न
The poet finds joy in various objects of Nature. Explain.
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उत्तर
The poet found joy in the primrose tufts, the sweet bower, the periwinkle, and the singing; birds.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What do you associate with the title of the poem?
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Pick out the expressions that indicate conflicting ideas.
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Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
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The poet is satisfied just watching the heroic deeds of others. What could be the reason?
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Read the poem again and complete the summary using the words given in the box.
In the poem ‘Confessions of a Born Spectator,’ Ogden Nash talks about how people choose different sports in their lives or decide to become athletes. While admiring the talents of athletes and sportsmen, the poet (i)______he is glad that he is neither a sportsman nor an athlete. Children have different (ii)______and wish to play various games. Each child has in mind something in particular, but the narrator is (iii)______he is not one of the players. Though the narrator (iv) ______the talents of all athletes, he derives satisfaction from watching them, but does not wish to (v) ______places with them. He also sometimes regrets that (vi)______athletes play rough games without caring for the feelings of their sporting rivals. He feels that good sense and caution win over ego. The narrator wholeheartedly offers (vii) ______the modest (viii) ______of athletes. Ultimately the narrator is (ix)______that he himself is not an athlete.
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Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a sentence or two
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Identify and explain the use of the literary device in this line.
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Explain the following line with reference to the context.
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Explain the following line with reference to the context.
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Pick out all the pairs of rhyming words used in the poem.
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Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
He, who does not stoop, is a king we adore. We bow before competence and merit;
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Discuss the following topic in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the view and share them with the class.
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The historical background:
The poem is an extract from William Shakespeare’s play King Richard the Second. The play is based on true events that occurred towards the end of the 14th century.
Richard II was crowned the King of England in the year 1367. He continued to be the British Monarch until 1399, when he was deposed by his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, who crowned himself King Henry the Fourth in the same year. Shakespeare’s play is a dramatic rendition of the last two years of King Richard II’s life. In this brief span of time, he was ousted from his royal position and sent to prison, where he died in captivity.
The following extract is set in the Coast of Wales. King Richard and some of his followers awaited the arrival of the Welsh army [after facing defeat at the hands of his cousin, Bolingbroke], of about 10000 warriors. But to their shock and surprise, they received the message that the army was not coming to their rescue. His followers tried to boost their King’s courage against the news, only in vain. When Richard came face to face with the reality of his terrible fate, he spoke the following verse, famously known as the “Hollow Crown” speech in theatrical circles. In it, King Richard is reminded of the power of Death that overshadows everything else, including the power of rulers, and renders them as powerless as any commoner at a moment’s notice.
Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:
The spectators died laughing at the ______of the clown.
Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:
The business woman wished to ______all her riches to an orphanage, after her death.
How does the king establish that he and his subjects are equal in the end?
Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:
“Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”
Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:
“How can you say to me, I am a king?”
Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:
“Comes at the last, and with a little pin…”
