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प्रश्न
What could be the possible outcomes of their travel?
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उत्तर
The sailors and Ulysses may be washed down by the gulfs or they could touch Greek paradise and meet their hero Achilles. They may die happily braving the elements of nature.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How did the enemies enter the castle?
Why didn’t the narrator want to tell the tale to anybody?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
A foothold there, no clever trick
Could take us dead or quick,
Only a bird could have got in.
- What was challenging?
- Which aspect of the castle’s strength is conveyed by the above line?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
| Oh then our maze of tunneled stone Grew thin and treacherous as air. The castle was lost without a groan, The famous citadel overthrown, |
- Bring out the contrast in the first two lines.
- What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanza?
How can this shameful tale be told?
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
The wizened warder let them through.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Oh then our maze of tunneled stone
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Grew thin and treacherous as air.
Name the bird that sings in the poet’s garden.
The casuarina tree will be remembered forever. Why?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound No other tree could live.
- Which tree is referred to in the above lines?
- How does the tree survive the tight hold of the creeper?
- Why does Toru Dutt use the expression ‘a creeper climbs’?
Describe the reminiscences of the poet, when she sees the casuarina tree.
“And they have their exits and their entrances” - What do the words ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ mean?
Describe the second stage of life as depicted by Shakespeare.
Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?
How would Telemachus transform the subjects?
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,
- Who does Ulysses entrust his kingdom to, in his absence?
- Bring out the significance of the ‘sceptre’.
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven;
What makes Ulysses seek newer adventures?
How would the poet’s advice help his son who is at the threshold of the manhood?
Why does the poet advise his son to have lazy days?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
..........Free imaginations
Bringing changes into a world resenting change.
- How does free imagination help the world?
- 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
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
He will be lonely enough
to have time for the work
Explain how the poet guides his son who is at the threshold of manhood, to face the challenges of life.
Where was Napoleon standing on the day of attack on the city of Ratisbon?
Describe the posture of Napoleon.
Where did the rider plant the French flag after Ratisbon was captured?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
A film the mother eagles eye When her bruised eaglet breathes
- Who is compared to the mother eagle in the above lines?
- Explain the comparison.
