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What does the poet long for? - English

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What does the poet long for?

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The poet longs for the innocence of childhood days when he laughed with his heart.

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Poem (Class 11th)
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अध्याय 1.2: Once Upon a Time - Exercises [पृष्ठ २३]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 1.2 Once Upon a Time
Exercises | Q 1. j. | पृष्ठ २३

संबंधित प्रश्न

Guess what friendly words these two gentlemen exchange when shaking hands.


What do you associate with the title of the poem?


Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.

to unlearn all these muting things


Explain the following lines with reference to the context.

Once upon a time, son They used to laugh with their eyes:


‘Face is the index of the mind.’ Does this adage concur with the views of the poet?


Do you think the narrator is heroic? Why?


Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow in a sentence or two.

With all my heart I do admire

Athletes who sweat for fun or hire

  1. Whom does the poet admire?
  2. For what reasons do the athletes sweat?

Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.

I am just glad as glad can be That I am not them, that they are not me…


Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.

They do not ever in their dealings Consider one another’s feelings…


Find out the rhyme scheme of the given stanza.

One infant grows up and becomes a jockey

Another plays basketball or hockey

This one the prize ring hates to enter

That one becomes a tackle or center…


Everybody is special and everybody is a hero. Each one has a story to tell. In the light of this observation, present your views.


If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe?


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.

Have I not reason to lament

What Man has made of Man?


Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.

What Man has made of Man?


How do people bring grief and sorrow to one another?


The poem is set in a ______.


Write a letter to the Councillor of your Ward, explaining why a park is necessary in your locality.


Which law does Macavity break?


Describe Macavity’s appearance.


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

He’s the bafflement of Scotland

Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime

— Macavity’s not there!..

  1. What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
  2. Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.

  1. What seems to be a challenge for the Scotland Yard?
  2. Why do they need his footprints?

Who are the ‘deserving ones’?


What does ‘Everest’ in the title stand for?


What does ‘hillock’ refer to in the line ‘Every hillock has a summit to boast!’?


Why does the speaker say ‘Everest is not the only peak’?


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:

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, …”


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