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प्रश्न
What thoughts come to your mind when you think about a castle? Add your ideas to the list
moat, huge buildings, soldiers, weapons ______,______.
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उत्तर
moat, huge buildings, soldiers, weapons, gatehouse, lookouts.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Did the soldiers fight with the enemies face to face?
Why were the secret galleries bare?
Who was the real enemy?
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?
Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,
Our only enemy was gold
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
The wizened warder let them through.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
A little wicked wicket gate.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Oh then our maze of tunneled stone
Describe the garden during the night.
Why is the casuarina tree dear to poet’s heart?
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’?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
The giant wears the scarf, and flowers are hung
In crimson clusters all the bough among!
- Who is the giant here?
- Why is the scarf colourful?
Discuss with your partner the different stages in the growth of man from a new born to an adult
When does a man become a judge? How?
Why is the last stage called second childhood?
Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.
“Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel.”
Complete the table based on your understanding of the poem.
| Stage | Characteristic |
| crying | |
| judge | |
| soldier | |
| unhappy | |
| second childhood | |
| whining | |
| old man |
Complete the summary of the poem, choosing words from the list given below. Lines 1 to 32
Ulysses is (1) ______to discharge his duties as a (2) ______, as he longs for (3) ______. He is filled with an (4) ______thirst for (5) ______and wishes to live life to the (6) ______. He has travelled far and wide gaining (7) _______ of various places, cultures, men and (8) ______. He recalls with delight his experience at the battle of Troy. Enriched by his (9) ______he longs for more and his quest seems endless. Like metal which would (10) ______if unused, life without adventure is meaningless. According to him living is not merely (11) ______to stay alive. Though old but zestful, Ulysses looks at every hour as a bringer of new things and yearns to follow knowledge even if it is (12)______.
| fullest, unquenchable, unattainable, experience, knowledge, king, matters, rust, adventure, unwilling, travel, breathing |
What does he think of the people of his kingdom?
Pick out the lines which convey that his quest for travel is unending.
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
.....the deep Moans round with many voices.
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
To follow knowledge like a sinking star.
What makes Ulysses seek newer adventures?
What happened to the people who wanted too much money?
How according to the poet is it possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents change?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Legs wide, arms locked behind As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind.
- Whose action is described here?
- What is meant by prone brow?
- What is his state of mind?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect
