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प्रश्न
Why do you think that the poet has chosen the title ‘Telephone Conversation’? If you were to suggest another title for the poem, what would it be?
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उत्तर
'Different- are We?' could be another suggestion for the title of the poem.
However, the poet has chosen a very appropriate title for the poem - 'Telephonic Conversation'. It refers very aptly to the shallow racism being projected by the conversation between the landlady who is 'white' and the poet who is 'dark'. The telephone symbolises the gap between the two ends of the line, the impossibility for both ends to meet.
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Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
(b) The poet says, ‘And yet, for these Children, these windows, not this map, their world.’ Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
(c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?
What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
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| A | B |
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| (ii) Pharmacist | (b) A person who designs buildings and supervises the process of constructing them. |
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| (v) Architect | (e) A person who has been trained to prepare medicines and sell them to the public. |
| (vi) Chartered Accountant | (f) A person whose job is to give drugs which makes the person not feel pain especially in preparation for a medical operation. |
| (vii) Editor | (g) A person who is engaged in the profession of accounting and examining the statements and records of accounts. |
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- liquid gas
- open secret
- sound of silence
- sweet sorrow
- original copy
- only choice
- growing smaller
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Describe the following in one or two lines.
The world around the bird’s nest.
Listen carefully and write all the words correctly.
You are right. Write it down in the right-hand corner.
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Words related to prize.
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What did Usha see while walking to the bazaar?
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Find out the rhyme scheme employed in the fourth stanza.
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Recall Merlin’s memories and complete the story map.
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Name the seasons mentioned in the poem?
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Try your own.
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Speak and win.
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| I support Divya. | I oppose Divya. |
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Write the compound words from the picture.
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Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
