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प्रश्न
Why does Shane Koyczan begin the poem, Beethoven, with the word “Listen”?
विकल्प
To highlight the fact that Beethoven was abused.
To make the poem appealing and lend rhythm.
To add novelty to the beginning.
To align it with the theme of music.
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उत्तर
To align it with the theme of music.
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In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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Explain with reference to context.
Its a cruel thing to leave her so.”
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For a little while the man stood with a puzzled air; then he turned back, and went into the hovel again. Maggie with painful effort, had raised herself to an upright position and was sitting on the bed, straining her eyes upon the door out of which all had just departed, A vague terror had come into her thin white face.
“O, Mr. Thompson!” she cried out, catching her suspended breath, “don’t leave me here all alone!” ,
Though rough in exterior, Joe Thompson, the wheelwright, had a heart, and it was very tender in some places. He liked children, and was pleased to have them come to his shop, where sleds and wagons were made or mended for the village lads without a draft on their hoarded sixpences.
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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
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I think the snn is a flower,
That blooms for just one hour.
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What memory disturbed the children at night sometimes?
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(i) words associated with cries of birds,
(ii) words associated with noise,
(iii) words suggestive of confusion and fear.
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quietness
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He recommends dogs.
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Plan C was success. What went wrong then?
Where did father bring the ladder from?
A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.
The little man kept his word. But there was one glitch. What was it?
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According to the poet, a house is ________
Speak the following sentences clearly but as quickly as you can learn them by heart.
1. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood.
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Multiple Choice Question:
What does the expression “They pinched the chocolate-flakes’ mean?
What did the speaker do while hiding himself in the banyan tree branches?
What does a little child think of his/her teacher? What does the child decide to explore?
Multiple Choice Question:
What are these doubts and worries called?
What does he carry in his hand?
Complete the following sentence by providing a reason:
Towards the end of the poem Birches, the poet expresses a wish to return to Earth because ______.
Complete the following sentence by providing a reason.
Beethoven amputated the legs of his piano because ______.
