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प्रश्न
Can you call ‘The Castle’ an allegorical poem? Discuss.
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उत्तर
The castle is doubtless an allegorical poem. The outward strength of the castle is matchless. It is fortified well. It has brave soldiers and large quantity of arms are stockpiled. The castle houses well stocked granary also. But the castle also conceals the ingredients of personal downfall within. If a person does not look within, their doom may be unstoppable. It is very difficult to protect oneself against greed, particularly the love of gold, instilled deep in the psyche of human beings. People say, “everything is fair in love and war.” People resort to anything to win in a war. Gandhi said, “the end never justifies the means.” But in times of war people stoop down to any betrayal to win. Thus, the castle is an allegorical poem.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Where were the enemies?
How did the enemies enter the castle?
What was the ‘shameful act’?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,
So smooth and high, no man could win.
- How safe was the castle?
- What was the firm belief of the soldiers?
Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,
Our captain was brave and we were true
How can this shameful tale be told?
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A little wicked wicket gate.
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“They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,”
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For always roaming with a hungry heart
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Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
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Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Tell him to be a fool ever so often
and to have no shame over having been a fool
yet learning something out of every folly
hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies
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Explain the following line with reference to the context.
and guide him among sudden betrayals
and tighten him for slack moments.
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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.
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect
