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Explain the following line with reference to the context. There will be no thrice.

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Explain the following line with reference to the context.

There will be no thrice.

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  • Reference: This line is from the poem, “Once upon a time” written by Gabriel – Okara.
  • Context: People would say “feel at home” “come again” to keep appearances.’ This would cease if one visits a third time.
  • Explanation: The semblance of cordiality will disappear if one visits for the third; time to meet the people who used the aforesaid kind words. In fact, they would shut the door on his face. One should not believe those words and visit their houses frequently. I have learned to wear my faces
    Like dresses of changing their facial expressions according to the situations merely to ensure social acceptance. The poet also has started wearing faces like dresses, changing them according to fashion and season and almost daily. He regrets his hypocrisy but is helpless.
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पाठ 1.2: Once Upon a Time - Exercises [पृष्ठ २४]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 1.2 Once Upon a Time
Exercises | Q 3. C. ii. | पृष्ठ २४

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laugh with their eyes


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to unlearn all these muting things


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Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a sentence or two

When snaps the knee and cracks the wrist….

Identify and explain the use of the literary device in this line.


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Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.

If this belief from heaven be sent,

If such be Nature’s holy plan.

  1. What does ‘heaven’ refer to?
  2. Why does the poet call it ‘holy’?

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

And ‘tis my faith that every flower

Enjoys the air it breathes.


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His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare


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Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

The spectators died laughing at the ______of the clown.


What hides within the crown and laughs at the king’s grandeur?


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“How can you say to me, I am a king?”


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“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;

Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.


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“Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,…”


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

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“Our lands, our lives, and all, are Bolingbroke’s,…”


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin…”


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