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प्रश्न
Explain the metaphor in the line: ‘Poets are the mirrors of gigantic shadows that futurity casts on the present’.
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उत्तर
Shelly in his ‘A Defense of Poetry’ praises the art of poetry. He says that poets are the hierophants of an apprehended inspiration, the mirrors of gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present and the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away,
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest
Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best;
It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then
And promptly put back in a dark place again
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of
And one that the humblest may well make the most of
Get out and live it each hour of the day,
Wear it and use it as much as you may,
Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,
You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.
(1) What do we treasure in a chest?
(2) How does the poet went us to use the gift of life?
(3) Do you agree that life should be measured un deeds and not in years? Why?
(4) Which words in the poem mean the following :
(a) Kept from developing
(b) Hollow places in a wall
(5) Life is a gift to be used every day. [Name and explain the figure of speech]
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?
The black kite may start a fire because
Read the following passage and do the given activities:
B.1) Comparison
Write the comparison between the parts of the modular phone and the human body:
| Modular Phone | Parts of Human Body |
Every phone you buy, no matter how costly and latest it is, will go out of date in a year or so. That’s how quickly the smartphone world is moving right now. To keep yourself up to date with the current specification you will have to keep switching phones every once a while. What’s the solution to this problem?
MODULAR PHONES!
A modular device is a phone, tablet or another device where individual components such as the screen, camera, CPU, battery, memory can be removed by the user and replaced by others with a different specification. Imagine your body to be your phone and your clothes as the components, you can wear anything according to your needs and moods. Similarly, modular phones let you choose between components of different properties and specifications.
This would mean we’ll have the liberty to customize our phones, just like Lego building blocks! The main components of the phone will be Brain (processor), Spine (frame, screen) and Heart (battery). The other components may include a camera, storage memory, GPS, audio jack, speakers, USB module, etc. and the phone will have a motherboard, i.e. a base that will hold all components together
B.2) Give examples:
Write two examples that give the liberty to customize our phone.
• ____________________
• ____________________
B.3) Framing sentence:
Use the given phrases in sentences of your own:
(i) up to date
(ii) once a while
B.4) Write as instructed:
Rewrite the sentence as interrogative:
(i) We’ll have the liberty to customize our phones.
(ii) We will have the liberty to customize our phones. (Rewrite using the present participle form of the underlined word)
B.5) Personal Response
If given a chance to design a modular phone, what new features would you add?
Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
Notice these expression in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
careered down
Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.
Many sentences and paragraphs in the excerpt begin with the word ‘And’. To what extent does this contribute to the rhetorical style of the lecture?
Find from the story one word for the following.
a very narrow passage between buildings ______
Answer in your own words.
Why did the old man have no need to build the bridge, across the chasm?
Think and answer in your own words.
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They also explored to ______________.
Answer in your own words.
In what ways is Ashangbi different from other women of her community?
Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.
Why does the poet appeal to us, to respect the life of a worm?
Paraphrase the poem in your own simple language. Write it down in your notebook.
Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between our strengths and our achievements.
Using a dictionary/internet note down the main difference between a remote-sensing satellite and a natural satellite.
Answer the given question in your own words.
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Different types of kites.
Read the lesson and name the following.
A sack around the heart ______
Answer the following question in short.
What punishment did the emperor threaten the Pundits with?
What do fairy-tale witches do?
Define drama.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Titania falls in love with an ass.
Select the correct options :
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream is a ___________________.
- poetic drama
- comedy of errors
- a comedy based on fantasy
- a character play
- a revenge tragedy
- belongs to realm of dreams
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Present any one of the speeches given above.
What does the poet pray for? Why?
How was the committee formed?
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Read the following.
- I mean what I say. I say what I mean.
- I see what I eat. I eat what I see.
Use your imagination to write a funny sentence on this pattern.
Find the pairs of rhyming words used at the end of the lines in the poem.
Discuss the following.
Abdul gets what he wants in the end. What is the major factor that contributes to this success?
Write in your own words.
How should that person sing?
Guess the meaning of the following word.
water-logged
Describe Gulliver’s home in Lilliput.
Why does the poet say that the dewdrops greet the dawn?
Write in short how the travellers crossed the first ditch.
Discuss, why it was considered as an adventurous and dangerous thing to travel in those days?
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
The worst thing is that if anyone stays
Among them too long, he will learn their ways;
- What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
- What are the ways of the Grumble family?
He exercised with Louise every day.
What does the peepul do?
Where did the boys and girls go?
Describe Gulliver’s encounter with the army of Blefuscu.
Name the planets the poet flies through.
How do we see the earthworm often?
What is the use of mechanical parts?
What was their new hobby?
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson kill Friday?
Read the passage three times and colour a cup for eachtime.
There is a table under a tree. A man with a big hat and a hare with long ears are sitting. A young girl is sitting between them. There are many cups on the table. The girl has a cup in her hand, and the man has a pot in his hand. It seems like they are having tea. Yes, they are having tea at the tea party in Wonderland. The girl is Alice, and she is in Wonderland.
Meena’s father was a fisher man.
Why was the teacher annoyed?
Read the advertisement and answer the question given below.
What is the name of the dealer?
Tenzin is from ______.
If we didn’t have boundaries, we don’t need _______.
How long did the competition take to reach the final?
Write the word with same meaning.
purse- ______
Write the word with same meaning.
chips- ______
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
How did he challenge everybody?
