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Fill in the following empty boxes. Name Location Fort St. George Chennai Gingee Fort ______ Golconda Fort ______ Red Fort ______

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Fill in the following empty boxes.

Name Location
Fort St. George Chennai
Gingee Fort ______
Golconda Fort ______
Red Fort ______
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Name Location
Fort St. George Chennai
Gingee Fort Villupuram District
Golconda Fort Hyderabad
Red Fort Delhi
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Poem (Class 12th)
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पाठ 1.2: The Castle - Warm Up [पृष्ठ १९]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 1.2 The Castle
Warm Up | Q c) | पृष्ठ १९

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Where were the enemies?


Human greed led to the mighty fall of the citadel. Explain.


Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,


Our only enemy was gold


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

A little wicked wicket gate.


Fill in the blanks choosing the words from the box given and complete the summary of the poem.

The casuarina tree is tall and strong, with a creeper winding around it like a (1) ______. The tree stands like a (2) ______with a colourful scarf of flowers. Birds surround the garden and the sweet song of the birds is heard. The poet is delighted to see the casuarina tree through her (3) ______. She sees a grey monkey sitting like a (4) ______on top of the tree, the cows grazing, and the water lilies (5) ______in the pond. The poet feels that the tree is dear to her not for its (6) ______appearance but for the (7) ______memories of her happy childhood that it brings to her. She strongly believes that (8) ______communicates with human beings. The poet could communicate with the tree even when she was in a far-off land as she could hear the tree (9) ______her absence. The poet (10) ______the tree’s memory to her loved ones, who are not alive. She immortalizes the tree through her poem like the poet Wordsworth who (11) ______the yew tree of Borrowdale in verse. She expresses her wish that the tree should be remembered out of love and not just because it cannot be (12) ______.

python statue nature casement
nostalgic lamenting impressive forgotten
giant consecrates springing sanctified

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Dear is the Casuarina to my soul;


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech,…


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Unto thy honor, Tree, beloved of those

Who now in blessed sleep for aye repose,


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“A gray baboon sits statue-like alone’’


Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?


Complete the summary of the poem, choosing words from the list given below. Lines 1 to 32

Ulysses is (1) ______to discharge his duties as a (2) ______, as he longs for (3) ______. He is filled with an (4) ______thirst for (5) ______and wishes to live life to the (6) ______. He has travelled far and wide gaining (7) _______ of various places, cultures, men and (8) ______. He recalls with delight his experience at the battle of Troy. Enriched by his (9) ______he longs for more and his quest seems endless. Like metal which would (10) ______if unused, life without adventure is meaningless. According to him living is not merely (11) ______to stay alive. Though old but zestful, Ulysses looks at every hour as a bringer of new things and yearns to follow knowledge even if it is (12)______.

fullest, unquenchable, unattainable, experience, knowledge, king, matters, rust, adventure, unwilling, travel, breathing

‘Ulysses is not happy to perform his duties as a king.’ Why?


What does he think of the people of his kingdom?


What has Ulysses gained from his travel experiences?


Why did Ulysses want to hand over the kingdom to his son?


What could be the possible outcomes of their travel?


Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

… I mete and dole

Unequal laws unto a savage race,

That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and

know not me.

  1. What does Ulysses do?
  2. Did he enjoy what he was doing? Give reasons.

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

Little remains: but every hour is saved

From that eternal silence, something more,

A bringer of new things; and vile it were

  1. How is every hour important to Ulysses?
  2. What does the term ‘Little remains’ convey?

Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

……for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars, until I die.

  1. What was Ulysses’ purpose in life?
  2. How long would his venture last?

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

How dull it is to pause, to make an end,

To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.


List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.


‘A tough will counts.’ Explain.


Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.

Transferred Epithet- It is a figure of speech in which an epithet grammatically qualifies a noun other than the person or a thing, it is actually meant to describe.


Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.

Repetition- It is a figure of speech.


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

and guide him among sudden betrayals

and tighten him for slack moments.


What was Napoleon’s reaction on hearing the news of victory?


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

To see your flag-bird flap his vans Where I, to heart’s desire, Perched him!’


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