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How does the poet spend her winter? - English

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How does the poet spend her winter?

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In winter the poet observes a gray baboon that sits in the crust of Casuarina Tree. It looks like a statue sitting and watching the sunrise. At the same time, her young ones leap about and play in the lower branches of the tree.

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Poem (Class 12th)
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पाठ 2.2: Our Casuarina Tree - Exercise [पृष्ठ ५५]

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पाठ 2.2 Our Casuarina Tree
Exercise | Q 2. d) | पृष्ठ ५५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What thoughts come to your mind when you think about a castle? Add your ideas to the list

moat, huge buildings, soldiers, weapons ______,______.


Fill in the following empty boxes.

Name Location
Fort St. George Chennai
Gingee Fort ______
Golconda Fort ______
Red Fort ______

How long had the soldiers been in the castle?


What was the ‘shameful act’?


How safe was the castle? How was it conquered?


They seemed no threat to us at all.


How can this shameful tale be told?


Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.

Grew thin and treacherous as air.


How does the creeper appear on the tree?


Why is the casuarina tree dear to poet’s heart?


Describe the reminiscences of the poet, when she sees the casuarina tree.


Explain the following line briefly with reference to the context.

“They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,”


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

Then a soldier,

full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon's mouth.

  1. What is the soldier ready to do?
  2. Explain ‘bubble reputation’.
  3. What are the distinguishing features of this stage?

‘He works his work, I mine’ – How is the work distinguished?


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

Death closes all: but something ere the end,

Some work of noble note, may yet be done,

Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.

  1. The above lines convey the undying spirit of Ulysses. Explain.
  2. Pick out the words in alliteration in the above lines.

Explain with reference to the context the following line.

He works his work, I mine.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

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


What is Ulysses’ clarion call to his sailors? How does he inspire them?


‘A tough will counts.’ Explain.


How would his being alone help the boy?


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

He will be lonely enough

to have time for the work


Who do you think is the narrator of the poem?


Where was the narrator when the incident happened?


Who came galloping on a horse to Napoleon?


Where did the rider plant the French flag after Ratisbon was captured?


Literary Devices

Mark the rhyme scheme of the poem. The rhyme scheme for the first stanza is as follows.

With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, a
Legs wide, arms locked behind, b
As if to balance the prone brow a
Oppressive with its mind. b

Napoleon was a great source of inspiration to his army. Justify.


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