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Pick out the alliteration from the following lines: “Our lands, our lives, and all, are Bolingbroke’s,…” - English

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Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

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

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lands, fives

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पाठ 6.2: The Hollow Crown - Exercises [पृष्ठ १८८]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 6.2 The Hollow Crown
Exercises | Q F. b. i. | पृष्ठ १८८

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What does the poet mean when he says ‘good bye’?


Explain the following lines with reference to the context.

Once upon a time, son They used to laugh with their eyes:


Do you think the narrator is heroic? Why?


Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow in a sentence or two.

With all my heart I do admire

Athletes who sweat for fun or hire

  1. Whom does the poet admire?
  2. For what reasons do the athletes sweat?

Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.

Athletes, I’ll drink to you, Or eat with you, Or anything except compete with you…


Would you like to exchange your place with someone else? Why/why not?


Find words from the poem that convey the following ideas:

  1. connected together
  2. spread over the surface of the ground in a straggling manner 
  3. make out or understand
  4. slender woody shoots growing from branches or stems of trees

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.

Have I not reason to lament

What Man has made of Man?


The poet experiences sadness because ______.


Work in groups of 4−6. Discuss how you would preserve the environment and protect Nature. One or two representatives may share their ideas with the class.


What is Macavity’s nickname?


Why is Macavity called the ‘Napoleon of Crime’?


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.

  1. What seems to be a challenge for the Scotland Yard?
  2. Why do they need his footprints?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.

  1. Which cat is being talked of here?
  2. How is he different from the rest?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake


Which quality does the speaker wish to nourish? What is his mission?


The poem does not focus on the destination but the journey towards it. Discuss


Work with a partner and take this short quiz to find out how well-informed you are about history.

  • Name a few wars and battles you have read about.
  • What is the difference between a war and a battle? 
  • Why do rulers wage wars and battles?
  • Is the outcome of a war always fair? 
  • Do you think rulers understand the true meaning of life – in defeat or in victory? 
  • Can you name a few kings and leaders who have fallen from glory to disgrace? 

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

Shravan never keeps his promises. His friends know that his words are ______.


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 does the executor mentioned in the poem do?


Who is Bolingbroke? Is he a friend or foe?


Bring out King Richard’s feelings when he was defeated.


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

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, …”


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

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin

Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

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


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