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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow: Who is Being Referred to as the Unborn Eyes? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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प्रश्न

What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
He plants the glory of the plain;
He plants the forest's heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see___
These things he plants who plants a tree.

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:

Who is being referred to as the unborn eyes?

टीपा लिहा
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उत्तर

The poet is referring to the future generations who are still unborn but will be bom in the future and will find pleasure in the sight of the tree which would have grown big in height by that time.

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पाठ 1.01: The Heart of the Tree - Stanza 2

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Thinking about the Text
Answer these question.

I said it with bullets.”
(i)
Who says this?
(ii)
What does it mean?
(iii)
Is it the truth? What is the speaker’s reason for saying this?


What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?


How does the guru mange to save his disciple’s life?


Old Kaspar took it from the boy,
Who stood expectant by;
And then the old man shook his head,
And,with a natural sigh,
"Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he,
"Who fell in the great victory.
"I find them in the garden,
For there's many here about;
And often when I go to plough,
The ploughshare turns them out!
For many thousand men,"said he,
"Were slain in that great victory."

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

What did Old Kasper do when Peterkin came to him with the object?


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : 

Bassanio: A gentle scroll. - Fair lady, by your leave; (Kissing her)
I come by not, to give and to receive.
Like one of two contending in a prize,
That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes
Hearing applause and universal shout
Giddy in spirit, still gazing, in a doubt
Whether those peals of praise be his or no; 

(i) Where did Bassanio find the 'gentle scroll'? What 'prize' had Bassanio just won? 

(ii) Explain why Basscmio said he felt 'Giddy in spirit, still gazing, in a doubt'. 

(iii) Shortly after this exchange, Port: it gave Bassanio a ring as a token of her affection. What did the gift symbolize? 

(iv) What assurance did Bassanio give her when he accepted the ring? 

(v) What did Portia urge Bassanio to do when she learned that his friend Antonio was in trouble? What aspect of her character is revealed through her words? 


Name some other creatures that live in anthills.


What did the first bird say to the stranger?


Why are snakes dangerous, according to you?


Read the newspaper report to find the following facts about Columbia’s ill-fated voyage.

Number of experiments done by scientists: ____________


Multiple Choice Question:
What does the expression “They pinched the chocolate-flakes’ mean?


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