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प्रश्न
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
A film the mother eagles eye When her bruised eaglet breathes
- Who is compared to the mother eagle in the above lines?
- Explain the comparison.
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उत्तर
- Napoleon is compared to the mother eagle.
- The feelings of Napoleon at that moment were just like those of the mother eagle who gets worried and confused when she (eagle) finds her young ones badly injured and on the verge of death. Mother eagle struggles and fails to understand how to save her young one’s life. Similarly, maternal affection can be seen and felt in Napoleon’s heart when he saw that the boy was severely wounded.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the following empty boxes.
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| Fort St. George | Chennai |
| Gingee Fort | ______ |
| Golconda Fort | ______ |
| Red Fort | ______ |
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How did the enemies enter the castle?
Human greed led to the mighty fall of the citadel. Explain.
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
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- What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanza?
I will maintain until my death
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
The wizened warder let them through.
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How does a man play a lover’s role?
Bring out the features of the fourth stage of a man as described by the poet.
When does a man become a judge? How?
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“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. 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. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion;
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”
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- “And all the men and women merely players”
- “And shining morning face, creeping like snail”
- “Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,”
- “Seeking the bubble reputation”
- “His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide”
- “and his big manly voice, turning again toward childish treble”
Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.
“and all the men and women merely players”
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
- Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
- What are the characteristics of this stage?
- How does the boy go to school?
- Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?
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| world, thunder, meaningful, gather, undaunted, heaven |
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Pick out the lines which convey that his quest for travel is unending.
Who does the speaker address in the second part?
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea...
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
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Explain with reference to the context the following line.
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Describe the posture of Napoleon.
Where did the rider plant the French flag after Ratisbon was captured?
Napoleon was a great source of inspiration to his army. Justify.
