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प्रश्न
The title, 'Refugee Blues' encapsulates the theme of the poem. Comment.
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उत्तर
Blues are African-American forms of ballads that originated by the end of the 19th century. They primarily are melancholic and sad and can be called as “the sad black slave's songs”. In this Blue Ballad, Auden narrates the suffering of the Jews by Nazis, their persecution, the holocaust, the concentration camps, the rise of Fuhrer, and Nazism. The poem revolves around a Jewish couple who escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to the United States of America. These refugees now sing this Blue talking of their agony and pain that they have nowhere to go to.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
(b) The poet says, ‘And yet, for these Children, these windows, not this map, their world.’ Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
(c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?
Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) What did M. Hamel tell them about the French language? What did he ask them to do and why?
(b) Why does Asokamitran call Subbu, ‘a charitable and improvident man’?
(c) How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer?
(d) Why did Sophie like her brother, Geoff more than any other person?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
That for themselves a cooling covert make
"Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;
..................
(a) Identify the poem and the poet.
(b) What is the role of the clear rills?
(c) How has the mid forest brake become rich?
(d) Name the figure of speech in 'cooling covert'.
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why did Franz not want to go to school that day?
(b) What was Sophie's ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?
(c) What kind of pain does Kamala Das feel in 'My Mother at Sixty-six'?
(d) How can 'mighty dead' be things of beauty?
(e) Why was the Maharaja once in danger of losing his kingdom?
(f) What was the basic plot of each story told by Jack?
Describe the role of Mr. Keith in the life of Helen in ‘The Story of My Life’.
Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
Group related points.
Suggest a few instances in the poem which highlight humour and irony.
What do you infer from Darwin's comment on his indifference to literature as he advanced in years?
Explain the phrase.
his bending sickle's compass
Try rewriting the lecture as a formal essay and examine Forster’s statement: 'since the novel is itself often colloquial, it may possibly withhold some of its secrets from the graver and grander streams of criticism’.
Make sentence of your own using the following expression.
overcome:
Can you name different types of fabrics? Which is the most expensive fabric you know? Talk to your parents or to a textile shop assistant. Collect samples of as many types as you can and paste them into your scrapbook. Name each type.
Find 2/4 expressions of humour from the extract.
An activity:
Speak fast, think faster ! Form groups of 4-6. Discuss each of the following topics. Then each person in the group should choose a topic and speak about it for one minute. Try to say as many sentences as you can in that time.
What may happen...
I may study... A bird may fly into the classroom. The Principal may call me... It may rain... A dog may chase a cat... A king may lose his kingdom... My friend may give me a storybook to read... Mother may make idlis today...’ etc.
Draw word webs for the following. Begin with the given word and go on writing as many other words associated with it, as you can. Use these words to write other related words to form a word web.
Write about how you take care of your books.
Form groups of 5-8. This passage tells us only what the compère says. Try to visualize and write what the other people on the dais must have said in their speeches (Write only the main points.)
- The School Principal
- The Chief Guest
- The Art teacher who offered a vote of thanks
The story has a very heart-warming and touching end. Now try to change the end of the story to make it sound very funny.
Write in your own words.
How does the poet glorify his home in the first stanza?
Say whether you agree or disagree.
The prince had rare, uncommon likes and dislikes.
Correct the following sentence and rewrite it.
The best shoes that Papa Panov had made were a pair of lady’s shoes.
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate word/idiom from the lesson.
The ______ solved the mysterious crime.
Pick out Archaic words from the poem and give their modern equivalents.
| Archaic Words | Modern Equivalents | |
| (a) | ||
| (b) | ||
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| (e) |
Find the meaning of the following word.
rated
Name the following.
Hosts of the 1936 Olympic Games.
Write slogans for the cleanliness drive in your area.
What did Anshuman’s father compare bad habits to?
What did Ahmad tell Kasim when he dug a channel and began to draw water?
Have you ever been on an adventurous journey? If yes, share your experience.
Answer the following question in about 80 – 100 word.
Describe the journey of life as depicted in the poem by Henry Van Dyke.
Who was Caliban? What was he employed for?
Read the incident again and answer the following question.
When did the writer remember the fact that he had to buy something for Mr. Gilson?
Identify the speaker/character.
‘ The one that spits deadly poison straight into its opponent’s eyes.’
Why did Shepherd-Barron reduce the PIN number from six digits to four?
‘ If only her son were there, it would have been a different kind of Eid’! What had happened to her son?
Hamid’s friends enjoyed the ride in the merry-go-round. But Hamid didn’t go on it. Why?
Why did Granny scold Hamid?
Usha took shelter in the ______.
Tackling the Issues
Ask the class to discuss solutions to an issue that plagues contemporary society at large or just your community—for example, homelessness, violence, environmental degradation, hunger.
Half the class should mention idealistic solutions to the chosen issue; the other half should mention only realistic approaches to solving the problem.
See if, in listening to both sides, someone can come up with a proposal that is both realistic and unconventional—an idea that hasn't been tried yet.
There are seven kinds of sea turtles in the world.
When did the garden become a happy place for the author?
The people were making all kinds of sounds because ______.
The war between the two kingdoms ended in peace.
The old man helped ______ and ______.
Anbu got ______ fish this week.
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Did Robinson’s ship sink?
Write the word under the correct group and divide it.
bullet
candle
bat
title
ball
tiffin
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Three waves hit the village.
Match the following and write the new word.
| 1. | pre | continue |
| 2. | dis | familiar |
| 3. | un | open |
| 4. | re | view |
At the end of the festival , Kamali and Senthil saved______.
Savings is done after fulfilling the______.
Whose word are these? Name the character.
“We do not have money to buy anything.”
In memory of his mother, he carved ______ statue.
He started selling wooden toys at a high price.
Match the following rhyming words.
| 1. | earn | glow |
| 2. | fend | day |
| 3. | slow | learn |
| 4. | play | end |
What is the poem about?
Who was Hiawatha?
Arrange a ‘Jokes’ session in the classroom where each student tells a joke. The jokes must be told in English.
Look up the following entries in the Language Study pages given at the end.
- stress
- intonation
- sound
- consonant
- vowel
