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प्रश्न
Think and answer in your own words.
Why is the street light compared to a one-red-eyed-giant?
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उत्तर
The street light is very tall and has a single red light at the top. Hence it is compared to a giant with one red eye.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following questions in 30 - 40 words each:
(a) What does the poet's smile in the poem, 'My Mother at Sixty-six' show?
(b) Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds ... ." In the context of Mukesh, the bangle maker's son, which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to ?
(c) Though the sharecroppers of Champaran received only one-fourth of the compensation, how can the Champaran struggle still be termed a huge success and victory?
(d) Which article in McLeery's suitcase played perhaps the most significant role in Evans' escape and how?
(e) Why does Derry’s mother not want him to go back to visit Mr. Lamb?
(f) What considerations influenced the Tiger King to get married?
Explain the line:
Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
You notice a sense of urgency in the poet's request – what is the reason for this?
The poem is a Petrarchan Sonnet. The poem is divided into two parts -
- An Octave
The first part comprising eight lines. - A sestet
The second part comprising six lines.
Read the first four lines of the poem. The rhyme scheme is a b b a. Read the rhyme scheme for the next four lines. It is a b b a. Now read the first three lines of the sestet and note the rhyme scheme. It is c d c. The rhyme scheme of the last three lines is d c d. This is the common design of a Petrarchan Sonnet.
This is a Petrarchan Sonnet. Complete the given table by giving examples from the poem.
| Features | Examples / Lines |
| Objects used | |
| Praise/blames | |
| Metaphor | |
| Simile | |
| Personification | |
| Number of lines | |
| Rhyme scheme |
Read the lesson and name the following.
The world’s most advanced surgical robot ______
Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.
It is believed that _________ Homer, who __________ and who ________ to all who __________________.
Identify the character or speaker.
It seems to me like the recollection of a dream.
Who is wise according to you?
The narrator searched for three days to buy ceramic paint.
Read the comic strip and answer the following question.
What do you mean by cyber safety?
