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प्रश्न
What are the various functions and objects given up by a defeated king?
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उत्तर
A defeated king abdicates his crown. He parts with his scepter too. He hands over his right to rule the kingdom to the victorious king. He gives up the right to levy taxes on subjects. Fie also gives up his right and listens to the woes of ordinary subjects and solves them.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the relationship between the narrator and the listener?
What does the poet mean when he says ‘good bye’?
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
hands search my empty pockets
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
There will be no thrice.
Explain the following lines with reference to the context.
I want to be what I used to be.
The poet is satisfied just watching the heroic deeds of others. What could be the reason?
Why would the referee ask whether there was a doctor in the stands? What stands is he referring to?
Read the poem again and complete the summary using the words given in the box.
In the poem ‘Confessions of a Born Spectator,’ Ogden Nash talks about how people choose different sports in their lives or decide to become athletes. While admiring the talents of athletes and sportsmen, the poet (i)______he is glad that he is neither a sportsman nor an athlete. Children have different (ii)______and wish to play various games. Each child has in mind something in particular, but the narrator is (iii)______he is not one of the players. Though the narrator (iv) ______the talents of all athletes, he derives satisfaction from watching them, but does not wish to (v) ______places with them. He also sometimes regrets that (vi)______athletes play rough games without caring for the feelings of their sporting rivals. He feels that good sense and caution win over ego. The narrator wholeheartedly offers (vii) ______the modest (viii) ______of athletes. Ultimately the narrator is (ix)______that he himself is not an athlete.
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thanksgiving exchange glad confesses physiques zealous satisfied aims admires |
The poet does not wish to exchange places with the athletes. How does he justify his view?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a sentence or two
When snaps the knee and cracks the wrist….
Identify and explain the use of the literary device in this line.
Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.
And ‘tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes…
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- What trait of Nature do we see here?
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?
Which law does Macavity break?
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
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- Why do they need his footprints?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stair
But it’s useless to investigate…
In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?
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Discuss the following topic in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the view and share them with the class.
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- 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?
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- Can you name a few kings and leaders who have fallen from glory to disgrace?
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| farewell | ceremonious | deposed |
| reverence | vain | pomp |
| conceited | sorrow | scoffing |
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What hides within the crown and laughs at the king’s grandeur?
How does the king establish that he and his subjects are equal in the end?
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“Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”
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How are eternal truths and wisdom brought to the reader here?
