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Who was the real enemy?

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Who was the real enemy?

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“The gold” was their real enemy.

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Poem (Class 12th)
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पाठ 1.2: The Castle - Exercise [पृष्ठ २१]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 1.2 The Castle
Exercise | Q 1. m) | पृष्ठ २१

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

How long had the soldiers been in the castle?


Did the soldiers fight with the enemies face to face?


Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,


Our captain was brave and we were true


How does the creeper appear on the tree?


How does the poet spend her winter?


Name the bird that sings in the poet’s garden.


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech,…


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“ What is that dirge-like murmur that I hear Like the sea breaking on a shingle -beach?


“And they have their exits and their entrances” - What do the words ‘exits’ and ‘entrances’ mean?


What is the first stage of a human’s life?


Complete the table based on your understanding of the poem.

Stage Characteristic
  crying
judge  
soldier  
  unhappy
second childhood  
  whining
old man  

What does he think of the people of his kingdom?


Why did Ulysses want to hand over the kingdom to his son?


Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.

.....the deep Moans round with many voices.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

To follow knowledge like a sinking star,

Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

“Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.”

  1. How should one face life?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

Tell him time as a stuff can be wasted.

Tell him to be a fool every so often

  1. Why does the poet suggest that time can be wasted?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Yet learning something out of every folly

hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

He will be lonely enough

to have time for the work


What does the phrase ‘full galloping’ suggest?


Why was the rider in a hurry?


Where did the rider plant the French flag after Ratisbon was captured?


Why did Napoleon’s eyes become soft as a mother eagle’s eyes?


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

Legs wide, arms locked behind As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind.

  1. Whose action is described here?
  2. What is meant by prone brow?
  3. What is his state of mind?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

‘I’m killed, Sire!’ And, his Chief beside, Smiling, the boy fell dead.


Napoleon was a great source of inspiration to his army. Justify.


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