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प्रश्न
Why is the casuarina tree dear to poet’s heart?
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उत्तर
Casuarina tree is dear to the poets’ heart because she and her childhood friends played under that tree.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why were the soldiers in the castle fearless?
Did the soldiers fight with the enemies face to face?
Who was the real enemy?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
A foothold there, no clever trick
Could take us dead or quick,
Only a bird could have got in.
- What was challenging?
- Which aspect of the castle’s strength is conveyed by the above line?
How can this shameful tale be told?
To whom does Toru Dutt want to consecrate the tree’s memory?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Unto thy honor, Tree, beloved of those
Who now in blessed sleep for aye repose,
Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below.
“A gray baboon sits statue-like alone’’
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?
What is the world compared to?
Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?
Explain the following line briefly with reference to the context.
“They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,”
Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.
“Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel.”
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
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.
- What is the soldier ready to do?
- Explain ‘bubble reputation’.
- What are the distinguishing features of this stage?
What has Ulysses gained from his travel experiences?
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
To follow knowledge like a sinking star.
Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
- How is every hour important to Ulysses?
- What does the term ‘Little remains’ convey?
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees:
What is Ulysses’ clarion call to his sailors? How does he inspire them?
What happened to the people who wanted too much money?
What has twisted good men into thwarted worms?
What are the poet’s thoughts on ‘being different’?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
and guide him among sudden betrayals
and tighten him for slack moments.
Where was the narrator when the incident happened?
What does the phrase ‘full galloping’ suggest?
Where did the rider plant the French flag after Ratisbon was captured?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
‘I’m killed, Sire!’ And, his Chief beside, Smiling, the boy fell dead.
