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What quality of King Ozymandias does the poem reflect ?
Concept: Ozymandias
"The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed". Whose hand and heart are referred to in this line ? Why ?
Concept: Ozymandias
What did the traveller see in the desert?
Concept: Ozymandias
Did the sculpture of Ozymandias fulfil the purpose for which it had been built ? Give reasons.
Concept: Ozymandias
Answer the following in 100-200 words :
Time humbles even the greatest of the great. One should cultivate the quality of humility. Describe how time has reduced the mighty Ozymandias to nothing.
Concept: Ozymandias
How effective is the use of the phrase "Nothing beside remains" in conveying the theme of the transience and impermanence of power and human achievement, in Ozymandias by P.B.Shelley?
Concept: Ozymandias
What was the crime committed by the mariner?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Why were the mariners angry with the Ancient Mariner?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Why does the ancient Mariner compel the wedding guest to listen to his story?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Why did the wedding guest beat his breast ?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
How did the mariners reach the land of ice and snow ?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
How were the mariners saved from the land of ice and snow?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
What were the blessings the albatross brought with itself in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Imagine that the mariner hears of Mrs Packletide’s hunt and decides to share some advice with her about the impact of wilfully killing creatures. As the mariner, write this letter, in about 150 words, to Mrs Packletide, based on the consequences following your own experience of having killed a creature intentionally.
Concept: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
For he seemed to me again like a king.
Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld,
Now due to be crowned again.
And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords
Of life.
And I have something to expiate:
A pettiness.
(a) Why is the snake called a king in exile?
(b) What is the pettiness referred to in these lines?
(c) What does the word ‘underworld’ mean?
Concept: Snake
What does the poet compare the snake's drinking habits to? Why?
Concept: Snake
What is the poet’s dual attitude towards the snake?
Concept: Snake
What is the dilemma that the poet faces when he sees the snake?
Concept: Snake
Why did the poet have to wait near the water trough ? (Snake)
Concept: Snake
