Science (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

How would you explain the lines

For Mercy has a human heart,

Pity a human face,

And Love, the human form divine,

And Peace, the human dress.

Find out where the river Alph is.

Does the poem have a real geographical location? How does the poet mix up the real and the imaginary to give a sense of the surreal?

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contrasting images that are juxtaposed throughout the poem.

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images that strike the eye and images that strike the ear, both positive and negative.

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the words used to describe the movement of water.

What is the discordant note heard at the end of the third stanza? Can we relate this to the grandeur and turmoil that are a part of an emperor’s life?

Which are the lines that refer to magical elements?

What is poetic ecstasy likened to?

The poem is a fragment. What do you think has made it a lasting literary piece?

Write short descriptions of five other rare musical instruments that are used by folk cultures.

The poem is a product of the subconscious fusion of dream images and ideas from Coleridge’s wide reading. Which of the details in the poem do you think are factual, and which imaginary? Surf the internet to get interesting details.

What imagery does the poet use to delineate Summer’s day more picturesquely than any painter could?

What do you understand by ‘Psalteries of Summer’?

In which lines are creatures attributed with human qualities? How does this add to the beauty of Summer’s day?

How would you explain the image of the ‘Hindered Flags’?

Why are the pronouns referring to the Sun capitalized?

Give examples from the poem to show that great poetry is a result of close observation of natural phenomena.

You came across ‘dulcimer’ in the poem ‘Kubla Khan’. Did you note down ‘Psaltery’ as another musical instrument? They are very similar. Look up the illustrations for the two in an illustrated dictionary. Find out in what ways they are different from one another.

How do the ‘trees in their autumn beauty, ‘dry woodland paths’, ‘October twilight’, ‘still sky’ connect to the poet’s own life?