(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Which literary device is used in the last two lines:
Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear, Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.

Why does the poet refer simultaneously to bridal laughter and bridal tear?

What tells the reader the serene atmosphere about old Caspar’s home.

Why were the children confused about their grandfather’s claims about the war?

Whose family has been referred to earlier in the context?

Name Kaspar’s grandchildren? Why did the boy come home?

What made the old man shake his head and sigh?

What was the great victory? Who had won the victory?

Later, too, the old man uses the expression famous victory? Why?

What do you think of the old man’s point of view?

Explain the expression, ‘wonder-waiting eyes.’

Why is the word ‘ cried’ used by the poet in the line, ‘It was the English, Kaspar cried’?

How was the great victory a personal tragedy for Kaspar?

How was the country affected by the war?

Do you agree with his justification of the war? Why/ why not?

There are two pauses when Kaspar tells Wilhelmine in the last stanza that it was a famous victory. Nay … nay…my little girl, quoth he.What do these pauses show?

Comment on the contrasted viewpoints in the poem.

Define the following terms from the poem: rivulet, plough share (plowshare), yon, and childing.

Research the Battle of Blenheim. Then write an essay defending Wilhelmine’s position that the battle was a “wicked thing” or Kaspar’s position that it was a |   “great victory.”

Why does the poet use repetition in the poem?