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

The poet uses the word lonely in reference to a cloud. Explain.

Explain the use of words like ‘fluttering’ and ‘dancing’ as used by the poet.

The poet compares the flowers to the milky way. Is the comparison apt?

How does the poet describe the flowers by using personification?

Explain the following:
They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;

Analyse the symbol of Clouds, Sky, and Heavens.

How does the poet describe the world of nature?

What is the symbolic significance of the sun, sky and wind in the first stanza?

What is the free bird metaphor for.

What is the encaged bird fearful of ?

His tune is heard on the distant hill’. Explain

How is the theme of self-awareness shown in the poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou?

What do ‘trade winds’ and ‘fat worms’ symbolise?

How does the poet use the contrast between the two birds to reveal racism in America?

Is there repetition used in the poem? Why?

What does the word “clipped” mean in this poem?

What docs the line “and his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream” mean?

Who and what does the free bird symbolize?

What is the message of Maya Angelou’s poem?

Explain what is imagery in a poem. Flow has Angelou used it in the poem?