CBSE solutions for इंग्लिश लिटरेचर रीडर इयत्ता १२ chapter 1 b) - Hope is the Thing [Latest edition]

Interpret the scenes in the pictures what does each suggest to you?

What keeps people going under such circumstances? Share your ideas with the class.

‘That perches in the soul’ implies ______.

Emily Dickinson uses the bird as a symbol for ______.

Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following question briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

To what does the poet, compare the bird?

Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following question briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

Where does the bird perch?

Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following question briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

What is a ‘gale’?

Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following question briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

What does the ‘gale’ represent in the poem?

Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following question briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

Why is hope “endless”?

Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following question briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

How can a song keep a person ‘warm’?

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Why does Dickinson say ‘Yet, never, in Extremity, It asked a crumb of Me!’

Fill in the spaces appropriately

The poet has used ‘dashes’ as punctuation marks rather than a ‘full stop’ or a ‘comma’ in her poem. Explain why?

In the poem, Imagery is used explicitly. Pick out an image in each stanza and explain.

Pick out the alliteration and explain its influence on the poem.

Identify the figures of the speech/poetic devices used in the poem, and illustrate them with examples.

When one loses something, he/she is shocked and goes into a state of denial, leading to anger. In such a situation, coping leads to acceptance and a changed way of living with loss. Write an article on how ‘Hope’ helps one to ‘Cope with Loss’, with suitable examples from the two poems in about 100-120 words.

Write an article about the ‘Philosophical View of the World’ to be published in the ‘Youth Forum’ of a journal. Write the article in about 150 words, based on suitable examples from both the poems.

What does the bird symbolise in the poems,‘The Darkling Thrush’ and ‘Hope’? Identify yourself with the bird and express your thoughts in a diary entry, in about 150 words.

Speak for a minute or two on the topic - “All odds, all challenges, all tragedies and all handicaps of life, can be overcome with strong hope, determination, persistent hard work, insurmountable patience and unshakeable tenacity.”

Critically review the poems, gain an insight into the life of the two poets and create a colourful, informative and visually appealing collage to represent their poems. Remember that the poets and their compositions are invariably affected by their life experiences which manifest in their creative work.