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Question
Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below.
“The water-lilies spring, like snow enmassed.”
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Solution
Simile
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Introduction
The poem ‘Ulysses’ is a dramatic monologue that contains 70 lines of blank verse. Ulysses, the King of Ithaca, gathers his men together to prepare for the journey and exhorts them not to waste their time left on earth. Ulysses has grown old, having experienced many adventures at the battle of Troy and in the seas. After returning to Ithaca, he desires to embark upon his next voyage. His inquisitive spirit is always looking forward to more and more of such adventures.
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Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea...
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For always roaming with a hungry heart
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… I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and
know not me.
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the deep Moans round with many voices.
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Tell him to be a fool ever so often
and to have no shame over having been a fool
yet learning something out of every folly
hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies
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- What does one learn from every folly?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
and guide him among sudden betrayals
and tighten him for slack moments.
Explain how the poet guides his son who is at the threshold of manhood, to face the challenges of life.
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Who came galloping on a horse to Napoleon?
Why did the rider keep his lips compressed?
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What was Napoleon’s reaction on hearing the news of victory?
When did the narrator find that the boy was badly wounded?
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‘You’re wounded!’ ‘Nay’, his soldier’s pride Touched to the quick, he said:
- Why did the boy contradict Napoleon’s words?
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Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect
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