Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
‘The city now, doth, like garment wear’. The poet imagines that the city is wearing a beautiful garment. Hence, the figure of speech is personification. Find out more examples of personification from the poem.
Advertisements
Solution
-
An example of Personification can be found in the line,
'This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning;'
In this line, the city is said to wear the beauty of the morning like a garment. Thus, the city has been compared to a person wearing clothes.
- “In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;”
Personification – 'The sun' has been personified using the male pronoun 'his'. - The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Personification – The river has been given the animate quality of having its own 'will'.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Anne's father was close to her. What did she like about him? Why?
Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrase.
to take issue with
We 'draw up a deed'. Complete the following phrase with an appropriate word.
________ends meet
Discuss in pairs or groups of four.
Replacing old machines with new is better than getting them repaired.
How do the words in bold, in the lines below, illustrate the poet’s ability to convey criticism cryptically?
Our meddling intellect
Misshapes the beauteous forms of things:
We murder to dissect.
Discuss in pairs
Ruskin's insistence on looking intensely at words, and assuring oneself of meaning, syllable by syllable – nay, letter by letter.
How does Forster trace the human interest in the story to primitive times?
Comment on the contemporary concern that the poem echoes.
An acrostic is a poem or a write· up in which the first letter of each line forms a word. when it is read vertically.
For example,
Faithful
Reliable
Inspiring
Encouraging
Noble
Dedicated
With your benchmate / group, complete the acrostic of BELIEVE and FAITH.
(Please note that the words / phrases should be more or less related to the topic. You can use a thesaurus.)
Be certain of
E ......................
L ......................
I ......................
E ......................
V ......................
E ......................
F ......................
A ......................
I ......................
T ......................
H ......................
Find evidence from the lesson and write in your own words.
India has many amazing success stories.
A bridge connects people on either side of a river or valleys in cities or villages. Discuss with your partner the importance of a bridge to both the cities and the villages and complete the table.
| Cities | Villages |
Akbar wanted to punish the person who pulled his moustache.
Birbal thought Akbar was greater than God.
Find at least two things from the poem that show the following:
The atmosphere is pleasant.
Prove with the theme of the play/extract that the deeper human emotion which profoundly interested Shakespeare was jealousy.
Discuss and write 1-2 lines about the following.
Yonamine’s fight with Bushi (disguised as a bandit).
Answer the following question in one sentence.
What does the man who misses all the fun do?
Form pairs. Complete the following table through discussions.
| Occupation | Necessary Qualities | Reasons |
| Student | ||
| Teacher | ||
| Housewife | ||
| Sportsman | ||
| Artist | ||
| Singer | ||
| Author | ||
| Umpire | ||
| Actor | ||
| Scientist |
Prepare similar word chains using the following ideas.
sunshine - warm ________________.
The Emperor says he had realised earlier that Abdul has great talent. Does this tally with his actions? Give your opinion.
Answer the following question and write in short, why the parody sounds funny.
Why does the bee work hour after hour?
How long does the whole event described in this passage take? Work it out by reading the passage.
Find the names of the exotic musical instruments and animals mentioned in the poem.
The items in the programme below have got mixed up. Rearrange them in the proper order. Just add the number in the left-hand column.
| Balanand Vidyalaya Art Festival Programme | |
| ( ) | → Koli Dance |
| ( ) | → igniting the Lamp |
| ( ) | → Chief Guest Speaks |
| ( ) | → Appraisal of the Art Festival |
| ( ) | → Dignitaries Arrive |
| ( ) | → Recital of ‘Taal kacheri’ |
| ( ) | → Welcome and Introduction of Guests |
| ( ) | → Prize Distribution |
| ( ) | → The Boy Comes Home - A skit by Std IX |
| ( ) | → Vote of Thanks |
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
After I took the medicine, I ______ ______ the pain.
Read the following from the Language Study pages:
- adjective clause
- adverb clause
- noun clause
Find one example of each from the passages. (Note the linking word when you do that.)
‘Unke, Munke, Timpetoo,
I wish, my wish is coming true.’
Try to compose two other funny magical chants that have rhyming lines.
The following thing is mentioned in the poem.
Classify it as a happy and sad thing.
flowers - falling leaves
Name a few other things that people often count. (At least 5.)
What more difficulties would they have to face, if the roads are not cleared?
Write slogans for the cleanliness drive in your area.
List all the words and phrases in this story that indicate 'time'.
Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.
Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
What did he try to take the milk from?
What part did Anne Sullivan play in Helen’s life?
What were Chulongs plans for the bird?
There were many toys in the stall. Three of Hamid’s friends had bought some toys.
Write the names of Hamid’s friends in column A and the toys they bought in column B
| A | B |
Hamid’s granny scolded him for buying iron tongs. Then she understood that Hamid had bought it ______.
Which of these statements do you find in the speech?
- Inclusion is essential for us to do well in life.
- We should neglect others.
- Communicate politely with the less privileged.
- Teachers teach us to communicate well.
- Effective Communication is inessential to excel in life.
What do you think is going to happen next?
He preferred handling mail by himself.
Read the line and answer the question.
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover.
What kind of human company does the poet want?
The terrorists asked Neerja to collect the passports of the passengers because ______.
What did Amma mean when she said tomatoes, ladies' fingers and corn came from other countries?
Identify the speaker/character.
They somehow managed to put him on the platform.
The ________ are trying to terraform Mars.
Vicky decided to______ the robot at the end.
Vicky was an active boy.
Rosy ______a bicycle.
Where did the bird catcher sit?
What is the main idea of the story?
Answer using Yes or No and pick sentence from the story to support your answer.
Was Robinson alone in the island?
What did the archer want to show to the crowd?
The message was to gather on ______.
Fill in the blank with rhyming word.
anthill- ______
We shouldn't ______ ever.
What is the main idea of the story?
Write the correct word.
| rooster, king, hen, tiger, queen, tigress. |
What did Helen learn when the teacher put her hand into running water?
What did the library door say?
