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Question
‘The Pulley’ is a mechanical device.
Try and write down places where it can be used, and for what purpose.
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Solution
To draw water out of a well
- In elevators
- In exercise machines
- In theatres to open curtains
- To lift up heavy objects at construction sites
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You may have often indulged in talking to yourself audibly.
For example,
- “Oh, dear! Why didn't I get up sooner?”
- “Let me finish this quickly and then I’ll be free”.
- “How silly of me! Why didn’t I think of it before?”
Such expressions are called Dramatic Monologues.
Imagine and write Monologues suitable in the following situation.
You have been waiting long in the city of bus-stop.
You may have often indulged in talking to yourself audibly.
For example,
- “Oh, dear! Why didn't I get up sooner?”
- “Let me finish this quickly and then I’ll be free”.
- “How silly of me! Why didn’t I think of it before?”
Such expressions are called Dramatic Monologues.
Imagine and write Monologues suitable in the following situation.
Your mother has been chatting for very long on the telephone.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
The theme of the poem ‘The Pulley’ is ___________.
(Find two correct statements from the given alternatives.)
(i) to focus on the mechanical operation of a pulley.
(ii) to teach a lesson to a creation (man) by the Creator (God)
(iii) to know the different gifts bestowed on man by God.
(iv) to remind man about his creator in his exhaustion.
(v) God pulled man towards Him by making him restless and weary.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
In the poem, ‘The Pulley’ is considered _____________.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
_____________ is an example of Synecdoche from the poem.
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
The poet has used the word REST thrice in the poem. Write what the word implies in each of the three lines it occurs.
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
What does God want in return from man, for the gifts He has bestowed upon him?
Pick out 3 lines that contain Monologues of God.
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Write Critical Appreciation of the poem in a paragraph format.
Points
- Title
- Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Favourite line
- Theme/Central idea
- Figures of speech
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/ dislike the poem.
Write a paragraph on the points in the block given below to get a summary of the given stanza of the poem.

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