Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Where was the narrator when the incident happened?
Advertisements
Solution
The narrator was in the French camp when the incident happened.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Have you ever visited a fort or a castle?
Who is the narrator in the poem?
How safe was the castle? How was it conquered?
How can this shameful tale be told?
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Grew thin and treacherous as air.
You visit your school after several years. As you cross the banyan tree at the entrance, cheerful memories fi ll your mind. Fill the bubbles with your memories.
How does the creeper appear on the tree?
Why is the casuarina tree dear to poet’s heart?
Name the bird that sings in the poet’s garden.
What has Wordsworth sanctified in his poem?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech,…
Discuss with your partner the different stages in the growth of man from a new born to an adult
Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?
Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.
“and all the men and women merely players”
Describe the various stages of a man’s life picturised in the poem “All the World’s a stage."
Complete the summary of the poem, choosing words from the list given below. Lines 33 to 42
Ulysses desires to hand over his (1) ______to his son Telemachus, who would fulfil his duties towards his subjects with care and (2) ______. Telemachus possesses patience and has the will to civilise the citizens of Ithaca in a (3) ______way. Ulysses is happy that his son would do his work blamelessly and he would pursue his (4) ______for travel and knowledge.
| prudence, kingdom, quest, tender |
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
There lies the port the vessel puffs her sail
List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.
‘A tough will counts.’ Explain.
What happened to the people who wanted too much money?
How would his being alone help the boy?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
“Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.”
- How should one face life?
- Identify the figure of speech in the above line.
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.
What does the phrase ‘full galloping’ suggest?
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
A film the mother eagles eye When her bruised eaglet breathes
- Who is compared to the mother eagle in the above lines?
- Explain the comparison.
