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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
Do you agree with the Frog's inference of the Nightingale's character? Give reasons for your answer.
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The Frog and the Nightingale is a spoof on the present society. Study the Mind Map given below. Divide yourselves into groups, select a box and discuss the statement given. Then present your views to the class.
Topics for CLASS DISCUSSION
a. How a person tries to put down another when that person is succeeding in his or her life.
b. Our self-image is often based on what others make us believe we are. A poor selfimage can do irreparable damage to us. Do you agree with this statement?
Elaborate with suitable reasons and examples.
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The nightingale has scaled the heights of success. But now the audience is dwindling, the frog is unhappy and reprimands her all the time. She is mentally and physically exhausted and fears failure. As the nightingale, write a diary entry highlighting her fears and analyzing the reasons for her failure.
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Write an obituary for the nightingale. You may begin like this: May the kind soul……… (or you may make use of your own beginning)
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Listen to your teacher recite the poem The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and compare the Fly to Vikram Seth's Nightingale.
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Look at the following picture carefully.
a) What has Time been portrayed as? Why?
b) What are the other symbols associated with Time?
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What are the things that last for centuries? List a few things around you that will survive four to five hundred years into the future.
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Think of things that will perish and/or be forgotten with the passage of time.
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On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
The poet's tone in the poem is _______________________________________
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On the basis of your understanding of Shakespeare's sonnet, answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
The poem is set in _____________________
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Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.
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Validate the poet’s reference to Time, as being sluttish.
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Answer the following question briefly.
The poet says that neither forces of nature nor wars can destroy his poetry. In fact, even godly powers of Mars is not going to have a devastating effect on his rhyme. What quality of the poet is revealed through these lines?
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Shakespeare's sonnet has been divided into three quatrains of four lines, each followed by a rhyming couplet. Each quatrain is a unit of meaning. Read the poem carefully and complete the following table on the structure of the poem.
| Rhyme scheme | Theme | |
| Quatrain 1 | Comparison between poetry and monuments. | |
| Quatrain 2 | Ravages of time on monuments contrasted with _______________ |
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| Quatrain 3 | The recorded memory of ____________________posterity | |
| Couplet | Poetry immortalises friend |
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Look at the picture given below.
While on a sight-seeing tour to an old and mysterious country far away from home, you have had seen this statue. Discuss with your partner what this picture tells you about the people, the place and the ruler. Note down your ideas in the web-chart.
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Write a letter to your friend about the sight you saw and your impression of it. You may create necessary details.
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Answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
- The poem is set in _________________________
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Answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
- The tone of the poem is _______________________________
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Answer the following question briefly.
"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Who is Ozymandias referring to when he speaks of ‘ye Mighty’? Why should they despair ? .
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Answer the following question briefly.
Bring out the irony in the poem.
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