Arts (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

What are the ‘ordeals’ Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by? Why is it significant that the poet uses the word ‘ringed’? What are the meanings of the word ‘ringed’ in the poem? 

Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character? What might the poet be suggesting, through this difference? 

Do you sympathise with Aunt Jennifer? What is the attitude of the speaker towards Aunt Jennifer?

Notice these words and expressions in the text.
Infer their meaning from the context. 

1. blew over                          2. was struck dumb
3. catapulted into                 4.  a coat of mail
5. played into their hands    6.  the favourite haunt
7. heard a bell ringing

What does the writer mean by 'the fiery misery' of those subjected to make-up'? 

What does the title of the poem suggests to you? What do you think the poem is about?

What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve?

Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?

What is the ‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem?

What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?

Choose a quiet corner and keep still physically and mentally for about five minutes. Do you feel any change in your state of mind?

What pleasure does a beautiful thing give us? Are beautiful things worth treasuring?

List the things of beauty mentioned in the poem.

List the things that cause suffering and pain.

What does the line, ‘Therefore are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to earth’ suggest to you?

What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?

What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?

Why is ‘grandeur’ associated with the ‘mighty dead’?

Do we experience things of beauty only for short moments or do they make a lasting impression on us?