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

Why do you think Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ in the second stanza? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?

What is suggested by the image ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’?

Of what or of whom is Aunt Jennifer terrified with in the third stanza?

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?

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 (Keeping Quiet) suggests to you?

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?

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?