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Karnataka 2nd PUC English Workbook Answers Streams Poems for Comprehension<\/h2>\n

1. Ozymandias<\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1. I met a traveller from an antique land<\/em>
\nWho said: two vast and trunkless legs of stone <\/em>
\nStand in the desert. Near them on the sand,<\/em>
\nHalf sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown.<\/em><\/p>\n

(i) Who is the 7′ in the passage?
\nThe poet or the speaker.<\/p>\n

(ii) Who did the speaker meet?
\nA traveller.<\/p>\n

(iii) Where had the traveller come from?
\nAn antique land.<\/p>\n

(iv) Whom does the word ‘who\u2019 in the second line refer to?
\nThe traveller.<\/p>\n

(v) What did he see standing in the desert?
\nHe saw two vast and trunkless legs of stone.<\/p>\n

(vi) What was lying half sunk in the sand?
\nA shattered visage (face).<\/p>\n

(vii) What was the expression on the shattered visage?
\nThere was a frown on the visage.<\/p>\n

(viii) ‘Trunkless legs of stone’ here means
\n(a) two pillars of stone
\n(b) a man who has no trunk
\n(c) a statue of a man with only the legs.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) a statue of a man with only the legs.<\/p>\n

2) And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command <\/em>
\nTell that its sculptor well those passions read <\/em>
\nWhich yet survive, stamped on those lifeless things,<\/em>
\nThe hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;<\/em><\/p>\n

(i) What adjective is used to describe the lip?
\nWrinkled.<\/p>\n

(ii) What did the sculptor read well?
\nOR
\nThe one who read the passions well is the
\n(a) speaker
\n(b) traveller
\n(c) sculptor.
\nThe sculptor read passions well.<\/p>\n

(iii) What have still survived, stamped on those lifeless things?
\nThe passions – emotions and expressions – which the sculptor stamped on the lifeless things.<\/p>\n

(iv) What are i eferred to as ‘those lifeless things’?
\nThe stone statue in general and the vast and trunkless legs of stone, and the shattered visage in particular are referred to as ‘those lifeless things\u2019.<\/p>\n

(v) Whose hand and whose heart is the traveller talking about?
\n‘The hand\u2019 refers to the hand of the sculptor with which he sculpted the scuplture and ‘the heart\u2019 refers to the heart of the king that fed the sculptor with passions.<\/p>\n

(vi) Who mocked at the king’s passions?
\nThe sculptor.<\/p>\n

vii) What does ‘mocked’ mean?
\n\u2018Mocked\u2019 here means ‘imitated’.<\/p>\n

viii) What does the word ‘them’in the last line refer to?
\n\u2018Them\u2019 in the last line refers to the passions.<\/p>\n

3. And on the pedestal these words appear:<\/em>
\n“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:<\/em>
\nLook on my works,ye Mighty, and despair!”<\/em>
\nNothing beside remains. Round the decay<\/em>
\nOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,<\/em>
\nThe lone and level sands stretch far away.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where do the words appear?
\nUpon the pedestal.<\/p>\n

ii) Who wrote those words?
\nOzymandias.<\/p>\n

(iii) Who are those words addressed to?
\nThe mighty.<\/p>\n

iv) What does the word ‘works’ refer to?
\nThe word \u2018works\u2019 refers to the achievements of Ozymandias.<\/p>\n

v) Who are ‘ye mighty\u2019?
\n‘Ye mighty\u2019 are other kings who imagine that their power and glory would last for ever and be greater than that of Ozymandias.<\/p>\n

vi) Why should others despair?
\nOthers should despair because no one can rival him.<\/p>\n

vii) What does the word ‘wreck’ refer to?
\n‘Wreck’ refers to the ruins of the statue of the king.<\/p>\n

viii) What was to be seen around the colossal wreck?
\nNothing but sand.<\/p>\n

2. Prayer of a Black Boy<\/p>\n

– Guy Tirolien<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
\n1. Lord, l am so tired.
\nTired I entered this world.
\nFar have I wandered since the cock crew,
\nAnd the road to school is steep.
\nLord, I do not wan t to go into their school,
\nPlease help me that I need not go again.
\ni) Who is addressed by the speaker?\/Who is the speaker addressing? Lord (God).<\/p>\n

ii) The speaker prays to
\na) the school teacher. b) God. c) the white man.
\nAnswer:
\n(b) God.<\/p>\n

iii) The road to school is
\nAnswer:
\nsteep.<\/p>\n

iv) What time of day does ‘since the cock crew\u2019 suggest?
\nDaybreak; early morning.<\/p>\n

v) How is the road to school, according to the speaker?
\nThe road is steep.<\/p>\n

vi) What is it that the speaker does not want to do?
\nThe speaker does not want to go to the white man\u2019s school.<\/p>\n

vii) What does the speaker ask of the Almighty?
\nHe asks the Almighty to help him so that he never has to go to their school again.<\/p>\n

2) I want to follow father into the cool gorges <\/em>
\nWhen the night is hovering over magic forests <\/em>
\nWhere spirits play before dawn.<\/em>
\nBarefoot, I want to tread the red-hot paths,<\/em>
\nThat boil in midday sun.<\/em>
\nAnd then lie down to sleep beneath a Mango tree.<\/em>
\nAnd I want to wake up only<\/em>
\nWhen down there the white man\u2019s siren starts to howl,<\/em>
\nAnd the factory.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who does the speaker want to follow?
\nHis father.<\/p>\n

ii) Where do the spirits play before dawn?
\nIn the magic forests.<\/p>\n

(iii) Where does the speaker intend to walk barefoot?
\nOn the red-hot paths.<\/p>\n

iv) Where do the sirens howl and why?
\nAt the factories. The sirens are reminders for the workers to go to the factory and start working.<\/p>\n

3) A ship on the sugar fields,<\/em>
\nLands and spits its crew,<\/em>
\nOf black workers into the landscape…<\/em>
\nLord, I do not want to go into their school,<\/em>
\nPlease help me that I need not go again.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where does the ship land?
\nOn the sugar fields.<\/p>\n

ii) What does it spit out?
\nIts crew.<\/p>\n

iii) Who are the passengers on the ship?
\nBlack workers.<\/p>\n

iv) What are the passengers made to do?
\nThey are made to toil in the sugar fields.<\/p>\n

4) It\u2019s true, they say a little negro ought to go,<\/em>
\nSo that he might become<\/em>
\nJust like the gentlemen of the city,<\/em>
\nSo that he might become a real gentleman.<\/em>
\nBut 1,1 do not want to become <\/em>
\nA gentleman of the city, or as they call it <\/em>
\nA real gentleman.<\/em>
\nI\u2019d rather stroll along the sugar stores <\/em>
\nWhere the tight sacks are piled With brown sugar, brown like my skin.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What do the people say about little negroes?
\nThe people say that little negroes ought to go to school.<\/p>\n

ii) What do the people hope that a little negro will grow up into?
\nThey hope that the little negro will grow up to be a real gentleman.<\/p>\n

iii) What does the little negro not wish to be?
\nHe does not wish to be a real gentleman.<\/p>\n

iv) What would he want to do?
\nHe wishes to walk along the sugar stores.<\/p>\n

v) What do the sacks piled in the sugar stores contain?
\nThe sacks contain brown sugar.<\/p>\n

5) I’d rather listen – when the moon is whispering <\/em>
\nTenderly into the ear of coco palms,<\/em>
\nTo what the old man who always smokes,<\/em>
\nRecites with breaking voice during the night,<\/em>
\nThe stories of Samba and Master Hare<\/em>
\nAnd many others more that are not found in any book<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where is the moon whispering?
\nInto the ear of coco palms.<\/p>\n

ii) Who wants to listen to the old man?
\nThe little negro.<\/p>\n

(iii) What does the old man say?
\nThe old man recites stories during the night with his breaking voice.<\/p>\n

iv) What is not found in any book?
\nThe stories of Samba and Master Hare and others which the old man recites, are not found in any book.<\/p>\n

6) Lord, the negroes have had too much work already.<\/em>
\nWhy should we learn again from foreign books,<\/em>
\nAbout all kinds of things, we\u2019ve never seen?<\/em>
\nAnd then, their school is far too sad,<\/em>
\nJust as sad as these gentlemen of the city.<\/em>
\nThese real gentlemen<\/em>
\nWho do not even know how to dance by the light of the moon,<\/em>
\nWho do not even know how to walk on the flesh of their feet,<\/em>
\nWho do not even know how to tell the tales of their fathers
\nBy the light of their nightly fires.<\/em>
\nO Lord, I do not want to go into their school again.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Why does the speaker feel that negroes have no use for foreign books?
\nBecause the foreign books only teach them about things which they have never seen and which they will probably never see.<\/p>\n

ii) What does the speaker say about the school?
\nHe says that the school is sad.<\/p>\n

iii) What do the ‘real gentlemen\u2019 not know to do?
\nThe real gentlemen do not know how to dance in the moonlight, or to walk on their feet, or to tell stories like their fathers by the fire at night.<\/p>\n

iv) What does the boy wish for?
\nHe wishes to never have to go to the school of the whites again.<\/p>\n

3. Playthings<\/p>\n

– Rabindranath Tagore<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) Child,<\/em>
\nChild, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all morning!<\/em>
\nI smile atyour play with that little bit of a broken twig.<\/em>
\nI am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour,<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where is the child sitting?
\nIn the dust.<\/p>\n

ii) The child is playing with
\nA broken twig.<\/p>\n

iii) How does the poet react to the child\u2019s play?
\nBy smiling at the child.<\/p>\n

iv) What is the speaker doing?\/What is the speaker busy with?
\nThe speaker is busy with his accounts and adding up figures.<\/p>\n

v) When the speaker says, 7 smile atyour play with that little bit of a broken twig”, it indicates that
\na) he is happy to see the child playing happily
\nb) he laughs at the child for being content with having a broken twig for a toy
\nc) he thinks twigs are useless things with no value
\nd) he feels superior because he knows what is useless and what is worth possessing.
\nAnswer:
\n(b) he laughs at the child for being content with having a broken twig for a toy.<\/p>\n

2) Perhaps you glance at me and think <\/em>
\n“What a stupid game to spoil your morning with!\u201d<\/em>
\nChild, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies.<\/em>
\nI seek out costly playthings and gather lumps of gold and silver.<\/em>
\nWith whatever you find you create your glad games.<\/em>
\nI Spend both my time and my strength over things I can never obtain.<\/em>
\nIn my frail canoe 1 struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am playing a game<\/em>.<\/p>\n

i) What does the poet feel he has forgotten?
\nThe poet says that he has forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud-pies.<\/p>\n

ii) What does the poet play with?
\nThe poet plays with costly playthings, like gold and silver.<\/p>\n

iii) What is referred to as ‘a stupid game to spoil your morning with’?
\nAdding up the accounts is being referred to here.<\/p>\n

iv) Why does the poet feel that his time and strength is wasted?
\nBecause the poet spends his time and strength over things which he can never obtain.<\/p>\n

v) What wealth does the speaker gather?
\nThe speaker gathers lumps of gold and silver.<\/p>\n

vi) Who does ‘you’ in the 4th line refer to?
\nThe child.<\/p>\n

4.1 Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/p>\n

– Maya Angelou<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) A free bird leaps<\/em>
\non the back of the wind<\/em>
\nand floats downstream <\/em>
\ntill the current ends <\/em>
\nand dips his wing <\/em>
\nin the orange sun rays <\/em>
\nand dares to claim the sky.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where does the free bird leap?
\nOn the back of a wind.<\/p>\n

ii) Who floats downstream?
\nThe free bird.<\/p>\n

(iii) What does \u2018current\u2019 refer to?
\nIt refers to the wind.<\/p>\n

iv) What does the free bird lay claim to?
\nThe sky.<\/p>\n

2) But a bird that stalks <\/em>
\ndown his narrow cage <\/em>
\ncan seldom see through <\/em>
\nhis bars of rage <\/em>
\nhis wings are clipped and<\/em>
\nhis feet are tied<\/em>
\nso he opens his throat to sing.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What kind of bird is referred to here?
\nA captive bird that lives in a cage.<\/p>\n

ii) What can this bird not see-through?
\nThe bars of the cage, or perhaps, due to anger at being held captive, the poet suggests, bars of rage.<\/p>\n

iii) Why are the bird’s wings clipped?
\nSo that it cannot fly.<\/p>\n

iv) What does the captive bird resort to, since it cannot fly?
\nIt resorts to singing.<\/p>\n

3) The caged bird sings <\/em>
\nwith a fearful trill <\/em>
\nof things unknown <\/em>
\nbut longed for still <\/em>
\nand his tune is heard <\/em>
\non the distant hill <\/em>
\nfor the caged bird <\/em>
\nsings of freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) How does the caged bird sing?
\nWith a fearful trill.<\/p>\n

ii) What does \u2018tune\u2019 refer to?
\nIt refers to the song of the caged bird.<\/p>\n

iii) Where is the bird’s tune heard?
\nThe bird’s tune is heard on the distant hill.<\/p>\n

iv) What does the bird sing about?
\nThe bird sings about things unknown and yet longed for. It sings about freedom.<\/p>\n

4) The free bird thinks of another breeze<\/em>
\nand the trade winds soft through the sighing trees <\/em>
\nand the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn <\/em>
\nand he names the sky his own<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who names the sky his own?
\nThe free bird.<\/p>\n

ii) What does the free bird think of
\nIt thinks of a breeze.<\/p>\n

iii) What causes the trees to sigh?
\nThe trade winds which blow through the trees cause them to sigh.<\/p>\n

iv) The worms wait on
\nA dawn bright lawn.<\/p>\n

5) But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams <\/em>
\nhis shadow shouts on a nightmare scream<\/em>
\nhis wings are clipped and his feet are tied <\/em>
\nso he opens his throat to sing.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where does the caged bird stand?
\nThe caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.<\/p>\n

ii) What is done to the feet of the caged bird?
\nThey have been tied.<\/p>\n

iii) What does the caged bird’s shadow do?
\nThe shadow shouts in a nightmare.<\/p>\n

iv) Why does the caged bird sing?
\nThe caged bird sings because it can do nothing else. It is denied freedom; its wings are clipped and its feet are tied. Hence, the caged bird sings of freedom.<\/p>\n

5. The Indian Upon God<\/p>\n

– W.B. Yeats<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) I passed along the waters\u2019 edge below the humid trees.<\/em>
\nMy spirit rocked in evening light, the rushes round my knees,<\/em>
\nMy spirit rocked in sleep and sighs; and saw the moorfowl pace <\/em>
\nAll dripping on a grassy slope, and saw them cease to chase <\/em>
\nEach other round in circles, and heard the eldest speak;<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What did the speaker walk along?
\nWhere was the speaker walking?
\nThe speaker was walking along the waters\u2019 edge.<\/p>\n

ii) What was around the speaker\u2019s knees?
\nThe rushes were around the speaker\u2019s knees.<\/p>\n

iii) Who were pacing on a grassy slope?\/Name the bird mentioned in the above lines.
\nThe moorfowl.<\/p>\n

iv) Who spoke?
\nThe eldest spoke.<\/p>\n

v) What rocked in the evening light?
\nThe poet’s spirit.<\/p>\n

2) Who holds the world between <\/em>
\nHis bill and made us strong or weak <\/em>
\nIs an undying moorfowl, and He lives beyond the sky.<\/em>
\nThe rains are from His dripping wing, the moonbeams from His eye.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who made the moorfowl strong or weak?
\nThe undying moorfowl or God.<\/p>\n

ii) Where does the undying moorfowl live?
\nBeyond the sky.<\/p>\n

(iii) Who does the undying moorfowl represent?
\nGod.<\/p>\n

iv) Where do the rains come from?
\nFrom the dripping wing of the undying moorfowl.<\/p>\n

v) What comes from the eye of the undying moorfowl?
\nMoonbeams.<\/p>\n

3) I passed a little further on and heard a lotus talk:<\/em>
\nWho made the world and ruleth it, He hangeth on a stalk,<\/em>
\nFor I am in His image made, and all this tinkling tide,<\/em>
\nIs but a sliding drop of rain between His petals wide.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who did the speaker hear speaking?
\nA lotus.<\/p>\n

ii) According to the lotus, who made the world?
\nA lotus.<\/p>\n

iii) Who, according to the lotus, hangs on a stalk?
\nThe maker and ruler of the world.<\/p>\n

iv) What is the tide compared to?
\nIt is compared to a drop of rain, sliding between the wide petals of the Lotus (God).<\/p>\n

4) A little way within the gloom a roebuck raised his eyes <\/em>
\nBrimful of starlight, and he said: <\/em>
\nThe Stamper of the Skies,<\/em>
\nHe is a gentle roebuck; for how else, I pray, could He <\/em>
\nConceive a thing so sad and soft, a gentle thing like me?<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who did the speaker encounter in the gloom?
\nA roebuck.<\/p>\n

ii) What were his eyes full of?
\nStarlight.<\/p>\n

iii) Who is referred to as the ‘Stamper of the Skies’?
\nGod.<\/p>\n

iv) Why does the roebuck say that God is a roebuck?
\nThe roebuck feels that only if God is a roebuck, could He create a thing so gentle and soft as a roebuck.<\/p>\n

5) I passed a little further on and heard a peacock say:<\/em>
\nWho made the grass and made the worms and made my feathers gay,<\/em>
\nHe is a monstrous peacock, and He waveth all the night <\/em>
\nHis languid tail above us, lit with myriad spots of light,<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who did the speaker encounter a little further?
\nA peacock.<\/p>\n

ii) According to the peacock, who made the grass and the worms?
\nA monstrous peacock.<\/p>\n

iii) Where does the monstrous peacock wave his tail?
\nThe monstrous peacock waves his tail all night above us.<\/p>\n

iv) What do the myriad spots of light represent?
\nThe stars in the sky.<\/p>\n

v) Whose tail is ‘lit with myriad spots of light’?
\nThe peacock’s.<\/p>\n

6. Sonnet 5.5<\/p>\n

– William Shakespeare<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) Not marble nor the gilded monuments<\/em>
\nOf princes shall outlive this pow’rful rhyme:<\/em>
\nBut you shall shine more bright in these contents <\/em>
\nThan unswept stone, besmear’d with sluttish time.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What shall marble or gilded monuments not outlive?
\nThis powerful rhyme (poem).<\/p>\n

ii) Who does’you\u2019refer to?
\nIt refers to this particular poem.<\/p>\n

iii) Who shall shine bright?
\nThe rhyme shall shine bright in its contents.<\/p>\n

iv) What is the brightness of the rhyme compared to?
\nIt is compared to unswept stone.<\/p>\n

v) What is the unswept stone smeared with?
\nThe passage of time.<\/p>\n

2) When wasteful war shall statues overturn,<\/em>
\nAnd broils root out the work of masonry,<\/em>
\nNor Mars his sword nor war\u2019s quick fire shall burn <\/em>
\nThe living record of your memory.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What is the effect of war?
\nWar overturns statues.<\/p>\n

ii) What roots out the work of masons?
\nBroils root out the work of masons.<\/p>\n

iii) What things cannot affect the living record referred to here?
\nWar, broils, and Mars\u2019 sword cannot destroy the living record.<\/p>\n

iv) What is beyond burning by war?
\nThe living record of the poem\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n

3) Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity<\/em>
\nShall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room,<\/em>
\nEven in the eyes of all posterity<\/em>
\nThat wear this world out to the ending doom.<\/em>
\nSo, till the judgement that yourself arise,<\/em>
\nYou live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What shall the rhyme pace forth against?
\nAgainst death and all-oblivious enmity.<\/p>\n

ii) Where shall its praise still find room?
\nIn the eyes of all posterity.<\/p>\n

iii) Where will posterity wear this world out to?
\nIt will wear the world out to the ending doom.<\/p>\n

iv) Until the judgement, where does the poem dwell? In lovers\u2019 eyes.<\/p>\n

7. The Reverie of Poor Susan<\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears,<\/em>
\nHangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years: <\/em>
\nPoor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard<\/em>
\nIn the silence of morning the song of the bird.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where does Susan come across the thrush?
\nAt the corner of Wood Street.<\/p>\n

ii) When does the thrush sing loud?
\nWhen daylight appears.<\/p>\n

iii) How long has the thrush been singing?
\nFor three years.<\/p>\n

iv) When has Susan heard the song of the bird?
\nIn the silence of the morning.<\/p>\n

2) “It is a note of enchantment; what ails her? <\/em>
\nShe sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees;<\/em>
\nBright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide,<\/em>
\nAnd a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) How are the notes of the bird’s song described as?
\nEnchanting.<\/p>\n

ii) What does she see?
\nA mountain ascending and a vision of trees.<\/p>\n

iii) Where do the bright volumes of vapour glide through?
\nLothbury.<\/p>\n

iv) Where does a river flow through?
\nThe vale of Cheapside.<\/p>\n

v) A mountain ascending’means
\na) Susan is climbing the mountain
\nb) she is on the plains and the mountain rises over it
\nc) the mountain gradually takes shape before her vision.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) the mountain gradually takes shape before her vision.<\/p>\n

3) Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale,<\/em>
\nDown which she so often has tripped with her pail;<\/em>
\nAnd a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s <\/em>
\nThe one only dwelling on earth that she loves.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What does she see in the midst of the dale?
\nGreen pastures.<\/p>\n

ii) What has happened to her often in the midst of the dale?
\nShe has tripped with her pail.<\/p>\n

iii) What is compared to a dove’s nest?
\nA single small cottage.<\/p>\n

iv) The only dwelling on earth that she loves is a single small
\na) dove b) cottage c) nest.
\nAnswer:
\n(b) cottage.<\/p>\n

4) She looks, and her heart is in heaven: but they fade,<\/em>
\nThe mist and the river, the hill and the shade:<\/em>
\nThe stream will not flow, and the hill will not rise,<\/em>
\nAnd the colours have all passed away from her eyes!<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where is her heart?
\nHer heart is in heaven.<\/p>\n

ii) What fades away?
\nThe mist, the river, the hill and the shade.<\/p>\n

iii) What happens to the stream and the hill?
\nThe stream stops flowing and the hill stops rising.<\/p>\n

iv) What has passed away from her eyes?
\nThe colours have all passed away from her eyes.<\/p>\n

8. The Road Not Taken<\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,<\/em>
\nAnd sorry 1 could not travel both <\/em>
\nAnd be one traveler, long 1 stood <\/em>
\nAnd looked down one as far as I could <\/em>
\nTo where it bent in the undergrowth;<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where did the two roads diverge?
\nIn a wood.<\/p>\n

ii) Why was the poet sorry?
\nThe poet was sorry because he could not travel on both roads. He had to choose.<\/p>\n

iii) The word ‘both’in the second line refers to two
\na) travellers b) woods c) roads
\nAnswer:
\n(c) roads.<\/p>\n

iv) What did the traveler do when he came across the two diverged roads?
\nHe stood there for a long time and looked down one road as far as he could.<\/p>\n

v) “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”… The word ‘yellow’ indicates that
\na) there were many yellow flowers in the forest
\nb) the poet was viewing the scene wearing yellow glasses
\nc) it was the autumn season
\nd) he was looking at the forest against the background of the evening sky.
\nAnswer:
\nc) it was the autumn season.<\/p>\n

2) Then took the other as just as fair,<\/em>
\nAnd having perhaps the better claim,<\/em>
\nBecause it was grassy and wanted wear;<\/em>
\nThough as for that the passing there <\/em>
\nHad worn them really about the same.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What does the \u2019other\u2019 refer to?
\nThe second road.<\/p>\n

ii) Why did the second road have a better claim?
\nThe poet felt that it was grassier and looked like it wanted someone to walk on it. Hence, he felt that it had the better claim.<\/p>\n

(iii) ‘It was grassy and wanted wear\u2019 suggests that
\na) the road needed clearing b) it was less travelled by c) the road was trodden by many
\nAnswer:
\n(b) it was less travelled by.<\/p>\n

iv) What had been worn out about the same?
\nBoth the roads had been worn out about the same.<\/p>\n

v) The traveller took the second road because
\na) it took him to his town b) it led to his destination c) it looked pleasant d) it was less frequented and grassy.
\nAnswer:
\n(d) it was less frequented and grassy.<\/p>\n

3) And both that morning equally lay <\/em>
\nIn leaves no step had trodden black,<\/em>
\nOh, I kept the first for another day!<\/em>
\nYet knowing how way leads on to way,<\/em>
\ndoubted if I should ever come back.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What lay equally that morning?
\nThe two roads that diverged in a wood.<\/p>\n

ii) What had not been trodden black?
\nThe leaves that lay on the road.<\/p>\n

iii) What did the poet keep for another day?
\nThe poet kept the first road for another day.<\/p>\n

iv) Why did the poet doubt that he would ever come back?
\nThe poet knew that one way leads to another and so on, and it would be unlikely that he would come back to the same spot.<\/p>\n

4) I shall be telling this with a sigh <\/em>
\nSomewhere ages and ages hence:<\/em>
\nTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I<\/em>
\nI took the one less travelled by,<\/em>
\nAnd that has made all the difference.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What would the poet be telling with a sigh?
\nThe poet would be telling with a sigh how he had to choose between two roads and that he chose the less trodden one.<\/p>\n

ii) What was the poet confronted with in the woods?
\nTwo roads that diverged.<\/p>\n

iii) What did the poet do?
\nThe poet chose the road which had been less frequented.<\/p>\n

iv) What made all the difference?
\nChoosing the road less travelled made all the difference.<\/p>\n

9. The Crutches<\/p>\n

– Bertolt Brecht<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1 ) Seven years I could not walk a step.<\/em>
\nWhen I to the great physician came <\/em>
\nHe demanded: Why the crutches?<\/em>
\nAnd I told him: I am lame.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Why does the poet go to the physician?
\nThe poet goes to the physician to get his lameness cured.<\/p>\n

ii) How long could the speaker not walk a step?
\nFor how many years could the speaker not walk? Seven years.<\/p>\n

iii) Who does ‘He\u2019 in the third line refer to?\/Whom does the speaker meet?
\nThe great physician.<\/p>\n

iv) Why does the speaker use crutches?
\nThe speaker uses crutches because he is lame.<\/p>\n

v) What did the physician ask the speaker?
\nThe physician asked the speaker why he used crutches.<\/p>\n

2) He replied: That\u2019s not surprising <\/em>
\nBe so good and try once more.<\/em>
\nIf you’re lame, it’s these contraptions.<\/em>
\nFall then! Crawl across the floor!<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who does ‘He’ refer to?
\nThe great physician.<\/p>\n

ii) The physician’s remark, ‘that is not surprising’, could mean
\na) the poet is lame because he is using crutches
\nb) the poet is using crutches because he is lame
\nc) there is nothing surprising about anyone being lame
\nAnswer:
\n(a) the poet is lame because he is using crutches.<\/p>\n

iii) What did the physician ask the speaker to try once more?
\nThe physician asked the speaker to try walking without crutches once more.<\/p>\n

iv) According to the physician, what was making the speaker lame?
\nThe contraptions.<\/p>\n

3) And he took my lovely crutches <\/em>
\nLaughing with a fiend’s grimace <\/em>
\nBroke them both across my back and <\/em>
\nThrew them in the fireplace.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who took the crutches?
\nThe great physician.<\/p>\n

ii) How is the physician’s laugh described?
\nHe laughed with a fiend\u2019s grimace.<\/p>\n

iii) What does ‘both \u2019 refer to?
\nIt refers to the pair of crutches that belonged to the speaker.<\/p>\n

iv) Where did the physician throw the crutches?
\nAfter breaking them, the physician threw the crutches in the fireplace.<\/p>\n

v) The crutches are thrown into the fireplace because
\na) he no longer needs them
\nb) the crutches did not help him in any way
\nc) he may be tempted to use them again.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) he may be tempted to use them again.<\/p>\n

4) Well, I’m cured now: I can walk.<\/em>
\nCured by nothing more than laughter.<\/em>
\nSometimes, though, when \/ see sticks <\/em>
\nI walk worse for some hours after.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What was the speaker able to do after he was cured?
\nHe was able to walk.<\/p>\n

ii) What was the speaker cured by?
\nLaughter.<\/p>\n

iii) What happens to the speaker when he sees sticks?
\nHe walks worse for a few hours.<\/p>\n

iv) Why does the speaker walk worse for some hours?
\nBecause he is reminded of his crutches.<\/p>\n

10. This Above all is Precious and Remarkable<\/p>\n

-John Wain<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) This above all is precious and remarkable,<\/em>
\nHow we put ourselves in one another’s care,<\/em>
\nHow in spite of everything we trust each other.<\/em>
\nFishermen at whatever point they are dipping and lifting <\/em>
\nOn the dark green swell they partly think of as home <\/em>
\nHear the gale warnings that fly to them like gulls.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What does the speaker find precious and remarkable?
\nThe speaker feels that it is a precious and remarkable thing that we still put ourselves in each other’s care and that we trust others.<\/p>\n

ii) Where are the fishermen dipping and lifting?
\nOn the dark green swell (the sea).<\/p>\n

iii) What do the fishermen partly think of as home?
\nThe sea.<\/p>\n

iv) What flies to the fishermen like gulls?
\nWarnings of storms fly to them like gulls.<\/p>\n

v) What does ‘the dark green swell’ refer to?
\nThe dark green swell\u2019 refers to the sea in high tide when there is a storm.<\/p>\n

2) The scientists study the weather for love of studying it,<\/em>
\nAnd not specially for love of the fishermen,<\/em>
\nAnd the wireless engineers do the transmission for love of wireless,<\/em>
\nBut how it adds up is that when the terrible white malice <\/em>
\nOf the waves high as cliffs is let loose to seek a victim,<\/em>
\nThe fishermen are somewhere else and so not drowned.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Why do scientists study the weather, according to the speaker?
\nThey study the weather because they love studying it.<\/p>\n

ii) What do wireless engineers do?
\nWireless engineers do the transmission of information.<\/p>\n

iii) What is described as the ‘terrible white malice’?
\nA storm at sea is described as a terrible white malice.<\/p>\n

iv) Who, according to the poet, help the fishermen directly?
\nThe scientists who study the weather for its own sake indirectly help the fishermen.<\/p>\n

v) \u2018The terrible white malice of the waves’ describes
\na) the white foam on the rising sea
\nb) the fury of the sea during the storm
\nc) the blind hatred of the sea towards fishermen.
\nAnswer:
\n(b) the fury of the sea during the storm.<\/p>\n

3) And why should this chain of miracles be easier to believe <\/em>
\nThan that my darling should come to me as naturally<\/em>
\nAs she trusts a restaurant not to poison her?<\/em>
\nThey are simply examples of well-known types of miracle,<\/em>
\nThe two of them,<\/em>
\nThat can happen at any time of the day or night.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What chain of miracles does the speaker refer to?
\nThe speaker refers to the chain of miracles that saves a fisherman from being at sea during a storm.<\/p>\n

ii) What is the trust of the speaker\u2019s darling in coming to him naturally, compared to?
\nIt is compared to the trust she places in a restaurant not to poison her.<\/p>\n

iii) What are the two examples of miracles?
\nThe two examples are those of the fishermen and the speaker\u2019s darling.<\/p>\n

iv) What can happen at any time of day or night?
\nThe miracles (such as the ones described in the poem) can happen at any time of day or night.<\/p>\n

11. The Bangle Sellers<\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) Bangle sellers are we who bear<\/em>
\nOur shining loads to the temple fair…<\/em>
\nWho will buy these delicate, bright <\/em>
\nRainbow-tinted circles of light?<\/em>
\nLustrous tokens of radiant lives.<\/em>
\nFor happy daughters and happy wives.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What do the bangle sellers bear?
\nThey bear their shining loads of bangles.<\/p>\n

ii) Where do the bangle sellers sell their bangles?
\nAt the temple fair.<\/p>\n

iii) How are the bangles described by the bangle sellers?
\nThey are described as delicate, bright, rainbow-tinted circles of light.<\/p>\n

iv) Who are the bangles for?\/Whom are they urging to buy bangles for?
\nFor daughters and wives.<\/p>\n

v) Where are the bangle sellers taking their shining loads to?
\nThe temple fair.<\/p>\n

2) Some are meet for a maiden’s wrist,<\/em>
\nSilver and blue as the mountain mist,<\/em>
\nSome are flushed like the buds that dream <\/em>
\nOn the tranquil brow of a woodland stream,<\/em>
\nSome are aglow with the bloom that cleaves<\/em>
\nTo the limpid glory of new born leaves.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What are meet (suitable) for a maiden’s wrist?
\nBangles.<\/p>\n

ii) What are the silver and blue banfles compared to?
\nThe silver and blue bangles are compared to the mountain mist.<\/p>\n

iii) What are the buds described here doing?
\nThe buds are dreaming on the tranquil brow of a woodland stream.<\/p>\n

iv) What are some bangles aglow with?
\nSome bangles are aglow with the bloom that gives life to new leaves.<\/p>\n

3) Some are like fields of sunlit corn,<\/em>
\nMeet for a bride on her bridal morn,<\/em>
\nSome, like the flame of her marriage fire,<\/em>
\nOr, rich with the hue of her heart\u2019s desire,<\/em>
\nTinkling, luminous, tender, and clear,<\/em>
\nLike her bridal laughter and bridal tear.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What are the bangles made for a bride\u2019s bridal morn compared to?
\nThey are compared to fields of sunlit corn.<\/p>\n

ii) Which flame are some bangles like?
\nSome bangles are like the flame of a marriage fire.<\/p>\n

iii) What adjectives are used to describe the bangles?
\nTinkling, luminous, tender, and clear.<\/p>\n

iv) What is like a bride’s laughter and tear?
\nBangles.<\/p>\n

4) Some are purple and gold-flecked grey<\/em>
\nFor she who has journeyed through life midway,<\/em>
\nWhose hands have cherished, whose love has blest,<\/em>
\nAnd cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,<\/em>
\nAnd serves her household in fruitful pride,<\/em>
\nAnd worships the gods at her husband’s side.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who are the purple and gold-flecked grey bangles for?
\nA woman who is midway in her journey of life; a middle-aged woman.<\/p>\n

ii) What have her hands cherished?
\nHer hands have cherished her fair sons.<\/p>\n

iii) How does she serve her household?
\nShe serves her household with pride.<\/p>\n

iv) Who does she worship?
\nShe worships the Gods, standing beside her husband.<\/p>\n

12. On His Blindness<\/p>\n

– John Milton<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) When I consider how my light is spent<\/em>
\nEre half my days in this dark world and wide,<\/em>
\nAnd that one talent which is death to hide <\/em>
\nLodg\u2019d with me useless, though my soul more bent <\/em>
\nTo serve therewith my Maker, and present <\/em>
\nMy true account, lest he returning chide,<\/em>
\n\u201cDoth God exact day-labour, light denied?”<\/em>
\nI fondly ask.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) When did Milton become blind?
\nMilton became blind before half his life in the world was over.<\/p>\n

ii) What does the poet mean by ‘light’?
\nBy ‘light’ the poet means his eyesight.<\/p>\n

iii) How does the speaker describe the world?
\nThe speaker describes the world as wide and dark.<\/p>\n

iv) Why does he call the world dark?
\nHe calls the world dark because he has lost his sight.<\/p>\n

v) Which is that ‘one talent which is death to hide\u2019?
\nThe talent is the God-given gift of writing poetry.<\/p>\n

vi) How has the speaker’s blindness affected his soul?
\nThe speaker’s blindness has made his soul more eager to serve his Maker.<\/p>\n

vii) What does the speaker ask himself?
\nThe speaker asks himself if He still expects labour (work) from him since he is blind.<\/p>\n

viii) What does the word fondly\u2019 mean?
\nThe word ‘fondly’ means ‘foolishly’.<\/p>\n

2) But Patience, to prevent<\/em>
\nThat murmur, soon replies: <\/em>
\n“God doth not need Either man\u2019s work or his own gifts: who best <\/em>
\nBear his mild yoke, they serve him best <\/em>
\nHis state Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed<\/em>
\nAnd post o’er land and ocean without rest:<\/em>
\nThey also serve who only stand and wait.”<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who replies to the speaker\u2019s question?
\nPatience.<\/p>\n

ii) What does God not need?
\nGod does not need man\u2019s labour or his gifts.<\/p>\n

iii) Who serves God the best, according to Milton?
\nThe person who bears patiently the burden God has placed on him.<\/p>\n

iv) What do the thousands at God\u2019s bidding do?
\nThousands at God\u2019s bidding travel over land and sea without rest, in order to carry out his commands.<\/p>\n

v) Which of the following are served by the thousands at God\u2019s bidding?
\na) Those who bear God\u2019s mild yoke b) Those who bear God ill-will
\nc) Those who are sleeping d) Those who stand and wait
\nAnswer:
\n(d) Those who stand and wait.<\/p>\n

vi) Who does \u2019they\u2019 in the last line refer to?
\n\u2018They\u2019 in the last line refers to people like Milton who suffer from some affliction.<\/p>\n

13. Home they brought her Warrior Dead<\/p>\n

– Alfred Tennyson<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
\n1) Home they brought her warrior dead:<\/em>
\nShe nor swoon’d nor utter’d cry:<\/em>
\nAll her maidens, watching, said,<\/em>
\n“She must weep or she will die.”<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What did they bring home?
\nThey brought home the body of the dead warrior.<\/p>\n

ii) What was the reaction of the warrior’s wife?
\nShe neither swooned nor cried.<\/p>\n

iii) Why was the woman unresponsive?
\nShe was in shock.<\/p>\n

iv) What did all the maidens say?
\nThey said that the woman had to weep or she would die.<\/p>\n

2) Then they praised him, soft and low,<\/em>
\nCall\u2019d him worthy to be loved.<\/em>
\nTruest friend and noblest foe;<\/em>
\nYet she neither spoke nor moved.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Why did they praise the dead warrior?
\nThey praised the dead warrior in the hope that it might bring his wife to tears.<\/p>\n

ii) What attempts were made to remember the dead warrior?
\nHe was praised and called a true friend and a noble foe.<\/p>\n

iii) What was the dead warrior considered to have been worthy of?
\nHe was considered to have been worthy of love.<\/p>\n

iv) What was the response of the dead warrior\u2019s wife?
\nShe neither spoke nor moved.<\/p>\n

3) Stole a maiden from her place,<\/em>
\nLightly to the warrior stepped.<\/em>
\nTook the face-cloth from the face;<\/em>
\nYet she neither moved nor wept.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who moved from her place?
\nA maiden.<\/p>\n

ii) Where did she go?
\nShe went to the side of the dead warrior.<\/p>\n

iii) Why did she take the face-cloth off?
\nShe wanted the wife to see the face of her dead husband. She hoped that this would make her cry.<\/p>\n

iv) What was the reaction of the dead warrior\u2019s wife?
\nShe neither moved nor wept.<\/p>\n

4) Rose a nurse of ninety years,<\/em>
\nSet his child upon her knee<\/em>
\nLike summer tempest came her tears- <\/em>
\n“Sweet my child, I live for thee.”<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Who rose from her place?
\nA nurse.<\/p>\n

ii) How old was she?
\nNinety years old.<\/p>\n

iii) Who was set upon her knee?
\nHer child was set upon her knee.<\/p>\n

iv) What came like summer tempest?\/Her tears are compared to
\nTears came like summer tempest.<\/p>\n

v) What finally made the dead warrior’s wife cry?
\nThe sight of her little child made her cry.<\/p>\n

vi) Who does the mother want to live for?
\nFor her child.<\/p>\n

14. The English Language<\/p>\n

– Harry Hemsley<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) Some words have different meanings,<\/em>
\nand yet they\u2019re spelt the same.<\/em>
\nA cricket is an insect, to play it – it\u2019s a game.<\/em>
\nOn every hand, in every land, it’s thoroughly agreed, the <\/em>
\nEnglish language to explain is very hard indeed.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What makes words with different meanings confusing?
\nWords with different meanings become confusing when they have the same spelling.<\/p>\n

ii) What are the two interpretations of the word \u2019cricket\u2019?
\nThe word \u2018cricket\u2019 can mean either an insect, or a game.<\/p>\n

iii) What is agreed on every hand and in every land?
\nThat the English language is very hard to explain.<\/p>\n

iv) What is the \u2018game\u2019 referred to\/mentioned here?
\nCricket.<\/p>\n

v) What have different meanings yet spelt the same?
\nSome words in the English language.<\/p>\n

vi) What is very hard to explain?
\nThe English language.<\/p>\n

2) Some people say that you ‘re a dear, yet dear is far from cheap.<\/em>
\nA jumper is a thing you wear, yet a jumper has to leap.<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s very clear, it\u2019s very queer, and pray who is to blame for <\/em>
\ndifferent meanings to some words, pronounced and spelt, the same?<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What are the two meanings of’dear’as used here?
\n‘Dear’ can either be used as an affectionate term, or as a synonym of ‘expensive’.<\/p>\n

ii) What article of clothing is referred to here?
\nA jumper.<\/p>\n

iii) What is very queer and very clear?
\nThat words with the same spelling and pronunciation sometimes have different meanings. iv) What words referred to here are pronounced and spelt the same, yet have different meanings? Jumper and dear.<\/p>\n

3) A little journey is a trip, a trip is when you fall.<\/em>
\nIt doesn’t mean you have to dance whene’er you hold a ball.<\/em>
\nNow here\u2019s a thing that puzzles me: musicians of good taste <\/em>
\nwill very often form a band – I’ve one around my waist!<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What are the two meanings of ‘trip’ referred to here?
\nThe two meanings referred to here are, a short journey, and a fall.<\/p>\n

ii) What does a \u2018ball\u2019 have to do with dancing?
\nA ball is an event where people gather to dance.<\/p>\n

iii) What do musicians of good taste do?
\nThey often form a band.<\/p>\n

iv) What does the speaker have around his waist?
\nA band.<\/p>\n

4) You spin a top, go for a spin, or spin a yarn may be –<\/em>
\nyet every spin’s a different spin, as you can plainly see.<\/em>
\nNow here\u2019s a most peculiar thing – ’twas told me as a joke –<\/em>
\na dumb man wouldn’t speak a word, yet seized a wheel and spoke.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) The two words with the same spelling but different meanings mentioned here are
\nspin and spoke.<\/p>\n

ii) How many spins are mentioned above and what do they mean?
\nThree. Spin can refer to a spinning action (which we make when we spin a top), a small round trip (going for a spin), and spinning cloth (using a spinning machine).<\/p>\n

iii) What was the most peculiar thing?
\nThat a dumb man grabbed a wheel and spoke.<\/p>\n

iv) Did the dumb man actually speak?
\nNo. He grabbed a wheel which had spokes.<\/p>\n

5) A door may often be ajar, but give the door a slam,<\/em>
\nand then your nerves receive a jar – and then there\u2019s jars of jam.<\/em>
\nYou’ve heard, of course, of traffic jams, and jams you give your thumbs.<\/em>
\nAnd adders, too, one is a snake, and the other adds up sums.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What does the word\u2018ajar\u2019mean?
\nAjar\u2019 means slightly open.<\/p>\n

ii) When do our nerves receive a jar?
\nWhen we slam the door.<\/p>\n

iii) Which of the following cannot be associated with jars:
\na) jams b) Nerves c) Snakes?
\nAnswer:
\n(c) Snakes.<\/p>\n

iv) What snake is mentioned here?
\nAn Adder.<\/p>\n

6) A policeman is a copper, it\u2019s a nickname (impolite!) <\/em>
\nyet a copper in the kitchen is an article you light.<\/em>
\nOn every hand, in every land, it’s thoroughly agreed <\/em>
\nthe English language to explain is very hard indeed!<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What nickname is referred to here?
\nCopper.<\/p>\n

ii) Who is the nickname for?
\nA policeman.<\/p>\n

iii) What is’an article you light\u2019?
\nA copper.<\/p>\n

iv) What conclusion does the speaker come to, about the English language?
\nThat it is very hard to explain the English language.<\/p>\n

15. The Human Seasons<\/p>\n

– John Keats<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1) Four seasons Jill the measure of a year;<\/em>
\nThere are four seasons in the mind of man:<\/em>
\nHe has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear <\/em>
\nTakes in all beauty with an easy span:<\/em><\/p>\n

i) How many seasons are in a year?
\nFour.<\/p>\n

ii) According to the poet, a man’s mind has
\nfour seasons.<\/p>\n

iii) What adjective is used to describe Spring?
\nLusty.<\/p>\n

iv) What happens in Spring?
\nDuring Spring, fancy takes in all beauty with an easy span.<\/p>\n

v) What does Spring represent in the stanza?
\nHere Spring represent childhood.<\/p>\n

2) He has his Summer, when luxuriously <\/em>
\nSpring\u2019s honied cud of youthful thought he loves <\/em>
\nTo ruminate, and by such dreaming high<\/em>
\nIs nearest unto heaven: quiet coves<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What season is being described here?
\nSummer.<\/p>\n

ii) What aspect of Spring is referred to here?
\n‘Spring\u2019s honied cud of youthful thought is referred to here.<\/p>\n

iii) What does he love to do in Summer?
\nHe loves to ruminate on the sweet memories of his childhood days.<\/p>\n

iv) What makes him feel nearest to heaven?
\nThe joy which the sweet memories of his childhood days give him make him feel nearest to heaven.<\/p>\n

v) What does summer represent in the stanza?
\nHere summer represent youth.<\/p>\n

3) Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves<\/em>
\nHis soul has in its Autumn, when his wings <\/em>
\nHe furleth close; contented so to look <\/em>
\nOn mists in idleness – to let fair things <\/em>
\nPass by unheeded as a threshold brook <\/em>
\nHe has his Winter too of pale misfeature,<\/em>
\nOr else he would forego his mortal nature.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What does his soul have in it\u2019s Autumn?
\nHis soul has its quiet coves.<\/p>\n

ii) What is he contented to do in Autumn?
\nHe is contented to look on mists in idleness.<\/p>\n

iii) What does autumn represent in the stanza?
\nHere autumn represents middle age.<\/p>\n

iv) How is the Winter described?
\nThe Winter is described as a pale misfeature.<\/p>\n

v) If not for winter, what would happen?
\nHe would forgo his mortal nature, if he had no Winter.<\/p>\n

vi) What does winter represent in the stanza?
\nHere winter represents old age.<\/p>\n

Exercise<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n

1. I passed along the waters’ edge below the humid trees.<\/em>
\nMy spirit rocked in evening light, the rushes round my knees,<\/em>
\nMy spirit rocked in sleep and sighs; and saw the moorfowl pace <\/em>
\nAll dripping on a grassy slope, and saw them cease to chase <\/em>
\nEach other round in circles, and heard the eldest speak;<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where was the speaker walking?
\nThe speaker was walking along the waters\u2019 edge below the humid trees.<\/p>\n

ii) What rocked in the evening light?
\nHis spirit rocked in the evening light.<\/p>\n

iii) Who were chasing each other in circles?
\nThe moorfowls were chasing each other in circles.<\/p>\n

iv) What did the speaker see along the waters\u2019 edge?
\nThe speaker saw the moorfowl along the waters\u2019 edge.<\/p>\n

v) The word ‘eldest’ in the last line refers to the a) speaker. b) moorfowl. c)God.
\nAnswer:
\nb) moorfowl.<\/p>\n

2. Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale,<\/em>
\nDown which she so often has tripped with her pail;<\/em>
\nAnd a single small cottage, a nest like a dove’s <\/em>
\nThe one only dwelling on earth that she loves.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where, according to the speaker, does she view pastures?
\nAccording to the speaker, she views pastures in the midst of the dale.<\/p>\n

ii) In the second line ‘which refers to the a) dale. b) pastures, c) cottage.
\nAnswer:
\n(a) dale.<\/p>\n

(iii) What is the cottage compared to?
\nThe cottage is compared to the nest of a dove.<\/p>\n

iv) Which is the only dwelling on earth that she loves?
\nA single small cottage is the only dwelling on earth that she loves.<\/p>\n

3. And he took my lovely crutches <\/em>
\nLaughing with a fiend\u2019s grimace <\/em>
\nBroke them both across my back and <\/em>
\nThrew them in the fireplace.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) How did he laugh when taking the speaker’s crutches?
\nHe laughed with a fiend\u2019s grimace.<\/p>\n

ii) What did he do with the speaker’s crutches?
\nHe broke them and threw them in the fireplace.<\/p>\n

iii) In the third line ‘them’refers to
\na) friends, b) fireplaces, c) crutches.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) crutches.<\/p>\n

iv) Where were the crutches thrown?
\nThe crutches were thrown in the fireplace.<\/p>\n

4. But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams<\/em>
\nhis shadow shouts on a nightmare scream<\/em>
\nhis wings are clipped and his feet are tied<\/em>
\nso he opens his throat to sing.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where, according to the speaker, does the caged bird stand?
\nThe caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.<\/p>\n

ii) What does the caged bird’s shout on?
\nThe caged bird shouts as if it were in a nightmare.<\/p>\n

iii) Whose wings are clipped and feet are tied?
\nThe caged bird\u2019s wings are clipped and feet are tied.<\/p>\n

iv) In the last line ‘he’ refers to the
\na) speaker. b) poet, c) caged bird.
\nAnswer:
\nc) caged bird.<\/p>\n

5. Barefoot, I want to tread the red-hot paths,<\/em>
\nThat boil in midday sun,<\/em>
\nAnd then lie down to sleep beneath a Mango tree.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) How does the speaker want to tread the red-hot paths?
\nBare foot.<\/p>\n

ii) What boil in midday sun?
\nThe paths boil in midday sun.<\/p>\n

iii) Where does the speaker want to lie down?
\nThe speaker wants to lie down beneath a mango tree.<\/p>\n

6. Not marble nor the gilded monuments<\/em>
\nOf princes shall outlive this pow’rful rhyme:<\/em>
\nBut you shall shine more bright in these contents <\/em>
\nThan unswept stone, besmear’d with sluttish time.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What cannot outlive this powerful rhyme?
\nNeither marble nor gilded monuments of princes can outlive this powerful rhyme.<\/p>\n

ii) These monuments are erected by
\na) common people b) princes c) the locals. princes<\/p>\n

iii) How is time personified?
\nTime has been personified as a sluttish person.<\/p>\n

7. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,<\/em>
\nAnd sorry I could not travel both<\/em>
\nAnd be one traveller, long I stood <\/em>
\nAnd looked down one as far as I could <\/em>
\nTo where it bent in the undergrowth;<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What colour is the wood?
\nYellow.<\/p>\n

ii) The speaker sees before him
\na) a dense forest b) two roads diverging in a forest c) a crossing.
\nTwo roads diverging in a forest<\/p>\n

(iii) How many travellers are there?
\nOnly the speaker.<\/p>\n

8. This above all is precious and remarkable,<\/em>
\nHow we put ourselves in one another’s care,<\/em>
\nHow in spite of everything we trust each other.<\/em><\/p>\n

i) Where do we put ourselves?
\nWe put ourselves in one another’s care.<\/p>\n

ii) The above lines talk about
\na) human goodness b) sea of life c) miracles.
\nAnswer:
\nhuman goodness.<\/p>\n

iii) Mention the word from the third line that keeps everyone united.
\nOR
\nIn spite of everything, what do we do with each other?
\nTrust.<\/p>\n

9. That murmur, soon replies: <\/em>
\n“God doth not need <\/em>
\nEither man’s work or his own gifts: who best <\/em>
\nBear His mild yoke, they serve Him best<\/em><\/p>\n

i) What does God not need?
\nGod does not need man\u2019s labour or his gifts.<\/p>\n

ii) In ‘Bear His mild yoke’, His refers to.
\nGod’s.<\/p>\n

iii) How do they serve God?
\nThey serve God by bearing patiently the burden God has placed on them.<\/p>\n

10. Four Seasons fill the measure of the year,<\/em>
\nThere are four seasons in the mind of man:<\/em>
\nHe has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear <\/em>
\nTakes in all beauty wih an easy span:<\/em><\/p>\n

i) How many seasons are in the mind of man?
\nFour.<\/p>\n

ii) The season mentioned in the above lines is .
\nSpring.<\/p>\n

iii) Here spring is described as being
\na) very short and happy b) sad and dreaming c) idle,
\nAnswer:
\na)very short and happy.<\/p>\n

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