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प्रश्न
How can this shameful tale be told?
उत्तर
- Reference: This line is from Edwin Muir’s poem “The Castle”. Context and
- Explanation: The poet says these words while describing the treacherous betrayal of the aged warden. He had taken gold and let the enemy in. The soldiers who were ready to lay down their lives to protect their castle were shamefully overpowered by the trick of the enemy and the greed of the warder. The soldier is reluctant to relate this shameful tale.
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Where were the enemies?
Why does the narrator say that the enemy was no threat at all?
Did the soldiers fight with the enemies face to face?
Why didn’t the narrator want to tell the tale to anybody?
Who was the real enemy?
Our captain was brave and we were true
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Oh then our maze of tunneled stone
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
How can this shameful tale be told?
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Our only enemy was gold,
Describe the garden during the night.
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
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Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below.
“The water-lilies spring, like snow enmassed.”
What is the first stage of a human’s life?
How does a man play a lover’s role?
Bring out the features of the fourth stage of a man as described by the poet.
Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
- Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
- What are the characteristics of this stage?
- How does the boy go to school?
- Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?
‘Ulysses is not happy to perform his duties as a king.’ Why?
What does he think of the people of his kingdom?
What does Ulysses yearn for?
Who does the speaker address in the second part?
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
There lies the port the vessel puffs her sail
Read the set of line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
……for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
- What was Ulysses’ purpose in life?
- How long would his venture last?
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart
How would his being alone help the boy?
The poet says
‘Without rich wanting nothing arrives’ but he condemns ‘the quest of lucre beyond a few easy needs.’ Analyse the difference and write.
Have you played chess or watched the game carefully?
Now identify the chess pieces and complete the table below. Discuss the role of each piece in the game.
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Why was the rider in a hurry?
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect
