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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below. It sat alone. What happened there is still today unknown. - English

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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

It sat alone.
What happened there is still today unknown.
It is a very mysterious place,
And inside you can tell it has a ton of space,
But at the same time, it is bare to the bone.

  1. What does ‘It’ refer to?
  2. Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?
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उत्तर

  1.  ‘It’ refers to the mysterious house.
  2. And inside you can tell it has a ton of space, – this line indicates the size of the house.
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अध्याय 7.2: The House on Elm Street - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०३]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
अध्याय 7.2 The House on Elm Street
Exercise | Q A. 1. | पृष्ठ २०३

संबंधित प्रश्न

The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

How does she take life?


She's today's woman. Today's woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near...

How should a woman be treated?


She's a lioness; don't mess with her.
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.

Give your examples of metaphor to describe the qualities of a woman.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.

Who does he refer to?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Thus ending, he hastily lifted the wicket,
And out of the door turned the poor little cricket,

The ant refused to help the cricket. Why?


‘Some crickets have four legs and some have two’. Elucidate this statement from the poet’s point of view.


What feelings are evoked in us by the machines in this poem?


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here?


Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.

Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.

  1. What outrages the innocence?
  2. Who are not foreign?
  3. What is not strange?

The poem ‘No men are foreign’ has a greater relevance in today's world. Elucidate.


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