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The poet is satisfied just watching the heroic deeds of others. What could be the reason? - English

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The poet is satisfied just watching the heroic deeds of others. What could be the reason?

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The poet is very sensitive. He derives vicarious pleasure on seeing the play of all the players. He is not after glory, medals and not interested in inflicting injury on any opponent. So, he is happy staying out of all rough games.

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पाठ 2.2: Confessions of a Born Spectator - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५४]

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पाठ 2.2 Confessions of a Born Spectator
Exercises | Q 1. c. | पृष्ठ ५४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

‘But now they only laugh with their teeth, While their ice-block-cold eyes…’

  1. Who are ‘they’?
  2. Explain: ice-block-cold eyes
  3. Identify the figure of speech used here.

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

There will be no thrice.


‘Face is the index of the mind.’ Does this adage concur with the views of the poet?


The poet does not wish to exchange position with the runners. Why?


Explain the following with reference to the context in about 50–60 word each.

Athletes, I’ll drink to you, Or eat with you, Or anything except compete with you…


Find out the rhyme scheme of the given stanza.

One infant grows up and becomes a jockey

Another plays basketball or hockey

This one the prize ring hates to enter

That one becomes a tackle or center…


You are the School Pupil Leader. Mention some qualities that can be drawn from the field of sports to improve your leadership skills.


If you go to a village, what scenes would you observe?


Read the poem once again. Identify the rhyme scheme and pick out the rhyming pairs of words.


How do people bring grief and sorrow to one another?


Answer in a paragraph of about 100−150 words.

Do you think the poet wants to say that man is unhappy because he has lost his link with nature and forgotten how to enjoy nature, or because man is cruel to other men?


‘Nature can nurture’. Describe how this process happens.


Why is the Flying Squad frustrated?


Where can you encounter Macavity?


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

He’s the bafflement of Scotland

Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime

— Macavity’s not there!..

  1. What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
  2. Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?

Give four instances where the poet has used alliteration in the poem.


What does ‘Everest’ in the title stand for?


What does the ladder symbolize?


In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?


Discuss the following topic in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the view and share them with the class.

Successful people neither brood over the past nor worry about the future.


Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

The spectators died laughing at the ______of the clown.


Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

The fortress was ______and could not be conquered by the enemies.


What does the executor mentioned in the poem do?


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;

Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth’’.


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

“Our lands, our lives, and all, are Bolingbroke’s,…”


Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.

What are the causes for King Richard’s grief?


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