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Where were the enemies?

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Of course yes. There were enemies.

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Poem (Class 12th)
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पाठ 1.2: The Castle - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०]

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पाठ 1.2 The Castle
Exercise | Q 1. d) | पृष्ठ २०

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What thoughts come to your mind when you think about a castle? Add your ideas to the list

moat, huge buildings, soldiers, weapons ______,______.


Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.

A foothold there, no clever trick

Could take us dead or quick,

Only a bird could have got in.

  1. What was challenging?
  2. Which aspect of the castle’s strength is conveyed by the above line?

I will maintain until my death


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

With our arms and provender, load on load.


Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.

Our only enemy was gold,


Can you call ‘The Castle’ an allegorical poem? Discuss.


Does nature communicate with human beings?


Identify the figure of speech used in each of the extract given below and write down the answer in the space given below. 

“ What is that dirge-like murmur that I hear Like the sea breaking on a shingle -beach?


What is the world compared to?


How does a man play a lover’s role?


Explain the following line briefly with reference to the context.

“Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation”.“They have their exits and their entrances;


Complete the table based on your understanding of the poem.

Stage Characteristic
  crying
judge  
soldier  
  unhappy
second childhood  
  whining
old man  

‘Ulysses is not happy to perform his duties as a king.’ Why?


What does he think of the people of his kingdom?


Who does the speaker address in the second part?


Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.

To follow knowledge like a sinking star.


Explain with reference to the context the following line.

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees:


List the roles and responsibilities Ulysses assigns to his son Telemachus, while he is away.


Every parent is anxious about the welfare of his/her children. Parents express their anxiety by advising them almost all the time. What kind of advice do you frequently receive from your parents? Fill in the bubbles. Tick the ones you like to follow implicitly and give reasons for the ones you don’t like to follow.


Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.

Transferred Epithet- It is a figure of speech in which an epithet grammatically qualifies a noun other than the person or a thing, it is actually meant to describe.


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

Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms.

  1. Can being in solitude help a strong human being? How?
  2. Identify the figure of speech in the above line.

Who do you think is the narrator of the poem?


Who came galloping on a horse to Napoleon?


Why did the rider keep his lips compressed?


What was Napoleon’s reaction on hearing the news of victory?


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect


What is the role of the young soldier in the victory of the French at Ratisbon?


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