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Question
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
In the poem, ‘The Pulley’ is considered _____________.
Options
a mechanical device
a gift to mankind
an image to lift objects
an image by which God compels people to become devout
Solution
In the poem, ‘The Pulley’ is considered an image by which God compels people to become devout.
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‘The Pulley’ is a mechanical device.
Try and write down places where it can be used, and for what purpose.
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You may have often indulged in talking to yourself audibly.
For example,
- “Oh, dear! Why didn't I get up sooner?”
- “Let me finish this quickly and then I’ll be free”.
- “How silly of me! Why didn’t I think of it before?”
Such expressions are called Dramatic Monologues.
Imagine and write Monologues suitable in the following situation.
Your mother has been chatting for very long on the telephone.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
Herbert’s poem ‘The Pulley’ displays ___________ as the two main themes.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
The theme of the poem ‘The Pulley’ is ___________.
(Find two correct statements from the given alternatives.)
(i) to focus on the mechanical operation of a pulley.
(ii) to teach a lesson to a creation (man) by the Creator (God)
(iii) to know the different gifts bestowed on man by God.
(iv) to remind man about his creator in his exhaustion.
(v) God pulled man towards Him by making him restless and weary.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
_____________ is an example of Synecdoche from the poem.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
_______________ is an example of Alliteration from the poem.
Choose the correct alternative from the following.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ____________.
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
The poet has used the word REST thrice in the poem. Write what the word implies in each of the three lines it occurs.
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
What does God want in return from man, for the gifts He has bestowed upon him?
Discuss and answer in your own words, and write in your notebook.
Besides those given in the poem, what other gifts has God blessed mankind with above his other creations? Enlist them.
