Poem 1
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose
the correct synonym.
1. Giving the poor beneath / Drop after drop.
A) over B) under 11619001
C) near D) far
2. ‘Tis a sweet
noise to hear. 11619002
A) natural
sound B) sharp
sound
C) low
noise D) melodious
sound
3. When the Sun comes out… 11619003
A) appears
B) goes down
C) disappears D) dims out
4. After this rain shall stop. 11619004
A) end
B) stay
C) start
D) saturate
5. A wondrous
light will fill / Each dark round drop. 11619005
A) strange
B) penetrating
C) mysterious D) charming
6. It will be a lovely sight. 11619006
A) scene
B) melody
C) sensation
D) sentiment
Questions and Answers
Q.1 How can leaves drink rain? 11619007
Q.2 What
does the poet hope in the poem "The Rain"? 11619008
OR
Why
does W. H. Davies hope to have a lovely sight after rain?
Q.3 How
can a rainy day be enjoyed? 11619009
Q.4 What
kind of noise does the rain cause? 11619010
OR
What
impression does the sound of rainfall create on the poet?
OR
How does the poet feel when he hears the rain
falling on the leaves?
Q.5 Give
symbolic importance of "The Rain" in four to five lines. 11619011
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza 1: 11619012
I hear leaves drinking rain;
I hear rich leaves on top
Giving the poor beneath
Drop after drop;
'Tis a sweet noise to hear
These green leaves drinking near.
Stanza 2: 11619013
And when the sun comes out,
After this rain shall stop,
A wondrous light will fill
Each dark, round drop;
I hope the Sun shines bright;
It will be a lovely sight.
Poem 2
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose
the correct synonym.
1. This
is the Night Mail crossing the Border.
A) shade B) frontier
11620001
C) limit D) breadth
2. …Pulling
up Beattock, a steady climb…
A) fast B) low 11620002
C) continuous D) upcoming
3. …Pulling
up Beattock, a steady climb…
A) ascent B) descent 11620003
C) bluff D) dale
4. The gradient's against her, but she's on
time.
A) ascent B) boulder
11620004
C) moorland D) tract
5. Past
cotton-grass and moorland
boulder.
A) plain B) lowland 11620005
C) heath D) wetland
6. Past
cotton-grass and moorland boulder.
A) valley B) curve 11620006
C) border D) stone
7. Shovelling white steam over her shoulder.
A) appearing B) absorbing 11620007
C) taking D) throwing
8. Birds
turn their heads as she approaches.
A) arrives B) departs 11620008
C) halts D) ascends
9. …Stare
from bushes at her blank-faced
coaches. 11620009
A) expressionless
B) ugly
C) monstrous
D) thunderous
10. Stare
from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.
11620010
A) seats
B) mailboxes
C) compartments D) engines
11. Sheep-dogs
cannot turn her course. 11620011
A) situation B) plan
C) path D) shape
12. They slumber on with paws across. 11620012
A) enjoy B) wait (Board
2010)
C) sleep D) reflect
13. But a
jug in a bedroom gently shakes.
A) rolls B) flows 11620013
C) quivers D) stumbles
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
is the Night Mail and what does it bring? 11620014
OR
What kind of train has been
described by the poet in “Night Mail”?
Q.2 What
kind of letters does the Night Mail carry? 11620015
Q.3 What is the reaction of the sheep-dogs on
the arrival of Night Mail? 11620016
OR
How do the sheep-dogs react at the
arrival of the Night Mail?
Q.4 What
happens at the farm as the Night Mail passes by? 11620017
Q.5 Why
do birds stare at the Night Mail? 11620018
Q.6 What
is the most significant quality of the Night Mail? 11620019
Q.7 Write
a brief note on the "Night Mail". 11620020
Q.8 The poet calls the coaches of Night Mail
“blank-faced”. Why? 11620021
Explanation with Reference to Context
Lines
1-2: 11620022
This is the Night Mail crossing the
Border,
Bringing the cheque and the postal order,
Lines
3-4: 11620023
Letters for the rich, letters for the
poor.
The shop at the corner, the girl next door;
Lines
5-6: 11620024
Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb;
The gradient's against her, but she's on
time.
Lines
7-8: 11620025
Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder’
Shovelling white steam over her shoulder’
Lines
9-10: 11620026
Snorting noisily, she passes
Silent
miles of wind-bent grasses;
Lines
11-12: 11620027
Birds turn their heads as she
approaches,
Stare
from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.
Lines
13-16: 11620028
Sheep-dogs cannot turn her
course;
They slumber on with paws
across.
In the farm she passes; no one
wakes,
But a jug in a bedroom gently
shakes.
Poem 3
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1.
Is hung
with bloom along the bough. 11621001
A) relaxed B) lifted
C) laden D) shot
2. Is
hung with bloom along the bough.
11621002
A) leaves
B) branches
C) blossom D) fragrance
3.
Is hung with bloom along the bough. 11621003
A) branch B) trunk
C) leaves D) petal
4.
Wearing white for Easter tide.
11621004
A) time B) custom
C) tradition D) preparation
5.
Now, of my three score years and ten.
11621005
A) fifty years B) sixty years
C) seventy years
D) eighty years
6.
And take from seventy springs a score.
A) ten B) twenty
11621006
C) thirty D) forty
7.
Fifty Springs are little room. 11621007
A) joy B) place
C) time D) scope
8. And
since to look at things in bloom.
11621008
A) beauty B) in full swing
C) in fascination D) in sadness
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
time of the year is mentioned in the first stanza of the poem? 11621009
Q.2 What
does the poem "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now” glorify? 11621010
Q.3 What
time of life would not come again? 11621011
Q.4 Why
are fifty springs little time to see the cherry trees? 11621012
Q.5 What
is the theme of the poem "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now”? 11621013
Q.6 What
is Easter? 11621014
Q.7 How does the poet plan to spend the small
period of his remaining life of fifty years?
11621015
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza 1: 11621016
Loveliest
of trees the cherry now
Is
hung with bloom along the bough
And
stands about the woodland ride
Wearing
white for Easter tide.
Stanza
2: 11621017
Now, of my three score
years and ten
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy Springs a
score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
Stanza
3:
And since to look at things in
bloom 11621018
Fifty Springs are little room,
About the woodland I will go
To see the cherry hung with
snow.
Poem 4
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. That valley
is fatal when furnaces burn.
(Board
2015) 11622001
A) green B) disastrous
C) fertile
D) beautiful
2. "That
valley is fatal when furnaces burn".
A) explosives
B) wood 11622002
C) volcanoes D) coal
3. Yonder's the midden whose odours will madden. 11622003
A) everywhere B) around
C) here D) there
4.
Yonder's the midden whose odours will madden. 11622004
A) shape
B) mountain
C) mess D) dunghill
5. Yonder's the
midden whose odours will madden.
11622005
A) looks
B) commands
C) stink D) appearance
6. Yonder's the
midden whose odours will madden. 11622006
A) misguide B) materialize
C) make angry D) make
mad
7. …That dusk will delay on your path to the
pass… 11622007
A) dust-storm B) darkness
C) frost D) fog
8. …That dusk
will delay on your path to the
pass… 11622008
A) linger B) divert
C) vanish D) dwindle
9. That dusk
will delay on your path to the pass… 11622009
A) journey B) destination
C) passage D) valley
10. Your diligent looking
discover the lacking…
A) decent
B) late 11622010
C) hasty
D) painstaking
11.
Your diligent looking
discover the lacking…
A) regret B) leisure 11622011
C) littleness D) difference
12. Did you see
that shape in the twisted trees?
A) limbless B) teeming 11622012
C) leafless D) deformed
13. The spot on
your skin is a shocking disease?
A) curable B) chronic 11622013
C) horrible
D) peculiar
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
kind of feelings does the poet create in the minds of the readers? 11622014
Q.2 What
do you feel after reading the poem? 11622015
Q.3 What
does the title of the poem "O Where Are You Going?"signify? 11622016
Q.4 What
is the theme of the poem "O Where Are You Going?"? 11622017
Q.5 What
did the reader say to the rider? 11622018
Q.6 What
dangers of the way does 'the reader' point out to 'the rider' in the poem
"O Where Are You Going?"? 11622019
Q.7 What
does the poet tell about the gap in "O Where Are You Going?"? 11622020
Q.8 What
does “horror” say to “hearer”? 11622021
Q.9 What
is the reaction of the rider to all the suggestions? 11622022
Q.10 What
does the fearer say to the farer? 11622023
Explanation with Reference
to Context
Stanza 1: 11622024
"O where
are you going?” said reader to rider,
“That valley
is fatal when furnaces burn,
Yonder’s the
midden whose odours will madden,
That gap is
the grave where the tall return.
Stanza 2: 11622025
"O do
you imagine,” said fearer to farer,
“That dusk
will delay on your path to the pass,
Your diligent
looking discover the lacking
Your footsteps
feel from granite to grass?”
Stanza 3: 11622026
"O what
was that bird," said horror to hearer,
"Did you
see that shape in the twisted trees?
Behind you
swiftly the figure comes softly,
The spot on your skin is a shocking disease?”
Stanza 4: 11622027
"Out of
this house" - said rider to reader,
"Yours
never will" - said farer to fearer,
"They're
looking for you" - said hearer to horror,
As he left
them there, as he left them there.
Poem 5
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose
the correct synonym.
1.
Wicks balance
flame; a dark dew falls.
A) twinkle B) burn 11623001
C) reduce D) stabilize
2.
Pyramid-piled like
cannon balls. 11623002
A) arranged in a cone-shaped order
B) heaped in an untidy fashion
C) dumped in a disorderly pile
D) glowing red hot
3.
Glow
red-hot, gold hot, from within.11623003
A) seem B) shine
C) decorate D) polish
4.
Dark children with a coin to spend / Enter the
lantern’s orbit. 11623004
A) place B) gloom
C) lane D) range
5.
The moon compacted to a rind. 11623005
A) squeezed B) changed
C) broken D) twinkled
6.
The moon compacted to a rind. 11623006
A) seed B) core
C) skin of
fruit D) pulp of
fruit
7.
The sun in a pitted skin. 11623007
A) thick B) juicy
C) rough D) smooth
8.
Radiant as
lanterns, they forget 11623008
A) dim B) burning
C) glowing D) transparent
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
are the feelings of the poet standing in the dark? 11623009
Q.2 Why
do the fruits look like bombs to the poet? 11623010
OR
Why
has the poet used “cannon balls” to described the fruits?
Q.3 Make
a list of all the fruits mentioned in the poem? 11623011
OR
What fruits does the writer mention
in the poem "In the street of the fruit stalls"?
Q.4 Which parts of the children's body are
involved while eating fruit? 11623012
OR
How do the children enjoy fruit?
Q.5 What is the significance of "the moon
compacted to a rind" and "the sun in a pitted skin"?
11623013
Q.6 What is the significance of the repetition
of the word “dark” in the poem? 11623014
Q.7 What do the children stand for in the poem? 11623015
OR
What
kind of children have been mentioned in "In the Street of the Fruit
Stalls"?
Q.8 What
do the colours red-hot and gold-hot signify? 11623016
Q.9 What
is the central idea of "In the Street of the Fruit Stalls"? 11623017
OR
What
is the theme of "In the Street of the Fruit Stalls"?
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1: 11623018
Wicks
balance flame, a dark dew falls
In the
street of the fruit stalls
Melon,
guava, mandarin,
Pyramid
piled like cannon balls,
Glow
red hot, gold hot, from within.
Stanza
2: 11623019
Dark
children with a coin to spend
Enter
the lantern's orbit; find
Melon,
guava, mandarin--
The
moon compacted to a rind,
The
sun in a pitted skin.
Stanza
3:
They
take it, break it open, let 11623020
A gold
or silver fountain wet
Mouth,
fingers, cheek, nose, chin:
Radiant
as lanterns, they forget
The
dark street I am standing in.
Poem 6
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose
the correct synonym.
1. And with the same undulant grace. 11624001
A) wave-like B) whirling
C) swift D) charming
2. And with the same undulant grace. 11624002
A) turbulence B) greatness
C) elegance D) gait
3. She glides
with a stone jar. 11624003
A) moves
slowly B) moves swiftly
C) moves
smoothly D) runs softly
4. And not a ripple in her tread. 11624004
A) footfall B) smoothness
C) pace D) disturbance
5. And not a ripple in her tread. 11624005
A) step B) path
C) burden D) pace
6. Watching her cross erect / Stones, garbage…
A) enormous B) flat 11624006
C) upraised D) rounded
7. Stones, garbage, excrement and crumbs…
A) pebbles B) mud 11624007
C) rubbish D) ruins
8. Stones, garbage, excrement and crumbs…
A) waste
matter B) assortment
C) crack D) soil 11624008
9. Stones, garbage, excrement and crumbs…
A) bits 11624009
B) stones
C) pebbles
D) layers
10. Stones, garbage, excrement and crumbs / Of
glass in the Karachi slums. 11624010
A) bazaars B) streets
C) poor areas D) posh localities
11. I, with my stoop, reflect. 11624011
A) gait B) droop
C) elation D) body
12. I, with my stoop, reflect. 11624012
A) appreciate B) watch
C) neglect D)
contemplate
13. They stand most straight / Who learn to walk beneath a weight. 11624013
A) burdened B) upright
C) intelligent D) convenient
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What does the Sindhi Woman carry and how does
she walk? 11624014
Q.2 What kind of place does the Sindhi woman pass? 11624015
Q.3 What picture of the Karachi slums do you get
after reading the poem? 11624016
Q.4 What is the most appealing quality of Sindhi
woman? OR 11624017
What makes the Sindhi woman impressive?
Q.5 What is the theme of “A Sindhi Woman”? 11624018
OR
What message does the poet convey to the
readers?
OR
What does the poet reflect when he sees the
Sindhi Woman?
Q.6 Who is the author of “A Sindhi Woman”? 11624019
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1:
Bare
foot, through the bazaar, 11624020
And
with the same undulant grace
As the
cloth blown back from her face,
She
glides with a stone jar,
High
on her head
And
not a ripple in her tread.
Stanza2:
Watching
her cross erect 11624021
Stones,
garbage, excrement and crumbs
Of
glass in the Karachi slums,
I,
with my stoop, reflect:
They
stand most straight
Who
learn to walk beneath a weight.
Poem 7
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1.
And a time to every purpose under the heaven; 11625001
A) object B) proposition
C) principle D) meaning
2.
A time to plant / A time to pluck up that which is planted; 11625002
A) sapling B) irrigate
C) plan D) sow
3.
A time to pluck up that which is planted;
A) eat B) sell 11625003
C) reap D) cultivate
4.
A time to break down / And a time to build up; 11625004
A) finish B) demolish
C) spoil D) complete
5.
A time to break down / And a time to build up; 11625005
A) demolish B) construct
C) promote D) progress
6.
A time to weep / And a time to dance;
A) exercise B) move 11625006
C) rejoice D) jump
7.
A time to cast away stones… 11625007
A) pile up B) spread
C) throw away D) cut
8.
And a time to gather stones together;
A) gain B) add 11625008
C) compress D) collect
9.
A time to embrace / And a time to refrain from embracing; 11625009
A) accept B) denounce
C) mingle D) favour
10. And a
time to refrain from embracing;
(Board 2015) 11625010
A) sustain B) maintain
C) abstain D) disdain
11. A time
to rend /And a time to sew;
A) wear B) redo 11625011
C) repair D) tear apart
12. A time
to rend /And a time to sew;
A) join B) stitch 11625012
C) make D) sow
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
is the central idea of the poem "Times"? 11625013
OR
What is the subject-matter of the poem
"Times"?
OR
What
does the poem “Times” emphasize?
Q.2 How
do you make out the lines: “A time to plant / And a time to pluck up that which
is planted”? 11625014
Q.3 What
do you understand by the lines: A time to keep silence / And a time to speak? 11625015
Q.4 Who
is the author of the poem 'Times'? 11625016
Explanation with Reference to Context
Lines 1-4: 11625017
To everything there is a season,
And a time to every purpose under
the heaven;
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
Lines 5-8: 11625018
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck up that which is
planted…
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
Lines 9-12: 11625019
A time to weep,
And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones
together;
Lines 13-22: 11625020
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from
embracing;
A time to get,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And
a time to cast away;
A time to rend,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak . . .
Poem 8
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. I met a traveller from an antique land.
A) historical B) far off 11626001
C) ancient D) marvellous
2. Two vast and trunkless legs of stone.
A) huge B) wide 11626002
C) varied D) weary
3. Two vast and trunkless legs of
stone. 11626003
A) branchless B) without legs
C) without arms D) without torso
4. Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose
frown. 11626004
A) buried B) broken
C) seeming D) settled
5. Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose
frown. (Board 2010) 11626005
A) authoritative B) angry
C) shrunken D) broken
6. Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose
frown… 11626006
A) pedestal B) image
C) face D) body
7. half sunk, shattered visage lies, whose frown… 11626007
A) features B) posture
C) expression D) scowl
8. And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command. 11626008
A) lifeless B) opened
C) rounded D) lined
9. And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command. 11626009
A) contempt B) authority
C) movement D) expression
10. And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command. 11626010
A) unsympathetic B) ineffective
C) royal D) lenient
11. And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command. 11626011
A) suggestion B) authority
C) law D) impression
12. …Tell that its sculptor well those passions
read. 11626012
A) surveyor B) reporter
C) observer D) artist
13. Tell that its sculptor well those passions
read. 11626013
A) observations B) pangs
C) feelings D) thoughts
14. Tell that its sculptor well those passions
read. 11626014
A) approved B) observed
C) analyzed D) denounced
15. Which yet survive stamped on these lifeless
things. 11626015
A) repeat B) remain
C) struggle D) speak
16. Which yet survive stamped on these lifeless
things. 11626016
A) commanded B) imprinted
C) faded D) curved
17. The hand that mocked them and the heart that
fed: 11626017
A) countered B) ridiculed
C) copied D) gestured
18. And on the pedestal these words appear.
A) brow B) base 11626018
C) stone D) visage
19. Look on my work, ye Mighty, and despair.
A) get disappointed B) get
excited
C) decay D) deviate
11626019
20. Nothing beside remains round the decay.
A) base B) deterioration
C) visage D) sculpture11626020
21. Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.
A) diminutive B) huge 11626021
C) stony D) shattered
22. Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.
A) desert B) torso 11626022
C) ruin D) parts
23. Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare.
A) shattered B) unlimited
11626023
C) loose D) undefined
24. Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare… 11626024
A) basic B) lofty
C) barren D) shrouded
25. The lone and level sands stretch far away.
A) trackless B) trivial 11626025
C) desolate D) luminous
26. The lone and level sands stretch far away.
A) pile
up B) dry up 11626026
C) spread D) grab
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
did the traveller see in the desert? 11626027
Q.2 What
expressions were stamped on the shattered visage of Ozymandias? 11626028
Q.3 What
kind of feelings does the poet create in the minds of the reader? 11626029
Q.4 What
lesson do we learn from the poem "Ozymandias"? 11626030
OR
What
is the theme of "Ozymandias"?
Q.5 How
does Shelley praise the sculptor in "Ozymandias"? 11626031
Q.6 Who
is the author of the poem "Ozymandias"? 11626032
Q.7 Give
a short character sketch of Ozymandias. 11626032
Explanation with Reference
to Context
Stanza 1: 11626033
I
met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and
trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert ... Near
them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage
lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of
cold command,
Stanza 2: 11626034
Tell that its sculptor well those
passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these
lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the
heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words
appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of
kings:’
Stanza 3: 11626035
‘Look
on my works, ye Mighty and despair!’
Nothing
beside remains. Round the decay
Of
that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The
lone and level sands stretch far away.
Poem 9
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. Holding a grain of millet in her beak…
A) splitting B) fissuring 11627001
C) having D) knowing
2. Holding a grain of millet in her beak…
11627002
A) particle
B) lump
C) shoot D) slice
3. Holding a grain of millet in her beak…
11627003
A) fruit B) cereal
C) vegetable D) meat
4. The young
ones are so tiny and small… 11627004
A) small B) plump
C) hungry D) round
5. Conjoining beak with beak… 11627005
A) feeding B) breaking
C) severing D) joining
6. With whom should she solace? 11627006
A) snub B) ignore
C) soothe D) rely
7. Fissuring the atom / You have learnt to weep
and wail in a loud tone. 11627007
A) inventing B) splitting
C) mixing D) utilizing
8. You have learnt to weep and wail in a loud
tone. 11627008
A) giggle B) devastate
C) groan D) cheer up
9. You have learnt to weep and wail in a loud
tone. 11627009
A) mournfully B) in
a hushed tone
C) consequently D) loudly
10. Splitting the grain… 11627010
A) holding B) breaking
C) putting
D) finding
11. You have learnt to set life on foot. 11627011
A) weep
and wail B) understand life
C) destroy
life D) support
life
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What does the mother sparrow hold in her
beak? 11627012
Q.2 Which line in the first stanza does tell
us that the young ones have no feathers? 11627013
Q.3 What is the number and size of the
sparrow's young ones? 11627014
Q.4 What is the theme of “The Feed”? 11627015
OR
What message does the poet convey in
the “The Feed”?
Q.5 Who wrote the poem “The Feed”? 11627016
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1:
Holding
a grain of millet in her beak 11627017
The
mother sparrow has come to feed.
The
young ones are so tiny and small
From
head to toe they are beaks
When
they cry.
Stanza
2: 11627018
To
whom the mother sparrow should feed?
Conjoining
beak with beak
With
whom should she solace?
Stanza
3:
11627019
Fissuring
the atom,
You have learnt to weep and wail in a loud
tone,
Splitting
the grain,
You
have learnt to set life on foot
Could
you split the grain?
One
grain to be fed to the ten young ones.
Poem 10
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. We
are the hollow men. 11628001
A) nostalgic B) headstrong
C) violent D) worthless
2. We
are the stuffed men. 11628002
A) ambitious B) unreal
C) stunned D) primitive
3.
Leaning together. 11628003
A) bending B) standing
C) moving D) whispering
4.
Headpiece filled with straw. 11628004
A) sense B) skull
C) vision D) body
5.
Headpiece filled with straw. 11628005
A) ambition B) vanity
C) pride D) trash
6.
Our dried voices when / we whisper together… 11628006
A) groan B) communicate
C) whistle D) murmur
7. Or
rat's feet over broken glass in our dry cellar. 11628007
A) hallway B) residence
C) basement D) living room
8. Paralysed
force, gesture without motion;
A) violent B) energized 11628008
C) crippled d) spent
9. Paralysed
force gesture without motion.
A) message B) curiosity 11628009
C) position D) signal
10. Not
as lost violent souls, but only 11628010
A) crippled B) humble
C) aggressive d)
sinful
11. Those
who have crossed / With direct eyes, to death’s other kingdom… 11628011
A) passed over B) maintained
C) remained D) persisted
Questions and Answers
Q.1 Why
does the poet call modern men hollow men? 11628012
OR
Who are the hollow men?
Q.2 What
do the expressions "wind in dry grass" and "rat's feet over
broken glass" suggest?
11628013
Q.3 What
is the significance of the expressions “shape without form, shade without
colour”?
11628014
Q.4 What
does the poet say in the last stanza of the poem "The Hollow Men"? 11628015
OR
What
does the poet say to those who have crossed to death’s other kingdom?
Q.5 What
is the theme of the poem "The Hollow Men"? 11628016
OR
What
does the title of the poem "The Hollow Men" suggest?
Q.6 Who
is the author of "The Hollow Men"? 11628017
Explanation with Reference
to Context
Stanza 1:
11628018
We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning
together
Headpiece filled with straw.
Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken
glass
In our dry cellar.
Stanza 2:
Shape without form, shade without
colour, 11628019
Paralysed force, gesture
without motion;
Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death's
other Kingdom
Remember us—if at all—not as
lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men.
Poem 11
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. What is this life if full of care… 11629001
A) caution B) hate
C) worry D) attentiveness
2. We
have no time to stand and stare. 11629002
A) think B) pause
C) wink D) watch
3. No
time to stand beneath the boughs.
A) over B) under 11629003
C) near D) far
4. No
time to stand beneath the boughs.
A) branches B) trees 11629004
C) leaves D) bushes
5. No
time to see, in broad daylight… 11629005
A) hazy B) natural
C) wide
D) clear
6. No
time to turn at Beauty's glance… 11629006
A) meaning B) grandeur
C) grace
D) look
7. …Enrich
that smile, her eyes began? 11629007
A) explore B) confine
C) enhance
D) purify
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
is the significance of the Title "Leisure"? 11629008
Q.2 Why
does the poet call this life poor? 11629009
OR
How have we made our life poor?
OR
Why is life full of care?
OR
When does the life of a man become poor?
Q.3 What
personification has been used in “Leisure”? 11629010
Q.4 What
do you understand by the image “streams full of stars”? 11629011
Q.5 Bring
out the main idea of “Leisure”? 11629012
OR
What is the theme of the poem “Leisure”? 11629013
Q.6 Who
is the author of “Leisure”? 11629014
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1: 11629015
What is this life if, full of
care
We have no time to stand and
stare?
No
time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or
cows:
No time to see, in broad daylight
Streams full of stars, like
skies at night:
Stanza
2:
No time to turn at Beauty's
glance, 11629016
And watch her feet, how they
can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth
can
Enrich that smile, her eyes
began?
A
poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and
stare
Poem 12
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. Faith
is like Abraham at the stake: 11630001
A) conviction B) strength
C) scaffold D) concord
2. You
whom this age's way so captivate!
A) disturb B) challenge 11630002
C) fascinate
D) deceive
3. To
have no faith is worse than slavery.
A) subjugation B) authority 11630003
C) imitation
D) compliance
4. Music
of strange lands with Islam's fire blends… 11630004
A) unity B) training
C) spirit D) promotion
5. Music
of strange lands with Islam's fire blends… 11630005
A) song B) culture
C) concord D) discord
6. Music
of strange lands with Islam's fire blends… 11630006
A) sounds B) asserts
C) mixes up D) flourishes
7. …On
which the nation's harmony depends; A) readiness B) disparity
11630007
C) unity D) spirit
8. Empty
of concord is the soul of Europe.
A) approval B) confusion 11630008
C) disunity
D) harmony
9. Love's
madness has departed: 11630009
A) principle B) longing
C) perplexity D) passion
10. Love's
madness has departed: 11630010
A) thrived B) deepened
C) disappeared D) settled
11. Ranks
broken, hearts perplexed, prayers cold. 11630011
A) unity B) posts
C) pledges D) distinctions
12. Ranks
broken, hearts perplexed, prayers cold. 11630012
A) puzzled B) pleased
C) contented D) composed
13. Ranks
broken, hearts perplexed, prayers cold. 11630013
A) inadequate B) prolonged
C) passionless D) irregular
Questions and Answers
Q.1 Who
was Abraham (A.S.)? 11630014
OR
Who was Abraham? What was his faith?
Q.2 What,
according to Allama Iqbal, is faith? 11630015
Q.3 What,
according to Allama Iqbal, is worse than slavery? 11630016
Q.4 Who
cannot compete with the civilization of Makkah? 11630017
OR
Why
can’t the western civilization compete with the Islamic civilization?
OR
How
does Allama Iqbal make a contrast between Islamic and Western civilizations?
Q.5 What
has made the efforts of Muslims fruitless? 11630018
OR
What are the causes of the downfall of the
Muslims?
Q.6 What
is the present state of the Muslims as given in the last stanza of “Ruba’iyat”? 11630019
OR
How does Iqbal paint the Muslims of today?
Q.7 Point
out the two factors which according to Allama Iqbal are the causes of downfall
of the Muslims? 11630020
Q.8 What
is the theme of “Ruba’iyat”? 11630021
OR
What does Iqbal say in “Ruba’iyat”?
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1: 11630022
Faith
is like Abraham at the stake; to be
Self-honoring
and God-drunk, is faith. Hear me,
You whom this age's way so
captivate!
To have no faith is worse than
slavery.
Stanza
2: 11630023
Music
of strange lands with Islam's fire blends,
On which the nation's harmony
depends;
Empty of concord is the soul
of Europe,
Whose civilization to no Makkah
bends.
Stanza
3: 11630024
Love's madness has departed:
in
The Muslim's veins the blood
runs thin;
Ranks broken, hearts
perplexed, prayers cold,
No feeling deeper than the
skin.
Poem 13
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. In
the storms of the shrills / Of arms, smoke and the drills… 11631001
(A) sharpness (B) hush
(C) smoke (D) uproar
2. In
the storms of the shrills / Of arms, smoke and the drills. 11631002
(A) military exercises (B) military
retreat
(C) recruitment (D) strategy
3. All
were scarred, burnt and afraid. 11631003
(A) injured (B) terrified
(C) paralyzed (D) evacuated
4. Woeful
were all the hills. 11631004
(A) sad (B) wonder-struck
(C) invaded (D) captured
5. Wasteful
were all the grills. 11631005
(A) unnecessary (B) desolate
(C) calm (D) trampled
6. None
to lessen their groans. 11631006
(A) sustain (B) diagnose
(C) relieve (D) sharpen
7. None
to share their moans… 11631007
(A) wails (B) cares
(C) motives (D) concerns
8. None
to lessen their groans. 11631008
(A) cries (B) interests
(C) deliberations (D) defense
9. Flowers,
flavours all smashed / Burnt, crushed and all dashed… 11631009
(A) rendered (B) dumped
(C) bloomed (D) ruined
10. Flowers,
flavours all smashed / Burnt, crushed and all dashed… 11631010
(A) infuriated (B) fostered
(C) diminished (D) destroyed
11. And
all passed through the grind. 11631011
(A) rescue (B) devastation
(C) gunpowder (D) disgust
12. The
lives of two glories / In the moments of furies. 11631012
(A) shrills (B) worries
(C) wrath (D) invasion
13. All
was done by a nation / Who in her wild passion. 11631013
(A) savagery
(B) discernment
(C) primitive assumption
(D) impossible emotion
14. Nor
saved them from deadly fights. 11631014
(A) otherworldly (B) careless
(C) unending (D) fatal
15. …Who
bore the pains of black day. 11631015
(A) concealed (B) faced
(C) intensified (D) relieved
16. “Ashes”
are not merely the waste. 11631016
(A) actually
(B) scarcely
(C) partially
(D) simply
17. “Ashes”
are not merely the waste. 11631017
(A) consequence
(B) frugality
(C) trash
(D) extravagance
Questions and Answers
Q.1 Describe
the circumstances the victims had to pass through? 11631018
Q.2 Describe
the scene of devastation in "A Tale of Two Cities". 11631019
Q.3 What
is the moral of "A Tale of Two Cities"? 11631020
OR
What is the central idea of "A Tale of
Two Cities"?
Q.4 Why
did the people of the two cities look powerless and helpless? 11631021
Q.5 What
is the significance of the title of the poem "A Tale of Two Cities"? 11631022
Q.6 What
does the poet say in the last stanza of "A Tale of Two Cities"? 11631023
Q.7 Who
is the author of "A Tale of Two Cities"? 11631024
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1: 11631025
In the storms of the shrills
Of arms, smoke and the drills
All were scarred, burnt and afraid
Powerless and helpless were they made.
Stanza
2: 11631026
Woeful were all the hills
Wasteful were all the grills
None to share their moans
None to lessen their groans.
Stanza3: 11631027
The flowers, flavours all smashed
Burnt, crushed and all dashed
And all passed through the grind
Leaving there nothing behind.
Stanza
4: No eye
could look 11631028
The explosion that took
The
lives of two glories
In the
moments of furies.
Stanza
5: All
was done by a nation 11631029
Who in
her wild passion
Cared
not for the human rights
Nor
saved them from deadly fights.
Stanza6: But how much great were they 11631030
Who bore
the pains of black day
"Ashes
are not merely the waste
They
can really create the great."
Poem 14
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. My
neighbour friend breathing his last!
(A) on death bed
(B) losing hope 11632001
(C) suffering (D) crying for help
2. What
should I do, O God! Aghast! 11632002
(A) amazed (B) ashamed
(C) disgusted (D) horrified
3. He
is to leave, now can’t remain. 11632003
(A) spare (B) depart
(C) relax (D) linger
4. He
is to leave, now can’t remain. 11632004
(A) abstain (B) cure
(C) manage (D) stay
5. On
every side decamping talk. 11632005
(Board 2010)
(A) shrieking (B) detaining
(C) departing
(D) devastating
6. At
every place are shrieks in stock. 11632006
(A) horrors (B) deaths
(C) cries (D) pranks
7. Flare
up flames in heart to height. 11632007
(A) burn (B) alight
(C) horrify (D) creep
8. For,
visible is not charming sight. 11632008
(A) distant scene (B) external
world
(C) the hereafter (D) death
scene
9. For,
visible is not charming sight. 11632009
(A) tragic (B) pleasant
(C) repugnant (D) decamping
10. Without
His love, Bullah in loss. 11632010
(A) anger (B) loneliness
(C) harm (D) privilege
11. Can
hardly dwell here or across. 11632011
(A) depart (B) forget
(C) live (D) deal
12. Can
hardly dwell here or across. 11632012
(A) in this horror (B) in
this loss
(C) in this tragedy (D) in this world
13. Can
hardly dwell here or across. 11632013
(A) in the next world
(B) in another society
(C) in another company
(D) in another shock
Questions and Answers
Q.1 When
does a person remember God? 11632014
Q.2 What
is the effect of the death scene? 11632015
Q.3 What
is the effect of the death of Bullah Shah's friend on him? 11632016
Q.4 Why
does a person feel helpless on the death of a friend? 11632017
Q.5 “Flare
up flames in heart to height.” Comment. 11632018
Q.6 Without
whose love is Bullah in loss? 11632019
Q.7 What
conclusion does the poet draw in the last three lines of “My Neighbour Friend
Breathing His Last”? 11632020
OR
What
is the central idea of “My Neighbour Friend Breathing His Last”?
Q.8 Who
is the author of "My Neighbour Friend Breathing His Last"? 11632021
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1: 11632022
My neighbour friend breathing
his last!
What should I do, O God!
Aghast!
He is to leave, now can't
remain,
Companions ready to catch the
train.
What should I do, O God!
Aghast!
Stanza
2:
Flare up flames in heart to
height, 11632023
For, visible is not charming sight
What should I do, O God!
Aghast!
Stanza
3: 11632024
Without His love, Bullah in
loss,
Can
hardly dwell here or across.
What
should I do, O God! Aghast!
Poem 15
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose
the correct synonym.
1. Naught
else had He in view. 11633001
A) many B) no
C) nothing D) plan
2. He
got enmeshed in love. 11633002
A) delighted B) grieved
C) involved D) recognized
3. He
alighted from high heaven. 11633003
A) descended B) ascended
C) blessed D) abandoned
4. …To
pour a cascade of love. 11633004
A) splash B) command
C) receive D) comprehend
5. To
pour a cascade of love. 11633005
A) means B) trial
C) passion D) torrent
6. Became
Mansur to mount the gallows.
A) fix B) climb 11633006
C) descend D) discard
7. Became
Mansur to mount the gallows.
A) scaffold B) mountain 11633007
C) stage
D) heights
8. He
treaded the bazaars of Egypt. 11633008
A) conquered B) subdued
C) left D) walked
9. Sachu
speaks the bare truth. 11633009
A) small B) plain
C) mysterious D) strange
10. To
speak of His sojourn on earth. 11633010
A) view B) knowledge
C) stay D) blessing
Questions and Answers
Q.1 Why
does the poet put emphasis on how He came to know Himself? 11633011
Q.2 What
makes one entangled in love? 11633012
Q.3 Why
did Mansur mount the gallows? 11633013
Q.4 What
is the bare truth? 11633014
OR
What
is the theme of “He Came to Know Himself”?
Q.5 What
does the poet say about “His sojourn on earth” in the last line of “He Came to
Know Himself”? 11633015
Q.6 Who
is the author of? 11633016
Q.7 Who treaded the bazaars of Egypt? 11633017
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza
1: 11633018
He came to know Himself
Naught else had He in view
To be able to realize this
He got enmeshed in love
Stanza
2: 11633019
He alighted from high heaven
To pour a cascade of love
Became Mansur to mount the
gallows
Just to have His head cut off.
Stanza
3: 11633020
He treaded the bazaars of
Egypt
Just to be sold for a slave
Sachu speaks the bare Truth
To speak of His sojourn on
earth
Poem 16
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1.
His eye may scare you from sinning. 11634001
A) terrify B) spur (Board 2007)
C) know D) avoid
2. You may close your lips against
foul discourse. 11634002
A) constant B) secret
C) evil D) loud
3. You may close your lips against
foul discourse. 11634003
A) accusation B) deed
C) talk D) plan
4. You may be afraid of Him to
plot an evil.
A) commit B) foil 11634004
C) shun D) plan
5. These are not mere accidental names of God. 11634005
A) just B) exceptional
C) clear D) unclear
6. So are these names derived from
God's attributes. 11634006
A) thrust B) obtained
C) adorned D) remembered
7. So are these names derived from
God's attributes. 11634007
A) plans B) signs
C) actions D) qualities
8. And not mere vain titles of First
Cause.
A) proud B) meaningful 11634008
C) great D) common
9. And not mere vain titles of First Cause.
A) visions B) remembrances
C) talks D) names
11634009
Questions and Answers
Q.1 Why
does God call Himself “Seeing”? 11634010
Q.2 Why
does God call Himself “Hearing”? 11634011
Q.3 Why
does God call Himself “Knowing”? 11634012
Q.4 How
many attributes of God are mentioned in the poem? 11634013
Q.5 What
makes one scared of sinning? 11634014
Q.6 How
do the attributes of God affect man's character? 11634015
OR
What
are the effects of the attributes of God?
OR
How
do the attributes of God help in refining the character of a person?
Q.7 Mention
three more attributes of God. 11634016
Q.8 Do
you think we remember the attributes of God in our daily life? 11634017
Q.9 Who
is the author of “God’s Attributes”? 11634018
Explanation with Reference to Context
Lines 1-4: 11634019
God calls Himself 'Seeing' to
the end that
His eye may scare you from
sinning.
God calls Himself 'Hearing' to
the end that
You may close your lips
against foul discourse.
Lines 5-6: 11634020
God calls Himself ‘Knowing’ to
the end that
You may be afraid of Him to
plot an evil.
Lines 7-10: 11634021
These are not
mere accidental names of God
As a negro may
be called camphor;
So are these
names derived from God's attributes,
And not mere
vain titles of the First Cause.
Poem 17
Multiple
Choice Questions
Choose the correct synonym.
1. I am
a feather on the bright sky. 11635001
A) brilliant
B) broad
C) misty
D) starry
2. I am
the fish that rolls, shining, in the water.
A) wraps B) rests 11635002
C) slumbers D) moves
3. I am
the evening light, the luster of meadows. 11635003
A) glow B) greenery
C) view D) depth
4. I am
the evening light, the luster of meadows.
(Board
2010) 11635004
A) dales B) crops
C) peaks D) grasslands
5. I am
a cluster of bright beads. 11635005
A) lover B) bunch
C) glow D) crest
6. I am
the cold of the dawn. 11635006
A) evening B) winter
C) morning D) autumn
7. I am
the roaring of the rain. 11635007
A) shower B) cold
C) rustling D) thunder
8. I am
the glitter on the crust of the snow.
A) peak B) luster 11635008
C) layer D) particle
9. I am
the glitter on the crust of the snow.
A) bottom B) shine 11635009
C) surface D) depth
10. I am
the long track of the moon in a lake.
A) glow B) course 11635010
C) light D) goal
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What
do you understand when the poet says, "I am the shadow that follows a
child"?11635011
Q.2 How
can the crust of snow glitter? 11635012
Q.3 What
is the dream of the poet “The Delight Song”? 11635013
Q.4 What
is the effect of man's good relations with the earth and the lords? 11635014
Q.5 What
are the things that keep a person alive? 11635015
Q.6 Of
pessimism and optimism which goes well with the poem “The Delight Song”? 11635016
Q.7 Write
down your opinion in a few sentences basing it on the theme of “The Delight
Song”.
OR 11635017
What is the theme of “The Delight Song”?
Q.8 Who
is the author of "The Delight Song"? 11635018
Explanation with Reference to
Context
Stanza
1: 11635019
I am a feather on the bright
sky
I am the blue horse that runs
in the plain
I am the fish that rolls,
shining, in the water
I am the shadow that follows a
child
I am the evening light, the
luster of meadows
I am the eagle playing with
the wind
I am a cluster of bright beads
I am the farthest star
I am the cold of the dawn
I am the roaring of the rain
Stanza
2: 11635020
I am the glitter on the crust
of the snow
I am the long track of the
moon in a lake
I am the flame of four colors
I am the whole dream of these
things.
Stanza
3: 11635021
You see, I am alive, I am
alive
I stand in good relation to the
earth
I stand in good relation to
the lords
I stand in good relation to
all that is beautiful
I stand in good relation to
all that is fruitful
You see, I am alive, I am
alive.
Poem 18
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Love—an
essence of all religions. 11636001
A) core B) part
C) mission D) knowledge
2. Through
love vinegar becomes sweet wine. 11636002
A) wine B) a sour drink
C) barley D) nectar
3. Through
love vinegar becomes sweet wine.
11636003
A) sweet drink B) acidic liquor
C) natural drink D) grape
juice
4. Through
love the stake becomes a throne.
A) court B) subjugation
C) scaffold D) cave 11636004
5. Through
love misfortune becomes good fortune. 11636005
A) grief B) misconception
C) misdeed D) bad luck
6. Through
love grief becomes a joy. 11636006
A) hatred B) sorrow
C) luck D) difficulty
7. Through love lions become harmless.11636007
A) tame B) dangerous
C) careless D) natural
8. Through
love wrath seems to be a mercy.
A) anger B) repose 11636008
C) conflict D) ailment
9. Through
love wrath seems to be a mercy.
A) sickness B) indignation11636009
C) clemency D) compulsion
10. Through
love the dead rise to life. 11636010
A) pass away B) become alive
C) wish to live D) prosper
in life
Questions and Answers
Q.1 Why
does the poet put emphasis on love? 11636011
OR
What
is the central idea of “Love – an Essence of All Religions”?
Q.2 What
is the effect of love? 11636012
Q.3 Is
life worth living without love? 11636013
Q.4 What
is your understanding of the line: “Through love the king becomes a slave”? 11636014
Q.5 Who
is the author of “Love – an Essence of All Religions”? 11636015
Explanation with Reference to
Context
Stanza
1: 11636016
Through
love thorns become roses, and
Through
love vinegar becomes sweet wine,
Through
love the stake becomes a throne,
Through
love misfortune becomes good fortune
Stanza
2: 11636017
Through
love burning fire becomes pleasing light,
Through
love stone becomes soft as butter,
Through
love grief becomes a joy,
Through
love lions become harmless.
Stanza
3: 11636018
Through love sickness becomes
health,
Through love wrath seems to be
a mercy,
Through love the dead rise to
life,
Through love the king becomes
a slave.
Poem 19
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the
correct synonym.
1. A
man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 11637001
A) actions B) success
C) disgrace D) honour
2. A
man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. (Board 2007) 11637002
A) grass B) vegetation
C) thorns D) wild plants
3. And
when the sky begins to roar, it's like a lion at the door. 11637003
A) pour B) thunder
C) glow D) crack
4. And
when the door begins to crack, it's like a stick across your back. 11637004
A) open B) bang
C) rattle D) break
5. And
when your back begins to smart, it's like a penknife in your heart. 11637005
A) bend B) hurt
C) soothe D) thin
6. It's
like a penknife in your heart. 11637006
A) spear B) pang
C) demon D) pocketknife
7. You're
dead and dead and dead indeed.
A) probably B) really 11637007
C) somehow D) almost
Questions and Answers
Q.1 How
does the life of an idle man pass through different phases? 11637008
Q.2 What
happens when life is spent with the help of words and not of deeds? 11637009
OR
What is the moral of “A Man of Words and Not
of Deeds”? OR
What is the theme of “A Man of Words and Not
of Deeds”?
OR
What
is the difference between the life of words and that of action? 11637010
Q.3 What is the condition of the garden when
the weeds start growing? 11637011
OR
“A
man of words and not of deeds / Is like a garden full of weeds.” Comment.
OR
Why does the poet compare an idler to a
garden full of weeds?
Q.4 What
is meant by 'A Man of Words and not of Deeds'? 11637012
Q.5 What
is the significance of the roaring sky in “A Man of Words and not of Deeds”? 11637013
Q.6 What
is your understanding of the image of “a lion at the door”? 11637014
Q.7 Who
is the author of “A Man of Words and not of Deeds”? 11637015
Explanation with Reference to Context
Stanza 1: 11637016
A
man of words and not of deeds,
Is
like a garden full of weeds.
And
when the weeds begin to grow,
It's
like a garden full of snow.
Stanza 2: 11637017
And
when the snow begins to fall,
It's
like a bird upon the wall.
And
when the bird away does fly,
It's
like an eagle in the sky.
Stanza 3: 11637018
And
when the sky begins to roar,
It's
like a lion at the door.
And
when the door begins to crack,
It's
like a stick across your back.
Stanza 4:
11637019
And
when your back begins to smart,
It's
like a penknife in your heart.
And
when your heart begins to bleed,
You're
dead and dead and dead indeed.
Poem 20
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose
the correct synonym.
1. He is
quick, thinking in clear images. 11638001
A) clear B) sharp
C) cautious D) studious
2. He
is quick, thinking in clear images. 11638002
A) secrets B) efforts
C) notions D) effects
3. I am
slow, thinking in broken images. 11638003
A) exaggerated B) unclear
C) rounded D) fair
4. He
becomes dull trusting to his clear images.
A) vain B) dubious 11638004
C) disinterested D) slow
5. I
become sharp mistrusting my broken images. 11638005
A) uncritical B) successful
C) clever D) hasty
6. Trusting
his images, he assumes their relevance. 11638006
A) tests B) imposes
C) supposes D) confuses
7. Trusting
his images, he assumes their relevance. 11638007
A) significance B) shallowness
C) impressiveness D) procedure
8. When
the fact fails him, he questions his senses. 11638008
A) confirms B) disturbs
C) inquires D) doubts
9. When
the fact fails me, I approve my senses.
A) test B) restrict 11638009
C) appreciate
D) abandon
10. He in
a new confusion of his understanding.
A) enlightenment B) perplexity
11638010
C) fusion D) rejection
Questions and Answers
Q.1 What is the condition of the two persons – one
who trusts clear images and the other who mistrusts broken images? 11638011
Q.2 Why does a person question his senses when
the fact fails him? 11638012
Q.3 Who is in a new confusion of his
understanding? 11638013
Q.4 What conclusion does the poet draw in the
last two lines of "In Broken Images"? 11638014
OR
What is the theme of "In Broken
Images"?
OR
What is the central idea of "In Broken
Images"?
Q.5 Who wrote the poem "In Broken
Images"? 11638015
Explanation with Reference to
Context
Stanza 1: 11638016
He is quick, thinking in clear
images;
I am slow, thinking in broken
images.
He becomes dull, trusting to
his clear images;
I become sharp, mistrusting my
broken images.
Stanza 2: 11638017
Trusting his images, he
assumes their relevance;
Mistrusting my images, I
question their relevance.
Assuming their relevance, he
assumes the fact;
Questioning their relevance, I
question the fact.
When the fact fails him, he
questions his senses;
When the fact fails me, I
approve my senses.
Stanza
3: 11638018
He
continues quick and dull in his clear images;
I continue slow and sharp in
my broken images.
He in a new confusion of his
understanding;
I in a new understanding of my
confusion.
