Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport's
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter's moon and felt that
old
familiar ache, _ _ _
(a) How can the trees sprint?
(b) Why did the poet look at her mother again?
(c) What did she observe?
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.
(a) The poetess was looking out of the car while it was moving. It seemed to her that the objects were moving in the opposite direction. Also, it looked like as if the trees were running. So, she said that the trees sprint.
(b) The poetess looked at her mother again to assure her mother that she would see her again.
(c) The poetess observed that her mother looked pale and weak.
(d) The poetic device that is used in these lines is personification and simile.
Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realize. Comment.
Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
How did Rajkumar Shukla establish that he was resolute?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
and
On their slag heap, them children
Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel
With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones
(a) Who are these children?
(b) What is their slag heap?
(c) Why are their bones peeping though their skins?
(d) What does 'with mended glass' mean?
Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
Mention any four things of beauty that add joy to our life.
Answer any four of the following in 30 - 40 words each:
'Life is what it is all about...' How is keeping quiet related to life?
