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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
............... The stunted, unlucky heir
Of twisted bones, reciting a father's gnarled disease,
His lesson, from his desk. At the back of the dim class
On unnoted, sweet and young.
(i) Who is the unlucky heir?
(ii) What will he inherit?
(iii) Who is sitting at the back of the dim class?
(i) The unlucky heir is the boy with deformed body.
(ii) He will inherit a disability of twisted bones from his father.
(iii) A sweet-looking, yet unnoticeable boy is sitting at the back of the dim class.
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Driving from my parent's
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with pain
that she was as old as she looked.
(i) Where was the poet driving to?
(ii) Why was her mother's face looking like that of a corpse?
(iii) What did the poet notice about her mother?
(i) The poet was driving to the airport.
(ii) Her mother's face was looking like that of a corpse because it was pallid and its natural radiance had desiccated with age.
(iii) The poet noticed her mother's pale and 'ashen' face, lost of all vitality and colour, owing to her old age.
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
What does Keats consider an endless fountain of immortal drink and why does he call its drink immortal?
Keats compares the beautiful things of nature to a fountain of immortal drink. He calls its drink immortal because the beauty, joy and pleasure derived from it are everlasting.
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem? What is Neruda's attitude towards these wars?
The different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem 'Keeping Quiet' are green wars, wars with gas, and wars with fire. Neruda considers these wars as destructive and futile activities.
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
What news in the poem, ‘A Roadside Stand’ is making its rounds in the village?
The news in the poem 'A Roadside Stand' that is making its rounds in the village is that the villagers will be provided with homes near theatres and shopping complexes; that they will be taken care of; and that they have to worry no more.
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