Short Answer TypeRead 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) 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?
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?
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?
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?
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
What lies heavily on Aunt Jennifer's hand? How is it associated with her husband?
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
What was the order from Berlin and what changes did it cause in the school?
Douglas appointed an instructor who successfully built a swimmer out of him. After this, he swam alone in the pool and later went to Lake Wentworth to dive. Finally, in his diving expedition in the Warm Lake, he made sure that he conquered his old terror completely.
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