Questions and Answers

Who sells expensive board games in the poem ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’ by Sarojini Naidu? What indicates they are expensive? What do the wares sold by the peddlers — chessman and ivory dice — suggest about indian society?

Why is Sarojini Naidu’s poem In The Bazaars of Hyderabad in the question-answer form? Who asks and who replies the questions in the poem?

“His dreams and his efforts dashed in the dirt” — What dreams of the runner were dashed as stated in David Roth’s poem “Nine Gold Medals”?

Explain the following line from Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ referring to context: “Where knowledge is free”.

Who was Abou Ben Adhem in Leigh Hunt’s poem of same name? What does Abou see when he wakes up one night?

In Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ why does the horse shake its harness bells? What does it signify?

What kind of love is portrayed in Sir Philip Sidney’s poem “Loving in Truth”? Or, Discuss the nature of love the speaker presents in Sidney’s poem “Loving in Truth”.

According to poet Roald Dahl in the poem ‘Television’, why do parents let their children watch television for long?

Write a critical appreciation of the poems The Eve of Waterloo by Lord Byron and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen with reference to romanticism of war, its glorification and futility.

I cannot but shed tears. (Use ‘help’) Or, I cannot but shed tears. (Remove ‘but’)