Questions and Answers

Comment on the use of suspense and visual imagery in Norah Burke’s short story “The Blue Bead”.

What is your opinion of the poem ‘After Blenheim’ by Robert Southey? Do you like it? Why or why not?

Answer the following short-answer type/ objective questions on the poem “After Blenheim” by Robert Southey.

What are the prevailing weather conditions when Sir Ralph returns to the shore of Scotland in the poem The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey?

What does the first man hold back in the poem ‘The Cold Within’ and why?

Why do you think the poet has used the two adjectives ‘bleak’ and ‘bitter’ to describe the cold in the first stanza of the poem The Cold Within? What figure of speech is used in the line?

Who do you think is the central character — Muni or the horse in the short story “A Horse and Two Goats” by R. K. Narayan?

How is Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘In The Bazaars of Hyderabad’ Indian in content and presentation?

What quality of the king does the word ‘scabbard’ suggest in Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’?

In Chief Seattle’s 1854 speech, what does the speaker say about death? Explain it. Or, What does Chief Seattle mean when he says “There is no death, only a change of worlds.”?