Questions and Answers

From the story “The old man at the bridge” by Earnest Hemingway.

Do you think that Leigh Hunt’s poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’ is relevant in the modern world? How?

What do you mean by ‘unborn eyes’ in Henry Cuyler Bunner’s poem ‘The Heart of the Tree’? Which figure of speech is used here?

Give a character sketch of the marshal in O. Henry’s short story ‘Hearts and Heads’.

What are some special features of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem “Where mind is without fear” to be included while writing a critical appreciation of the poem?

What does Jesse mean by ’24-carat-friendship’? How and when was there a “real friendship” formed between Owens and Luz as expressed by the author in “My Greatest Olympic Prize”?

Comment on the appropriateness of the title of Tagore’s poem “where is the mind without fear”.

As mentioned in Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’, for whom are the ‘purple and gold flecked grey’ bangles suitable? Which phase of life is symbolized by these bangles?

In Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’ how do the magicians announce themselves? What do they claim for the thing they sell?

Do you like the poem “The Heart of the Tree” by Henry Cuyler Bunner? Why or why not?