Questions and Answers

Explain the above line from Robert Southey’s poem ‘The Inchcape Rock’.

The evil doer digs a pit for others but falls into the same; this is natural justice. Do you agree? How poetic justice has been incorporated in the poem The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey?

What does Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘In The Bazaars of Hyderabad’ indicate about the different sections of the Indian society?

What feelings does the poet want to instill in her readers in the poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad?

Is the soldier boy full of remorse in Michael Mack’s poem ‘Small Pain in My Chest’? What might be the reasons?

How does the narrator feel on the death of the soldier in Michael Mack’s poem Small Pain in My Chest?

The soldier boy in Michael Mack’s poem ‘Small Pain in My Chest’ counts himself luckier than the rest. Why?

The soldier boy in the poem Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack looks apologetic. Why?

What is the source of the poem ‘If THou Must Love Me’ written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

Is the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning a bit demanding in her relationship as expressed in the poem ‘If Thou Must Love Me’?