Questions and Answers

What are the figures of speech and other poetic devices used in Roald Dahl’s poem ‘Television’?

Comment on the hostilities that existed between the tribal people and the white people. What solution does Seattle find to put an end to hostilities in ‘Chief Seattle’s Speech’, 1854?

In Sarojini Naidu’s poem “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad”, the objects sold by the goldsmiths indicate the immense wealth of the city. Discuss. Or, What kind of bells are tied to the pigeon’s feet? What does this tell you about […]

Why are the flowers compared to stars in the poem ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth?

What ‘good luck’ did the old man have, as the narrator mentions at the end of the story “Old Man at the Bridge” by Earnest Hemingway? Why are those mentioned as ‘good luck’?

Assess the idea of “Art for art’s sake” expressed in Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy’s poem “We are the Music Makers”.

Explain ‘fearful trill’ in Maya Angelou’s poem ‘I Know why the caged bird sings’. Or, Why does the caged bird sing with a fearful trill?

Explain the above mentioned lines from the poem ‘The Heart of the tree’ by Henry Cuyler Bunner.

Justify the title of Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘IF’. Or, Why is the poem called ‘If -‘?

Why does the poet Roald Dahl use Capital letters in some lines of his poem ‘Television’?