Questions and Answers

What is the theme/ message/ subject matter/ central idea of the poem ‘The darkling thrush’ by Thomas Hardy?

What was the recent incident that Muni feared to have brought the foreigner there in the short story “A Horse and Two Goats” by R K Narayan?

What was the weather condition when six humans found themselves together in James Patrick Kinney’s poem ‘The Cold Within’?

What message does Robert Southey’s poem ‘The Inchcape Rock’ deliver?

What is the meaning of ‘the flag of breezes free’ in the poem ‘The Heart of the Tree’ by Henry Cuyler Bunner?

Provide evidence from the text to show that “B. Wordsworth” by V. S. Naipaul is a coming of age story of a little boy.

Which man in the gathering was an opportunist in James Kinney’s poem The Cold Within? How do we know that?

Earnest Hemingway’s story “Old Man at the Bridge” is all about relationship. Do you agree to this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.

Why does the poet call the flowers ‘a host of golden daffodils’ in the poem ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth?

What does the word ‘darkling’ mean in the poem “The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy? What connection does the adjective ‘darkling’ have with the thrush in the poem?