Questions and Answers

Do you think that all the six people in James Patrick Kinney’s poem The cold within were unaware of the consequences of their discrimination?

Why do you think that a nation’s growth depends upon planting trees, as hinted at in the poem ‘The Heart of the Tree’ by Henry Bunner? Or, What according to the poet ‘stirs’ in his heart who plants a tree? […]

Remark on the portrayal of White supremacy in the poem “I know why the caged bird sings” by Maya Angelou.

Why do you think the stanzas have numbered headings in the poem ‘The Patriot’ by Robert Browning?

What is called  a ‘proof of human sin’ in the poem The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney?

Comment on the appropriateness of the title of the short story “Salvatore” by William Somerset Maugham. Suggest another title for the story.

Who is Salvatore in W. Somerset Maugham’s short story with the same name? What kind of life does he spend?

Please mention the poetic devices or Figures of speech used in Henry Cuyler Bunner’s poem The Heart of the Tree.

What does William Wordsworth compare the daffodils to in his poem “Daffodils”?

Comment on the visual imagery presented in the lines “The nursery shelves …waiting to be read” from the poem “Television” by Roald Dahl.