Questions and Answers

What do you think is the author’s message in the story “A Gorilla in the Guest Room” by Gerald Durrell?

In the poem ‘The Heart of the Tree’ by Henry Cuyler Bunner, why does the poet says that a tree planter plants cool shade and tender rain.

What statements from the story “Old Man at the Bridge” suggest that the old man is about to give up on life? Quote specific statements to back your answer.

In Robert Frost’s poem Mending Wall, comment on the poet-speaker’s attitude and tone.

As mentioned in Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, what does the inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias’s statue mean or imply?

‘I Know why the caged bird sings’ poem by Maya Angelou

Write a note on the setting of William Somerset Maugham’s short story “Salvatore”.

Assess William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a tragicomedy.

Comment on the appropriateness of the title of the poem ‘After Blenheim’ by Robert Southey.

Do you agree with the poet in Henry Cuyler Bunner’s “Heart of the Tree” that a nation’s growth depends upon the wealth of trees? Why or why not?