Questions and Answers

Why is the caged bird’s song heard from a distant hill as stated in the poem “I Know why the caged bird sings” by Maya Angelou?

What are the similarities between the different characters in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice (E.g. Portia and Antonio)?

In Act 1, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice, Bassanio describes Portia’s money first and then her beauty. Does this show, in any way, that Bassanio loves Portia’s wealth more than her?

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” Analyse this statement in the light of the poem Daffodils by William Wordsworth.

What is the most important thing that poet has learnt, as far as children are concerned in Roald Dahl’s poem ‘Television’?

Justify the title of the poem The Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu.

What is the significance of scattering myrtle leaves over the path of the patriot’s reception in the poem “The Patriot” by Robert Browning?

What measures does the poet suggest to save the children from the hypnotism of television in the poem “Television” by Roald Dahl?

Discuss Seattle’s speech as a documentation on the way in which the white people of America have brought the Tribal people to their days of doom.

Name the two things a tree planter actually plants. Give any two phrases that describes a tree in Henry Cuyler Bunner’s poem “The Heart of the Tree”. Or, List any two things that man will do by planting trees.