Questions and Answers

Explain why the poet calls trees ‘glory of the plain’ in the poem The heart of the tree by Henry cuyler bunner. How does a tree adorn nature?

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

What is relationship between India and its people as seen in Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘The Gift of India’?

What attitude does the poet / narrator show towards Abou Ben Adhem in Leigh Hunt’s poem?

What does “The darkest evening of the year” suggest in the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’? Why the evening is called ‘the darkest’?

From the short story “A Horse and Two Goats” by RK Narayan.

It was said for Jesse Owens that his outstanding performance affirmed that individual excellence rather than a race or national origin distinguishes one man or woman from another. Comment with reference to Jesse Owens’ autobiographical account “My Greatest Olympic Prize”.

How does the use of dialogue help enhance the theme in Mary Howitt’s poem “The Spider and the Fly”?

Please explain the phrase “mournful numbers” in the poem “A Psalm of Life” by H.W.Longfellow.

Why does the speaker say ‘life is not an empty dream’ in the poem ‘A Psalm of Life’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Or, Do you think life is an empty dream?