Questions and Answers

Critically comment on the ‘silent sobbing’ of the boy in the story “A Face in the Dark” by Ruskin Bond.

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?

Poem ‘Nine Gold Medals’ by David Roth

Give a description of the boy Mr. Oliver came across in Ruskin Bond’s short story “A Face in the Dark”.

How does the story “A Face in the Dark” by Ruskin Bond end with a gripping climax? Or, What is the climax of the story “A Face in the Dark”?

Is the poem Where the Mind is Without Fear a sonnet? Comment on the form and style of the poem.

Explain the literary devices and figure of speech used in Brucellish K Sangma’s poem I Believe.

Where the mind is without fear by Rabindranath Tagore is a prayer song. Explain.

What is the central theme / substance / message of Piercy’s poem Breaking Out?

Can you please provide an easy and short summary of Thomas Hardy’s poem ‘The Darkling Thrush’?