Questions and Answers

What do you think are the religious implications delivered through the poem ‘Enterprise’ by Nissim Ezekiel?

How is the God of Red Children different from the God of White people as stated in Chief Seattle’s Speech? Or, How does Chief Seattle prove that White man’s god is not the god of the natives/ Red Indians?

What is the significance of the easy winds and the downy flake in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost?

What were the sounds that the narrator could hear in Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’? Do these sounds suggest anything?

What is the theme/ message/ subject matter/ central idea of the poem ‘The darkling thrush’ by Thomas Hardy?

Why does Launcelot mention about Ash Wednesday and Black Monday in act 2 scene 5 of the play “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare? What is its significance?

In the poem ‘Where the mind is without fear’ from what darkness does the poet want his countrymen to wake?

Do you like the poem “Where the mind is without fear” by Rabindra Nath Tagore? Why?

Do you agree with the poet in ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ when he states that our aim of life should be realization of truth? / Why does the poet feel that the words should come out from the […]

Briefly mention the four ways in which the spider tries to lure the fly in Mary Howitt’s poem ‘The Spider and the Fly’.