Questions and Answers

Write a note on the use of colour imageries in Sarojini Naidu’s poem The Bangle Sellers.

Investigate the themes in the story A Horse and Two Goats by R.K. Narayan and how they are developed.

Explain the destruction caused by war and the common man’s ignorance of its purpose as shown in Robert Southey’s poem After Blenheim? Or, Discuss Southey’s poem “After Blenheim” as an anti-war poem. Or, State clearly how the poet creates an atmosphere of devastation […]

Which bangles are befitting for a maiden’s hands as described in the second stanza of the poem the bangle sellers? Why are silver and blue coloured bangles compared to the mountain mist? Or, What colours of bangles are preferred by the […]

Bring out the main idea / theme / central idea / message of the poem “The Bangle Sellers” by Sarojini Naidu.

What does the poet mean by ‘domestic’ in ‘narrow domestic walls’ in the poem Where the mind is without fear?

Comment on the use of symbolism in Hans Christian Andersen’s short story “The Little Match Girl”.

Does Henry Bunner’s poem The heart of the tree hold any importance in our day? Discuss.

In Poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling, the poet compares ‘triumph’ and ‘disaster’ with two impostors and advises to treat them as same. Why?

Explain the poetic devices and figures of speech employed in Robert Southey’s poem After Blenheim.