Questions and Answers

Explain the meaning of ‘forlorn and shipwrecked brother’ in the poem ‘A Psalm of Life’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

What is the effect of repetition of the word ‘where’ in Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’? Or, Why does the poet use the word ‘where’ seven times?

What was Kaspar by profession in Robert Southey’s poem After Blenheim? How do you know?

What does Chief Seattle say about the reliability of his words in his famous speech of 1854?

In the poem “Television” by Roald Dahl, the poet says “It keeps them still”. What keeps the children still and how?

In Chief Seattle’s speech, the speaker says “They seem to be orphans who can look nowhere for help.” Why?

What is the final goal of the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling? What is the poet’s purpose of writing the poem ‘If’?

What is the tone of the last two lines of the poem After Blenheim by Robert Southey? What according to you, the poet wants to convey in these lines?

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

Why did Mrs. Thompson finally decide to keep Maggie in her house in T. S. Arthur’s short story “An Angel in Disguise”?