Questions and Answers

Why are we, the students being taught the poem “The Inchcape Rock” by Robert Southey?

What do the expressions “rosy cheeks” and “smiling lips” signify in Hans Christian Andersen’s short story “The Little Match Girl”?

What setting has been used in the short story “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Andersen? What is its significance?

What are the Poetic Devices / Figures of Speech used in the poem “Abou Ben Adhem” by Leigh Hunt?

Explain “far-cast thought of civic good” in the poem “The heart of the tree” by Henry Cuyler Bunner. Or, How does the poet justify that trees contribute in a great way to the civic good?

What is the genre of the poem “The Heart of the Tree” written by Henry Cuyler Bunner?

What is twilight? Why is the twilight ‘happy’ in Henry Cuyler Bunner’s poem “The Heart of the Tree”?

Point out the similarities between Portia and Jessica in the play The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare

“This woman had been despised, scoffed at, and angrily denounced by nearly every man, woman, and child in the village;” — Which woman is referred to here? How did she die?

Explain how Chief Seattle looks back at the golden past of his tribe in contrary to their impending doom in his famous speech of 1854.