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ICSE Notes 2017 : English Paper 2 (English Literature) (Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School (CNM), Mumbai)

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Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School MUST KNOW QUESTIONS Class: X English Literature POEM Small Pain in my chest 1) Who is addressed as sir in the poem? What time of day is it? 2) Where was the soldier seated? What was his disposition? What did he do when he saw the narrator? 3) What did the young soldier ask? What opinion is formed of the soldier from the way he asked the question? 4) Why does the soldier say I count myself as lucky. What is the irony found a little later in the poem? 5) What is the cause of the pain in the soldier s chest? 6) What shows the earnestness of the soldier? What view does one have about the soldier? 7) What did the narrator give him? How did he react? 8) Explain- smiled a smile 9) What has the narrator to say about the soldier s smile? 10) Why does he feel that he is defeated by a small pain in his chest? 11) What does the soldier speak about his mother and his wife? Why? 12) Why is the word HERE written in capital? 13) Give examples to show that the soldier was dying. 14) Why does the narrator say he doesn t recall what happened then? 15) What are the two things the narrator must have done one a certainty, the other a possibility? 16) What was the feeling of the narrator when he held him closer to his body? 17) What message doe the poet want to give through the last line of the poem? A Doctor s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 1) How does the poet describe the morning? Where was the poet? 2) What happened a little later with what effect? 3) Describe the physical appearance of the poet? 4) What did he conclude the flashes to be? 5) What weird experience he had? Why did he think it as weird? 6) Who did he call out for? Why? 7) Describe the appearance of his wife? 8) What did he say to her? What does this show? 9) What did they fall over? How did he react? 10) What does and I got up at length mean? 11) Why did he ask his wife to go ahead? What was his feeling when she left? 12) Why does he call the people walking as ghosts and scarecrows? 13) What was common among the people? 14) What message does the poet wants to convey through this poem? If thou must love me 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Whom does the speaker address? What request does she make? What does she ask her lover not to do? What are referred to as these things ? How can these things be changed? Why does the poet tell her lover not to love her out of pity? Whom does she compare herself to? Why does she use the word creature ? What is the arguments the poet puts forward in the poem? What is the message the poet wants to convey through this poem? A Psalm of Life: 1) Whom does the poet address in the opening lines of the poem? 2) What does the poet mean the soul is dead that slumbers ? 3) How does the poet establish that life is not an empty dream? 4) What does the poet say about our end or way ? 5) What according to the poet is the sole aim of our life? 6) What does Art is long and time is fleeting mean ? 7) What is the significance of time in the poem? 8) What does the poet say about our hearts? What does he mean by it? 9) Why does the poet ask us not to trust the future? 10) Explain: Let the dead Past bury its dead. 11) When should we act and why? What is the attitude that we should have in all our actions? 12) What message do the lives of great men give us? 13) What do great men leave behind? 14) What is the philosophy of the poet in the line Still achieving, still pursuing ? 15) What message does the poet wish to convey through this poem? I BELIEVE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Name the poet. What does the he want to do by throwing a pebble up wards? Like whom does the poet want t soar? What are the actions that the poet believes he can do? Which dangerous activity does the poet want to do in the water? Where will he find gems? What will he do with them? Whom does human angels refer to? Give an example of metaphor from the poem. What message does the poet want to convey? STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING 1. Where is the poem set? 2. Which line in the poem shows the poet knew the owner of the woods? Why can the owner of the woods not see the poet? 3. What does he want to watch in the woods? 4. How does the horse react to the poet s stopping? 5. Which two sounds are mentioned in the poem? 6. How does the poet describe the woods? 7. Why can the poet not wait or long in the woods? 8. Give an example of repetition from the poem. 9. Explain how the poet s journey in the poem can be compared to the journey of life? 10. Justify the silence depicted in the poem. The Professor I am going out rarely now and then. This is price of old age i. What is the sign of good status for the professor? ii. What does the professor say about his third son? Explain how he describes him. iii. How old was the Professor? How many grand children did he have? What does the word issues in the poem mean? What is it that the speaker is not against? What does he say about his daughters? iv. State three aspects from the poem that comment on the urban Indian way of life. v. Mention any two questions that the professor asks the student. According to the professor, what is the price of old age ? Name the poet. Where the mind is without Fear Where words come out from the depth of truth, Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection, Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way, Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit. 1. What does the poet mean by tireless striving ? What does the poet want his countrymen to achieve? 2. What is meant by reason? What is reason compared to and why? 3. Explain the line Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit? 4. Who is referred to as thee in the poem? In what way is this poem a prayer? 5. Name and explain the literary devices in the second and third line of the extract. ******************************************************************

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