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Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Worksheet THE HEART OF THE TREE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. To whom is the poet asking the question in the first line of the poem? What according to the poet does a man do by planting trees in stanza one? What are the two things that trees are compared to in the first stanza? How can a man plant the flag of breezes free? Mention the figure of speech used. Explain the comparison? What is referred to as, the shaft of beauty, towering high ? Why is referred to as the shaft of beauty . What is known as mother croon? Why is the song sung in a hushed voice? What is twilight? Why is it a happy twilight? What is heard at twilight? The water evaporates, condenses and falls as rain. What role do the trees play in this process of producing rain? How do the last two lines of the second stanza/ of the poem explain the process of regeneration? How does man plant the forest heritage? How do the trees provide for the harvest of the following years? Why is the poet anxious for the unborn eyes ? What does the expression, unborn eyes indicate? What is meant by far-cast thought of civic good ? In what way is the planter s work a blessing? State for whom it is a blessing. In what way does a nation s growth depend on planting trees? What are the various functions that the tree perform that is highlighted through the poem? Why is it necessary for us to plant trees? Why is the forest a heritage for the future generations? What is the theme of the poem? What does the poem teach us? Towards the end of the poem the poet refers to the longing in the heart of the one who plants a tree. Explain this longing. What social and ecological benefits of planting a tree does the poet refer to? Who holds all the growth of the land ? Which land do you think the poet has in mind? Explain, how the poet expresses concern for the future generation in the poem. Comment on the appropriateness of the title of the poem The Heart of the Tree . *************************************************************************** Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Worksheet THE COLD WITHIN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Where is the poem set? How have the people come together? Who are the people referred to in the poem? Why do they need logs? Explain the theme of the poem: What does the first person hold back and why? What character traits would you associate with the first one and the next man ? Why? 6. Which stick did the second person possess? What was his sin? 7. What is meant by tattered clothes ? What does this expression symbolise? Why does the third one gives his coat a hitch? 8. What prejudice the black man has and for whom? Is he justified in his attitude towards the person? 9. What game is the poet referring to while mentioning the last man of the group? What was the sin of the last man? 10. What proof of human sin is being referred to here? Explain. 11. What do the fire and the logs symbolise? 12. What message is the poet trying to convey in the poem? How does he succeed in carrying out his task? *************************************************************************** Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Worksheet THE BANGLE SELLERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. What is being referred to as shining roads ? Who are the prospective buyer? Where do the sellers take their wares? Why do they take them to that particular place? Which figure of speech is used in the line Rainbow-tinted circles of light ? What is being compared? What are they symbolic of? Explain what is linked to the happiness of daughters and wives? Why has the poet repeated the use of the word happy? Who is the poet? Explain how the poet uses her descriptive skills to present facts, give examples from the extract. What role do the bangle sellers play in a traditional Indian set-up according to the first stanza? What type of bangles are befitting for a maiden s wrists? How are these bangles described and why are they described in this manner? In what way are the buds set to dream ? What figure of speech is used in the buds set to dream ? How are bangles compared to new born leaves? State the colours of the bangles meant for a maiden what do these colour symbolize? What is being compared to the fields of sunlit corn ? Why? What do you understand by the phrase bridal laughter and bridal tear ? With what have they been compared? What figure of speech is used in these two lines? Explain with examples. Some like the flame of her marriage fire, Or, rich with the hue of her heart s desire Bring out the relevance of the line: Some like the flame of her marriage fire Wedding become befitting occasions to wear bangle. In what way does the poet associate bangles with a bride? What is the auditory imagery that the poet uses? For whom are the purple and gold flecked grey bangles suitable for? Which phase of their life is symbolized by these bangles? In what way do the changes in a woman s life reflect the colour of her bangles? Explain the theme of this poem ******************************************************************** Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre- Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Worksheet AFTER BLENHIEM Reference: I find them in the garden, For there s many here about; And often when I go to plough, The ploughshare turns them out! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What does Kasper often find in the garden? Who had found it? Where? Describe the setting of the poem? Where was Kasper? What was he doing? Where was his granddaughter? What was her name? Which line does Kasper keep on repeating during his conversation with his grandchildren? Which event does it refer to? 6. Quote the line which indicates that Kasper did not know much about the war? 7. How was Kasper s family affected by the war? 8. Describe the destruction that the war caused across the country. 9. Explain the line: But things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory ? 10. Name the Commanders who represented Britain during the war. 11. What did Wilhelmine and Peterkin think about the war? 12. What message does the poem convey? *************************************************************************** Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Worksheet DAFFODILS 1) Identify the poet. What does he compare himself to? 2) Which flowers did the poet see at once? Where? 3) Explain the comparison that the poet has used in the line; continuous as the stars hat shine 4) How many flowers did the poet see at a glance? What were they doing? 5) Whom did the flowers out-do? In what? How does the poet feel at this point of time? 6) What thought did not come to the poet s mind as he saw the flowers? 7) When would the sight of the flowers flash across the poet s mind? How would he feel then? 8) What message does the poet want to convey through the poem? 9) Explain the theme of the poem. 10) Pick out examples of visual imagery used in the poem. ************************************************************************* Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Worksheet TELEVISION Reference: The most important thing we ve learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set --1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Identify the poet. Who is he addressing? What is the other solution for stopping the children from watching television? What is the usual sight that the poet sees in almost every house that he visits? Why are the children allowed to watch television? How does the activity of watching television affect the children? What did the parents do in their spare time while they grew up? Which books did the children read before the television was invented? Who was Beatrix Potter? Name some of the characters in the books written by this person? 9) What should replace the television in all the houses? Why? 10) How will the children react once the television is taken away? 11) What will be the mind-set of the children once they start reading? 12) Enlist the names used for the television. 13) Discuss the themes used in the poem. 14) Pick out examples from the text that show the convincing tone of the poet. 15) What message does the poet want to convey through the poem? *************************************************************************** Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X Abou Ben Adhem -Leigh Hunt 1. Name the poet. What was the angel doing in Abou Ben Adhem s room? 2. What did Abou Ben Adhem see in the room when he awoke from deep sleep? 3. What does the poet mean when he says may his tribe increase ? 4. What did Abou ask the angel? What was angel's reply? 5. Why was Abou not afraid? How did he react to the angel s answer? 6. Did the angel appear again? What did Abou beg the angel to write about him? 7. What did the angel show Abou Ben Adhem when he came the second time? 8. Why was Abou Ben Adhem's name on top of the list? 9. Mention two other words used by the poet to refer to the angel? 10. What message does the poem Abou Ben adhem convey? 11. Identify the figure of speech in the following lines from the poem. a. woke one night from a deep dream of peace . b. Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom . 12. Discuss the qualities of Abou Ben Adhem as portrayed in the poem. *************************************************************** Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School English Literature Revision Questions I KNOW WHY THE CAGE BIRD SINGS 1) What does the singing of the caged bird reveal about him? 2) which words have the poet used to describe the state of the free bird? 3) What does clipped mean? Why does the bird sing? What does the poet mean when he says free bird thinks of another breeze ? 4) What does the poet mean when he says and his shadows shouts on a nightmare scream ? 5) Discuss the theme of the poem? 6) What message does the poet want to convey through the poem? 7) Who and what does the free bird symbolize? 8) Explain the imagery used by the poet with the help of examples. 9) What fears does the caged bird have? 10) Describe the world of nature in the poem. 11) What is the symbolic significance of the sun, sky and wind? 12) What do trade wind and fat worms symbolize? 13) What does the free bird claim and why? Why does the cage bird sing? 14) How does the poet reveal the plight of the encaged bird? 15) Explain the following lines: a) his tune is heard on the distant hill: b) Bars of rage: 16)What does the encaged bird sing about? Give an example of imagery used by the poet for the free bird from the poem. Which objects of nature has the poet used as symbols of freedom and power? ************************************************************************** Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School Std X (2019-20) English Literature Revision Question Poetry: Patriot Question: Read the given extract and answer the questions given below: Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun To give it to my loving friends to keep! Nought man could do, have I left undone: And you see my harvest, what I reap This very day, now a year is run. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Who is the speaker? Where is he at present? How did the people welcome him a year ago? Why is the reference made to Icarus? Explain the contextual reference. What is the scenario at the Shambles Gate at present? In what condition is the speaker being taken to the Shamble Gate? For what misdeed was the speaker being taken to Shamble Gate? Describe the physical suffering that the patriot underwent when he was being taken to the Shamble Gate. 8) Explain the line: Tis God shall repay: I am safer so. 9) Discuss the themes of the poem. 10) Why was the patriot being punished? 11) What message does the poet want to convey through the poem? 12) What does the word, patriot mean? 13) In the line: Thus I entered and thus I go! , what do the words entered and go mean? 14) What is the symbolic meaning of the following words : a) Roses b) a year ago c) rain d) sun 15) Identify the poet. What message does the poet want to convey through the poem? ******************************************************************* Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal s C.N.M School & N.D.Parekh Pre-primary School Std : X English Literature Revision Questions Nine Gold Medals 1) Who had come from many countries? Why? 2) How do we know the athletes have worked hard? 3) Who gathered all around? Why? 4) What was approaching and what was about to begin? 5) Which final event is referred to in the extract? What was the mood of the spectators? Which was the last event? 6) How many athletes took part in the last event? How did they stand? 7) How was the signal given for the race to begin? 8) What happened to the youngest athlete? How do we know he was in pain? What were his feelings then? 9) What were his dreams? What happened to them? What was his anguish? 10) What was the turning point of the poem? 10) What was written on the banner? 11) What does Could not have been nearer to the mark mean? 12) How did the contestants feel when they crossed the finishing line? How do you think the spectators reacted? 13) What is the message and the theme of the poem? 14) Name the poet. How did the nine athletes approach the finishing line? 15) how did the race in the Special Olympics become very special indded? ***************************************************************************
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