2.3 The Twins — My English Coursebook STD 10 — Question

A1. Simple Factual Activity:
State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: (2)
(1) The narrator's brother asked the question fruitlessly - _______________
(2) According to the poet (narrator) he himself died - _______________
(3) The close resembelance between the twins turned the tide of the narrators domestic life - _______________
(4) John was always getting flogged because of the narrator's mistake - _______________

This fatal likeness even dogged
My footsteps, when at school,
And I was always getting flogged,
For John turned out a fool.
I put this question, fruitlessly,
To everyone I knew,
‘What would you do, if you were me,
To prove that you were you?’
Our close resemblance turned the tide
Of my domestic life,
For somehow, my intended bride
Became my brother's wife.
In fact, year after year the same
Absurd mistakes went on,
And when I died, the neighbours came
And buried brother John.

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Write any two lines from the poem, that you find most humorous. (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
Write the rhyming words for the following from the extract : (1)
(1) knew - _______________
(2) fruitlessly - _______________