Unit 1 - 1.1 Where the mind is Without fear — English STD 10 — Question

Find the lines from the extract which mean:
(a) become crazy for the goal
(b) toil hard happily
(c) get rid of all fears
(d) make efforts continuously

Find examples of 'Climax' from the extract.

Many images of the scorpion contrast in the opening lines of the poem. Find examples of each and add them to the columns below:

Scorpion
Timid	Dangerous
(1) Hides beneath a sack of rice
(2) Is afraid of the people and goes back

Look at the description of the village peasants. What does the imagery suggest about them?

Imagery
The images	What the images suggest
(1)They came like swarms of flies.
(2)They buzzed the name of God
(3)They threw glant scorpion shadows on the mud-baked walls.
(4)They clicked their tongues.

Name and explain the poetic devices used in the following lines:
(a) creeping like a snail
(b) Soldier bearded like the pard
(c) Sighing like furnace
(d) men and women merely players
(e) They have their exits and their entrances
(f) With a woeful ballad

Complete the table of rhyming worda :

Words	Rhyming words from the poem	Rhyming words of your own
Ear
Within
Man
Split

Pick out an example of Simile from the extract.

Give an example of each of the following from the extract:
(a) Tautology.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Antithesis.

Read the poem and write the rhyme scheme of: the last stanza/last five lines.

Name and explain the figure of speech:
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