Flamingo Poem Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet — English STD 12 Science — Question

It is only when we are fearless that we begin to create.’

Does this statement hold true in the case of the poem, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers? Support your stance with evidence from the text.

Observe the following lines from two different poems.

(Aunt Jennifer's Tigers)

When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.

(The Roadside Stand)

I can’t help owning the great relief it would be
To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.

There are many commonalities between the two poems. Imagine that you are interviewing Adrienne Rich and Robert Frost together. Ask them any two questions that would highlight two points of similarity between their poems, and create their responses to each.

You may begin this way:

Interviewer:

Rich:

Frost:

In the poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, what is the contrast between the reality of Aunt's life and her imagination?

The cry of not having money to do anything except carry on the business of making bangles, not even enough to eat, rings in every home.’
(The Lost Spring)

'...far from the city we make our roadside stand and ask for some city money to feel in hand’.
(A Roadside Stand)

Create a conversation between a bangle maker and the owner of a roadside stand with reference to the above extracts.

You may begin the conversation like this:

Owner of a roadside stand: Your bangles are pretty. Tell me about your experience in this business.

In the poem “A Thing Of Beauty” The poet describes some beautiful things of nature. What are they? Elaborate.

Imagine that Aunt Jennifer read the poem that Adrienne Rich wrote about

Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome. - Adrienne Rich.

After much contemplation, she decided to write a letter to her husband expressing her feelings and thoughts. Write the letter as Aunt Jennifer.

Adrienne Rich chose to express her silent revolt through her poem, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, just as Aunt Jennifer did with her embroidery. Explain.

Why do you think Shakespeare is ‘wicked’ and the map ‘a bad example’ to these children?

What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?

Imagine you are Pablo Neruda, the poet of Keeping Quiet.
What advice might you offer to Robert Frost, the poet of A Roadside Stand, in the context of his conflicted emotions, as displayed in the given lines-
The requisite lift of spirit has never been found,
Or so the voice of the country seems to complain,
I can't help owning the great relief it would be
To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.

Pen down your advice, in a letter to Frost.

You may begin this way:
Dear Robert
I recently read your poem, "A Roadside Stand," and..."

You may end this way:
I hope this advice is helpful to you. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to support you.
Warmly,
Pablo Neruda