Unit 2 - 2.4 The Pulley — English STD 10 — Question

Pick out an example of Antithesis from the extract:

Find out lines from the poem as a proof for the following :

(a) Tagore wishes for a nation where people are truthful.

(b) The poet would like everyone to work hard to reach their goal and in the long run to reach perfection.

(c) The poet wishes that everyone in his country holds his head high in dignity.

(d) The poet dreams of a nation where knowledge should be free to all.

(e) The poem is a 'prayer'.

Discuss with your group and justify the title of the poem 'The Pulley' in your own words.

Choose the correct figures of speech that occur in the following lines. Justify your choice.
(1)....but still we keep a bower quiet for us....
(a) Simile (b) Irony (c) Metaphor
(2) Some shape of beauty moves away the pall.....
(a) Personification (b) Alliteration (c) Hyperbole
(3) A thing of beauty is a joy forever....
(a) Epigram (b) Antithesis (c) Climax
(4) Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.
(a) Exclamation (b) Personification (c) Antithesis

Pick out three lines that contain the monologues of God.

Pick out an example of Metaphor from the extract.

Name and explain the figure of speech:
With the help of GOD you'll get it!

What effect does the repetition of the word 'where' at the beginning of each line achieve?

Complete the table of rhyming words:

Words	Rhyming words from the poem	Rhyming words of your own
Way
Him
Dle
Mood

Pick out an example of Personification from the extract: