Unit 3 - 3.1 Night of the Scorpion — English STD 10 — Question

Read the poem and write :
(a) the rhyme scheme of lines 1 to 8.
(b) The number of stressed syllables in the line: A thing of beauty is a joy forever;

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by: Let us (said He) "pour on him all we can:" Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span.
So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay.
Perceiving that alone of all His treasures Rest in the bottom lay

Write the rhyming words from the extract:

Pick out the lines that contain Imagery (a picture created in the mind by using words) of the following people :
(i) Judge (5th stage)
(ii) Senior citizen (6th stage)

Choose the correct alternative from the following:
(a) '____________________' is an example of Synecdoche from the poem.
(i) So both should losers be.
(ii) Then beauty flowed.
(iii) 'Let us', said he, 'pour on him.'
(w) May toss him to my breast.
(b) The rhyme scheme of the extract is___________.
(i) a a b b c (ii) a b c b c
(iii) a b c c b(iv) a b a b a
(c) ______________ is an example of Pun from the poem.
(i) Rest in the bottom lay
(ii) So strength first made a way.
(lii) Having a glass of blessings...
(iv) So both should losers be.

Match the words given in Table A with their meanings in Table B:

A	B
(1) whine	(a) an offence against religious ormoral law
(2) sin	(b) complain in an annoying way
(3) evince	(c) mental illness
(4) mania	(d) failing to take proper care
(5) negligent	(e) show

What does the poet mean by "They bring me tokens of myself?

Write as many phrases as you can using 'enough' and use them in your sentences.
(1) hard enough: If you work __________ you will be rewarded.
(2) bold enough: He was not __________ to realise his ambitions.
(3) fast enough: He was not _________ to understand the joke at his expense.
(4) strong enough: The little bird was still not ____________ to fly away on its own.
(5) reasonable enough: The price seemed _______________ yet I hesitated to buy it.

Pick out an example of Antithesis from the extract:

Find adjectives from the poem which refer to positive and negative thinking:
(1) placid
(2) demented
(3) unhappy
(4) self-contained
(5) dissatisfied.
(4) negligently (adverb)

Name and explain the figures of speech:
(a) The Pulley
(b) Bestow this jewel also on my creature.
(c) And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.