Q: 03 - Poem Comprehension & Play

Q: 3. (a) POEM COMPREHENSION (02 + 02 + 02 = 06)

a. Read the following poetic extract carefully and answer the questions appended to it: Final

2024 - HARD:

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

QUESTIONS:

(i). What is the theme of the given stanza?

(ii). Which road the poet has chosen to go and why?

(iii). What poetic devices are used in the given stanza? Identify any two with examples.

II.

Ethereal minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!

Don’t thou despise the earth where cares abound?

Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye

Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?

Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,

Those quivering wings composed, that music still!

QUESTIONS:

(i). What are the qualities of the bird mentioned in the stanza?

(ii). Explain the tone and mood of the given stanza?

(iii). Which poetic devices are used in the stanza? Give examples of any two.

2024 - LOCAL:

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers,

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

This Sea that bears her bosom to the moon;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;

For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

QUESTIONS:

(i). How do we waste our powers?

(ii). What does 'sordid boon' mean?

(iii). What poetic devices are used in the given stanza? Identify any two with examples.

II.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is no love.

Which alters when it alteration finds

Or bends with the remover to remove

O no! It is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken

It is the star to every wand ‘ring bark

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken?

QUESTIONS:

(i). What poetic devices are used in the given stanza? Identify any two with examples.

(ii). What view of love does the poet present in the given stanza?

(iii). How does the poet compare love with the guiding star?

MODEL PAPER-2023:

The air broke into a mist with bells,

The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.

Had I said, Good folk, mere noise repels—

But give me your sun from yonder skies!

They had answered,

And afterward, what else?

QUESTIONS:

i. Describe the dominant mood of the given stanza.

ii. What are poetic devices used in the given stanza? Give examples (any two)

iii. What would have happened if the speaker had asked the people to bring him sun from skies?

II.

“And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias King of Kings.

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

QUESTIONS:

i. What is the implied message of the given poetic text?

ii. Point out the use of irony in the given stanza.

iii. Explain the tone and mood of the given stanza?

2023 - SECOND ATTEMPT:

And on the pedestal, these words appear,

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings;

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

QUESTIONS:

(i). What does the inscription, “King of the kings” suggest about Ozymandias?

(ii). Point out irony from stanza.

(iii). Write down at least one rhyming word for (a) king (b) bare

II.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

And our heart, though stout and brave,

Still like muffled drums, are beating

Funeral marches to the grave.

QUESTIONS:

(i). What does the poet mean by “art is long and time is fleeting”?

(ii). Which figure of speech is used in the stanza? Point it out.

(iii). What is the Rhyming Scheme of the stanza?

2023 – HARD:

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I

I took the one less travelled by;

And that has made all the difference

QUESTIONS:

(i). Why will the poet be telling it with a sigh?

(ii). What does the poet mean by the phrase “the one less travelled by”?

(iii). How has it made all the difference?

II.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow

Is our destined end or way

But to act, that each to morrow

Find us farther than tomorrow

QUESTIONS:

(i). How is enjoyment or sorrow not our destined end?

(ii). What should we do to make each tomorrow better than today?

(iii). Describe briefly the main theme of these lines.

2023 – LOCAL:

The world is too much with us, late and soon.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:

Little we see in Nature that is ours.

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon

QUESTIONS:

(i). What is the central Idea / Theme of this stanza?

(ii). How do we waste our energies?

(iii). What does the phrase “sordid boon” signify?

II.

Trust not future, however pleasant!

Let the dead past bury its dead!

Act – act in the living present!

Heart within, and God overhead

QUESTIONS:

(i). What is the message conveyed by the poet through these lines?

(ii). Why should we not trust the future?

(iii). What is that “living present” as mentioned by the poet?

2022 - HARD:

The world is too much with us, late and soon.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:

Little we see in Nature that is ours.

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon

This Sea that bears her bosom to the moon.

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And ore up gathered now like sleeping flowers

For this, for everything, we are out of tune.

QUESTIONS:

(i) What is the dominant theme of given lines?

(ii) Write the meanings of the underlined words (any two)

(iii) Write down the rhyming scheme of the given stanza.

II.

Perched on the branch of a tree

Was a nightingale sad and lonely

“The night has drawn near’, he was thinking

“I passed the day in flying around and feeding

How can I reach up to the nest?

Darkness has enveloped everything.”

QUESTIONS:

(i). How had the nightingale spent his day?

(ii). Write down the meanings of the underlined words (any Two).

(iii). Write down two rhyming words for each of the followings:

near, nest

2022 - LOCAL:

The man who never had to toil

To gain and farm his patch of soil,

Who never had to win his share,

Of sun and sky and light and air,

Never became a manly man

But lived and died as he began.

QUESTIONS:

(i) What is the dominant theme of these lines?

(ii). Write the rhyming scheme of these lines.

(iii) Write the meanings of the underlined words. (Any two)

II.

Ethereal Minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!

Dost thou despise that earth where cares abound?

Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye

Both with thy nest on the dewy ground?

Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,

Those quivering wings composed, that music still!

QUESTIONS:

(i) What does the poet ask the skylark if it despises earth?

(ii) Write the meaning of the underlined words. (Any two)

(iii) Write the rhyming scheme of the stanza.

MODEL PAPER #: 03.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveller, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear,

Though as for that the passing there,

Had worn them about the really same.

QUESTIONS:

i. What is the theme of the extract?

ii. What difficult choice is the poet oblige to make?

iii. Write down two rhyming scheme of the given stanzas.

II.

Let me not to the marriage of two minds

Admit impediments, Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

QUESTIONS:

i. What is the poet’s definition of love?

ii. Why does the poet compare love with an ever-fixed mark?

iii. Write down two rhyming words for each of the following words. a. shaken b. mark

MODEL PAPER #: 02.

The air broke into a mist with bells,

The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.

Had I said, Good folk, mere noise repels—

But give me your sun from yonder skies!

They had answered,

And afterward, what else?

QUESTIONS:

i. Describe the dominant mood of the given stanza.

ii. What are poetic devices used in the given stanza? Give examples (any two)

iii. What would have happened if the speaker had asked the people to bring him sun from skies? OR

II.

“And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias King of Kings.

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

QUESTIONS:

i. What is the implied message of the given poetic text?

ii. Point out the use of irony in the given stanza.

iii. Explain the tone and mood of the given stanza?

MODEL PAPER #: 01.

With my heart and soul ready to help I am

Though only an insignificant insect I am

Never mind if the night is dark

I shall shed light if the way is dark

God has bestowed a torch on me

He has given a shining lamp to me

The good in the world only those are

Ready to be useful to others who are

QUESTIONS:

i. What is the dominant theme of the given lines?

ii. Which kind of people are good in the world according to the poet?

iii. Write down two rhyming words for each of the following words: dark, shining

II.

The tree that never had to fight

For sun and sky and air and light,

But stood out in the open plain

And always got its share of rain,

Never became a forest king

But lived and died a scrubby thing.

QUESTIONS:

i. What is the main theme of the given lines?

ii. Which type of tree, according to the poet, can never become a forest king?

ii. Write down the rhyming scheme of the stanza.

Q: 3. (B) PLAY / DRAMA (06)

b. Attempt any ONE of the Following Questions.

2024-Local:

Does the time and place affect the characters and plot of the play? Explain with reference to the play or story you have recently read

(ii). What is meant by conflict? Explain with reference to a play or story what is the “main conflict” and the “minor conflict”.

2023 – Final Model Paper:

(i). Explain the elements of the plot represented by the blob in the context of the play you have recently read.

(ii). Recall the theme of a play you have read and explain whether it is of individual or universal significance.

2023 – Second Attempt:

(i). What is meant by “Plot” of the play? Refer t any play, you have read.

(ii). Point out at least two types of “settings” in the play and elaborate any one with reference to play of your choice.

2023 - Hard:

(i) Describe the importance of a well-organized plot construction in a one act play. (ii) What are some of the elements which make a play more interesting for a reader?

2023 - Local:

(i). What is meant by characterization? Discuss briefly, any character of the novel / play that you have read.

(ii). Analyze the theme of any piece of writing that you have read.

2022 - Hard:

(i). What is one act play? Illustrate it with example.

(ii). Describe the central character of the play that you have read.

2022 - Local:

(i) Describe climax of the play which you have read.

(ii) What is meant by plot of the play? Explain the plot of the play that you have read.

MODEL PAPER #: 03.

(i) Playwrights often create conflicting characters whose struggle provides for the crisis or tension in the play.‟ Elaborate with reference to a play you have read.

(ii) What is the difference between flexible and inflexible characters? Explain with reference to any piece of literature you have come across.

MODEL PAPER #: 02.

(i) Explain the elements of the plot represented by the blob in the context of the play you have recently read.

(ii) Recall the theme of a play you have read and explain whether it is of individual or universal significance.

MODEL PAPER #: 01.

(i) What are the main elements of a play? Elaborate any one of them.

(ii) Critically analyze conflict in any play you have recently read. Explain how it resolves.