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A few Questions from this Set are given below:
Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport's
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
as a late winter's moon and felt that
old
familiar ache, … … …
(a) How can the trees sprint?
(b) Why did the poet look at her mother again?
(c) What did she observe?
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.
OR
On their slag heap, these children
Wear skins peeped through by bones' and spectacles of steel
With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones.
(a) Who are these children?
(b) What is their slag heap?
(c) Why are their bones peeping through their skins?
(d) What does 'with mended glass' mean?
Sol.
(a) How can the trees sprint?
Ans: The poet remembers her days when she was young and energetic, but those days passed very quickly, just as the trees were running behind when she was on her way to the airport. The trees signify the passing days.
(b) Why did the poet look at her mother again?
Ans: Value Points:
- Gripped by fear
- One last look at her mother
- Trying to reassure her mother
(c) What did she observe?
Ans: Value Points
- Her mother looked pale, weak, tired
- In the last stages of her life
- Appeared dull, lifeless
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.
Ans: Simile
OR
(a) Who are these children?
Ans: These children are the slum children who study in the elementary school.
(b) What is their slag heap?
Ans: The ‘slag heap’ refers to their emaciated wasted bodies. Their bodies have been so compared bring out the comparison that their bones are heaped together like waste heaped together.
(c) Why are their bones peeping out of their skins?
Ans: Their bones peep out of their flesh because the children are far too weak and thin on account of malnutrition.
(d) What does ‘with mended glass’ mean?
Ans: ‘With mended glass’ is a reference to the spectacles the children wear. The glasses of the spectacles are cracked like repaired pieces of glass bottle.
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