Poem Suggestion For Higher Secondary. 2023
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day
1.What do the rough winds do? What does the poet mean by ‘summer’s lease’? How is the friend’s beauty superior to the summer’s day?
2.How does Shakespeare compare his friends beauty with that of a summer’s day ?
Or
How does Shakespeare immortalize his friend’s beauty
3.But thy eternal summer shall not fad ” Who is the poet ? What is meant by ” Eternal summer ” ? How does the poet suggest that ” Thy eternal summer ” shall never end ?
Poetry of Earth
1.Explain the title ” The Poetry of Earth ”
Or
2.” he has never done with his delights . ” Where does this extract occur ? Who is referred to here as ‘ he ‘ ? What does he do ? what does the extract suggest ?
Or
Role of the grasshopper.
Asleep in the valley
1. humming insects don’t disturb his rest.” –Who rests and where? Why is his rest not disturbed by the insects?
2. “They fill the hollow full of light.” Who are ‘they”? What is the ‘hollow’ referred to here? Describe the ‘hollow’. Or
describe the valley.
3.Futility of war
Or
Title of the poem _ Asleep in the valley
On Killing A Tree
1.)It takes much time to kill a tree’ – Why does it take much time to kill a tree? According to the poet, how is the tree finally killed?
2)How does a tree offer resistance to its destruction? How does its resistance fail? [3+3 = 6] [H.S. = 2017]
3)“And then it is done”. – What is being referred to here? How is it done? On what tone does the poem end?
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