Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
Q. Why does the speaker choose not to intrude?
This is so because the poet:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
Q. The boy is very young in this poem. As a mature, balanced grown-up, he might look back and think that his reaction of ‘ultimate shaking grief was:
(1) disproportionate to the loss.
(2) pretension to procure a new toy.
(3) according to his exposure and experience then.
(4) a reaction to the failure of retrieving the toy.
(5) justified and similar to what it would be currently.
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Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
Q. The poet uses the word ‘ultimate’ to describe the boy’s reaction.
Pick the meaning that DOES NOT display what, ‘ultimate’ means in the context given.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
Q. Pick the option that lists the boy’s thoughts, matching with the line-As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him;
Q. Choose the option that lists the meaning of ‘harbour’ as used in the extract.
Noun:
(1) a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter.
(2) a place of refuge.
Verb:
(3) keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one’s mind, especially secretly.
(4) shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person).
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
Q. The poem begins with a question. Based on your reading of the poem, the speaker:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
Q. The poet seems to have indicated the merry bouncing of the ball to
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
Q. The extract suggests that the poet is:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
Q. Choose the situation that corresponds to the emotion behind the exclamation mark in the poem.
(1) Hey ! Hey! That’s no way to dispose off the garbage. Have you no community sense? Please but it in the bin.
(2) I knew it! I knew he’ll fare well in his auditions for ‘Young Chef. Now, we prepare for the semi-finals.
(3) I don't know where I’ve placed my ID-card. Let me check the bag once more. Ah, finally!
(4) I’ve been trying to call mom for the past 20 minutes and can’t get through. I don’t know how...Aarrgh! Again!
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
Q. Alliteration is a literary device that occurs with the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Pick the option that showcases an example of alliteration from the extract.
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went
Q. ‘Merrily over — there it is in the water!’ The dash here is meant to convey:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went
Q. The poet feels that there is no point consoling the boy as:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went
Q. The poet uses the ball as a symbol of the boy’s:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went
Q. The word ‘harbour’ DOES NOT have a meaning similar to:
Direction: Read the following extracts and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow :
I saw it go Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over — there it is in the water!
No use to say ‘O there are other balls’:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went
Q. The word that DOES NOT indicate a physical manifestation of sorrow in the boy, is:
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