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Wander-Thirst | Gerald Gould

All Important Questions with answers from the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’. Q. 1: Give the substance of the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’. Ans: The poet cherishes a long desire for travelling. The sunrise designates the starting of poet’s journey to an infinite. The seas, the stars and the sky call him clearly. The poet can’t imagine where the roads and Blue hills are at an end. Man takes the sun for friend and the star for guidance. The call of the rivers, the roads and the birds symbolise the end of the voyage. The horizon lies at a distance in view. The incoming and outgoing ships add to the urge of the poet for voyaging. The poet may come but he must go. The stars, the sun and the white road are to blame because it is they who have enticed the poet away. Q. 2: Justify the title of the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’. Ans: the title of the poem reflects the very theme of the poem. In the present poem this trend is followed too. The title of the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’ is as simple as the theme of the poem. The wo...

Short Question-Answer | Where the mind is without Fear | Rabindranath Tagore

Question- 1: How does Tagore want his country to awake into a heaven of freedom? Answer : Rabindranath Tagore feels pain to see so many bars to real freedom in his land. Tagore wants to break the walls of narrow thinking, superstitions, ignorance, and fear. The poet wants people to be fearless and active in following the path of non-stop activities and truth. He desires people to bid farewell to the age-old customs, dead habits and meaningless prejudices. The poet on the otherhand, wishes all to be united and to have brotherhood and progressive thinkings and thus he wants his land to awake into a paradise of true freedom. Question- 2: Who is the ‘Father’ referred to in Tagore’s poem? What does the poet pray to him? Answer : ‘Father’ as referred to in Tagore’s poem, is the Supreme Being, God . The poet prays to God to better the all-round standard of his countrymen. He prays to God to make people’s head hold high, to take them to an ideal heaven of freedom, where all can learn freely, ...

Descriptive Answers | Upon Westminster Bridge | William Wordsworth

Questions: Write the  substance  of the poem   “Upon Westminster Bridge”. Answer : In the poem  “Upon Westminster Bridge”  the poet William Wordsworth celebrates the beauty of the city of London. One fine morning, the poet was out in a coach. He was upon the Westminster Bridge. Downward the Themes was flowing by. The sun was up. The great city of London was bathed in the luminous lustre of the rising sun. Exquisite was the scene. The poet was deeply charmed. It seemed to him to be the loveliest sight. The city received the profuse blessings of the sun. Only those with no aesthetic sense, according to the poet, could pass by such a ravishing sight. The majestic sight stirred the mind of the poet. The city seemed to put on the beauty of the morning light. Everything in the city was silent and clearly visible. A deep calm prevailed all around. Ships were anchored. Towers, domes, playhouses and churches lost themselves in the very openness the distant horizon a...

Critical Appreciation | Where the Mind is Without Fear

Critical Appreciation: Ans :   After Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Rabindranath was the best composer of Bengali sonnets. He did not follow the principles of sonnets strictly. His sonnets are exceptional in their varied thoughts and subject matter. Rabindranath Tagore thinks that a sonnet is a poem first and then it is an art, while others think that a sonnet is a first an art and then it is a poem. He convinced this idea after his long experiment and thinking over sonnets. The thought elements of his sonnets is superb. This adds to it a rich human interest. As a poet, Rabindranath was deeply concerned with man and nature. He had a philosophic mind and a deep spiritual realisation combined with the consciousness of humanity and human sufferings. ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ is an excellent poem of ‘Naivedya’ a collection of poems. It is a free English translation of Rabindranath’s Bengali poem, ‘Chitta Jetha Bhayshunya’. The translation was done by the poet himself.  In t...

Where the mind is without Fear | Rabindranath

Where the Mind is Without Fear Rabindranath Tagore Text : Poem Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free: Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action — Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. About Rabindranath Tagore: Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata on May 7 1861. He received no regular school education. Under the personal care of his father Debendranath Tagore and the guidance of some efficient , he gained a profound knowledge in Bengali, Sanskrit and English. He was a poet, a dramatist, a composer of songs, writer of short stories, a novelist, a critic, an essayist and a painter.  Some...

What is Physical Education?

Introduction: Physical Education is a course of learning through which the learners reach the aims of education by participating in various psychomotor activities. Since ancient times, man used to take part in different physical activities. You will notice that the people, engaged in physical activities, are physically and mentally stronger than the others. Hence the holistic development of the child can be attained through the regular participation in plays, games and sports. In other words, the child has to take part regularly in sports, exercises, running, jumping, drilling, marching, etc. besides studies. The main aim of Physical Education is to develop a child to be healthy, fit, strong and able bodies; to develop creative mentality, balanced personality; to be idealistic, sincere and to possess virtues based on ethics and other social values. In other words, Physical Education helps a human being to transform to a comprehensively beautiful, socially organized, healthy personali...

The Use and Abuse of Mobile Phone

Introduction : Mobile Phone is a wonderful invention of modern science. It is a small portable Technological device that cut across distances  and help us to communicate with anyone,  anywhere and at any time easily. Mobile Phone was invented by Charles E. Alden. This phone uses cellular network over a radio link for communication. This hand-held portable phone is used for many purposes. So it has spread faster than any other technology. Uses :  Mobile Phone offers a great many services. We can do text-messaging, MMS, , calculation so on. Even we get news, video games, music, videos, e-mail, songs and take photos through internet. Moreover it provides net-banking service. We can transfer cash payments by Mobile Phone. High end mobile phones or Smartphones act as computers. It may be used as a pass time recreation. But in this age it is of great use to businessmen. They carry on their business deal over mobile phone. Even mobile phone  helps to trace out a criminal by...

Asleep In the Valley — Short Questions

Asleep In the Valley by - Arthur Rimbaud Short Question with Answers Q.1 : Who is the writer of the poem 'Asleep in the Valley?' Ans: Arthur Rimbaud is the writer of the poem Asleep in the Valley. Q.2: What type of poem is 'Asleep in the Valley? ' Ans: This poem is a perfect lyric. Q.3: What type of form Rimbaud chooses for his poem 'Asleep in the Valley?' Ans:. Rimbaud chooses the sonnet form for his poem 'Asleep in the Valley.' Q.4: What is the theme of the poem 'Asleep in the Valley?' Ans: Futility the war is the main theme of the poem 'Asleep in the Valley.' Q.5: How does the young soldier lie? Ans: The very young soldier lies with his mouth slightly open. Q.6: What fill the hollow full of light? Ans: The sun's rays fill the hollow full of light. Q.7: Who fails to distrub the rest of the soilder ? Ans: The humming insects fail to distrub the rest of the soilder. Q.8: How is the smile of the young soldier described i...

Model Activity Task (October); Class - X : English

MODEL ACTIVITY TASK (October) CLASS – X ENGLISH (SECOND LANGUAGE) ---------------------------------- Read the following text and answer the questions that follow : A small portion of the Alipore zoo director's finger was severed after a chimpanzee bit it on Wednesday afternoon, said officials of the hospital where he was treated. Asis Kumar Samanta was feeding Babu, the thirty-three year old chimpanzee, when he spotted something like an insect on Babu's nose and tried to remove it. "But the chimpanzee bit his finger," said V.K. Yadav, member secretary of the Bengal Zoo Authority. Samanta was taken to the SSKM Hospital. "A small part of the tip of his left index finger was severed when he came to us. There was a fair amount of bleeding. He needed one stitch and an anti-rabies vaccine. It was not a major wound and should heal soon," a hospital official said. This is not the first time Babu had reacted with ferocity while being fed by Samanta. In 2018 February,...