2.3 THE INCHCAPE ROCK BY ROBERT SOUTHY

 

XII Assignment No 02

 

 

E 08                               S V UNION JUNIOR COLLEGE, PUNE              

   XII ENGLISH                       ASSIGNMENT NO 02                      Marks: 20

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Q.1 (A) Read the given extract and completes the activities given below:   (16)

 

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,

Healthy, free, the world before me,

The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

 

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,

Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need

Nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous

Criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road.

 

The earth, that is sufficient,

I do not want the constellations any nearer,

I know they are very well where they are,

I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

 

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,

I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever

I go, I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,

I am fill’d with them, and I will fill them in return.)

 

A1 Pick out the two lines which describe the phrase ‘good fortune’.                                                        (02)

1) …………………………………………………………………….

2) …………………………………………………………………….

A2    ‘Still here I carry my old delicious burdens’ Give reasons for this statement.                                               (02)

A3   Name and explain figure of speech used in the following line.                                                              (02)

‘The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose’

A4    Express your own views regarding the following line.                                                                              (02)

‘Song of the open road’

A5     Compose four lines on ‘Journey of life’. by using rhyming word.                                                         (02)

A6     Pick up two examples of “Inversion”                                                                                                             (02)

A7    What is Free Verse Explain?                                                                                                                                (02)

A8    Describe your ‘road of life’.                                                                                                                              (02)

 

(B) Appreciation:                                                                                                                                                            (04)

Read the above given poem given extract and write a poetic appreciation of the poem with help of

the following points.

• About the poet and the title

• The theme

• Language/ poetic devices used in the poem

• Special features

• Your opinion about the poem

 

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