Posts

Showing posts with the label Short Questions

Category

Show more

The Pulley George Herbert Short Questions

Image
 Short Questions  1) What is the theme of the poem?   The poem, The Pulley 'is composed by a Welsh poet' George Herbert '.  The poem is about a man's soul, which is compared to a pulley, and in this poem, 'God' is working like a pulley who pulls out each sacred gift from glass and gives it to man when he first creates mankind.  When the last gift remains in the glass, he decided not to give this one to a man.  And the last sacred gift is the 'Rest'.  Because God knows that if he pours the last gift " Rest, to a man, he worships all things in nature, instead of worshipping God. He wanted that man would find the true rest only in him. So, he keeps the ' rest ' with him and does not pour to a man. 2) Comment on the title of the poem. Do you notice any images that relate to this?  Ans: The poem ' The Pulley ' is a fine composition of George Herbert. The poem is about man's soul which is compared to Pulley. The pulley is a mechanical ...

Astrophil and Stella (Sonnet 2) Short Questions and answeres

Image
 Short Questions  What are the various stages the poet goes through before he falls in love?  The poem, 'Astrophil and Stella', is a famous poem written by Sir Philip Sidney in which he describes the ups and downs of the relationship of Astrophil & Stella. He describes how he falls in love with Stella and how much pain & suffering he is enduring because of it. He tells us that he does not fall in love with Stella ' at first sight but he was gradually charmed into doing so. He expresses how he goes through the stages before falling in love, he says that 'I saw and liked, liked but loved not, loved but didn't obey its commands, obeyed with a rebellious attitude and lost even a wish to be free' and he lost his freedom & become a slave of love. Describe the rhyme scheme of the sonnet. Also, give examples of alliteration and assonance from the sonnet.  The rhyme scheme of the sonnet is 'abbaabba ededee', Here the poet follows Italian stanza form w...

Popular posts from this blog

Health and physical education -आरोग्य व शारीरिक शिक्षण Class 12th Project download

Environment education and water security - पर्यावरण शिक्षण व जलसुरक्षा Project 11th and 12th Class Project Download in PDF

Health and physical education class 12 solutions maharashtra board download in pdf in English