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Chapter-4.1 How to Tell Wild Animals NCERT Solution

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED Thinking About the Poem (Page 45) Q1. Does `dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’? Can you say it in such a way that it does? Ans. No, `dyin’ really doesn’t rhyme with a lion. The poet uses poetic devices like this to create a rhyming effect in the poem. So the word ‘dyin’ is used… Read More »

Chapter-3.1 A Tiger in the Zoo NCERT Solution

Thinking About the Poem (Page ?) Q1. Read the poem again, and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks. (i)Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the cage and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns. (ii) Find the words that describe the two places, and arrange them… Read More »

Chapter-2.1 Fire and Ice-NCERT Solution

Thinking About the Poem (Page 15) Q1. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end someday? Have you ever thought what would happen if the sun got so hot that it ‘burst’, or grew colder and colder? Ans. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. One… Read More »

Chapter-1.1 Dust of Snow NCERT Solution

TEXTUAL EXERCISES Thinking about the Text (Page 14) This poem presents a moment that seems simple but has a larger significance. (Compare this other quotation from Robert Frost: “Always, always a larger significance… A little thing touches a larger thing.”) 1. What is a “dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the… Read More »

Chapter-11.1 For Anne Gregory NCERT Solution

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED Thinking About the Poem (Page 141) Q1. What does the young man mean by “great honey-coloured/Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them? Ans. The young lady, Anne Gregory’s hair are blonde or yellow. They are honey-coloured. The hair falling on Anne’s ears look like… Read More »

Chapter-5.1 The Ball Poem NCERT Solution

(NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED) Thinking About the Poem (Page 47)  In pairs, attempt the following questions. Q1. Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball? Ans. The poet doesn’t want to indulge in any kind of sermonising. Nor does he want to impose his views… Read More »

Chapter-5.1 The Ball Poem- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Chapter- 5 English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­­ The Ball Poem By– John Berryman About the Author- John Berryman                John Berryman – A Short Biography About the Poet John Allyn Mc. Alphin Berryman was an American poet and scholar. He… Read More »

Chapter-1.1 Dust of Snow- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Chapter- 1 English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­­ Dust of Snow By- Robert Frost About the Author- Robert Frost                       Robert Frost – A Short Biography About the Poet Robert Frost was a famous American poet. He was born in San… Read More »

Chapter-4.1 How to Tell Wild Animals- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Chapter- 4 English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­­ How to Tell Wild Animals By– Carolyn Wells   About the Poetess – Carolyn Wells        Carolyn Wells – A Short Biography                      … Read More »

Chapter-9.1 Fog- NCERT Solution

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED Thinking About the Poem (Page 115) Q1. (i) What does Sandburg think the fog is like? Ans. Sandburg thinks that the fog is like a small cat. (ii) How does the fog come? Ans. The fog comes silently like a small cat. It comes suddenly from nowhere unseen like a stalking cat. (iii) What… Read More »

Chapter-11.1 For Anne Gregory- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Chapter- 11 English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­­ For Anne Gregory By– William Butler Yeats   About the Author- William Butler Yeats              William Butler Yeats – A Short Biography         About the Poet                                                                                                                                      William Butler Yeats… Read More »

Chapter-8.1 The Trees- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Chapter- 8 English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­­ The Trees By– Adrienne Rich            Adrienne Rich – A Short Biography   About the Poetess                                                                                                                                     Adrienne Rich was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was… Read More »

Chapter-7.1 Animals- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Chapter- 7 English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­­ Animals By– Walt Whitman   About the Author- Walt Whitman                 Walt Whitman – A Short Biography                                … Read More »

Chapter-6.1 Amanda- Extra Questions and Notes

Extra Questions, Notes, Assignment and study material for Class 10th as Per Latest CBSE Syllabus Poem- 6  English Language and Literature- First Flight (Latest 2018-19) ­­­ Amanda  By– Robin Klein   Robin Klein – A Short Biography                                          … Read More »

Chapter-10.1 The Tale of Custard the Dragon NCERT Solution

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED Thinking About the Poem (Page 132) Q1. Who are the characters in the poem? List them with their pet names. Ans. There are six characters described in the poem. (i)There is a girl and her name is Belinda. (ii) There is a black kitten. His pet name is Ink. (iii) There is a little… Read More »