1. By whom is the true value of success felt?
2. Requires sorest need refers to
3. The purple host is
4. The sounds of victory are agonizing to the dying soldier because
5. Find out the synonym of 'win' from the poem.
6. A word that is similar in meaning to 'understand in the poem is
7. A word that is opposite in meaning to defeat in the poem is
8. What is the theme of the poem?
9. A word that is opposite in meaning to 'prohibited' in the poem is
10. How would you define success, in your own words?
Section B - Writing - (10M)
Read the following hints of the story and rewrite the complete story.
(10M)
A fox fell into a well- a thirsty goat came to the well – fox invited the goat to have a
drink of fresh water - the foolish goat jumped into the well – fox tria
goes back and lumnad off
Answers
The true value of success is felt by those? A) who always succeed B) who always fail C) who get it rarely
Requires sorest need. Hmm—here we're presented with a bit of a puzzling metaphor. The literal translation here is that you have to be really, really, really thirsty ("sorest need") in order to fully understand ("comprehend")
The "purple Host" of the poem is a symbol of whoever has met with success today; it could be a conquering army, as seems literal, or it could be any person or group that has triumphed, figuratively
The dying man's ears are not forbidden; rather, the sounds of triumph are forbidden to him because his side lost the battle. The triumphant sounds that he hears are not agonized, though they are clear to him; rather, he is agonized at hearing the clear sounds of triumph of the other side.
gain
The words appreciate and comprehend are common synonyms of understand. While all three words mean "to have a clear or complete idea of," understand and comprehend are very often interchangeable, with understand sometimes stressing the fact of having attained a firm mental grasp of something