1. Read the poem given below and compare it with the poem Death the Leveller.
Death is Here and Death is There. -Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Death is here and death is there,
Death is busy everywhere, All around, within, beneath, Above is death and we are death.
Death has set his mark and seal
On all we are and we feel, On all we know and all we fear,
First our pleasures die-and then Our hopes, and then our fears-and
When
These are dead, the debt is due. Dust claims dust- and we die too.
2. Find out the bracketed words from the sentences. (5)
a. She is such a lovely girl (noun)
b. My lovely mother (adjective)
c. She is an artist and a dancer (conjunction)
d. She spoke softly (adverb)
e. Rama is playing (verb)
3. What does the phrase victor-victim mean? What is the poetic device used here? (2)
4. Elaborate the lines. (2)
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
(7)
5. What does Death's purple altar refer to? (1)
6. Why does the poet think that the glories if our blood and state are shadows? (1) 7. Why deatj is called the Leveller? (2)
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Answer:
1. Read the poem given below and compare it with the poem Death the Leveller.
Death is Here and Death is There. -Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Death is here and death is there,
Death is busy everywhere, All around, within, beneath, Above is death and we are death.
Death has set his mark and seal
On all we are and we feel, On all we know and all we fear,
First our pleasures die-and then Our hopes, and then our fears-and
When
These are dead, the debt is due. Dust claims dust- and we die too.
2. Find out the bracketed words from the sentences. (5)
a. She is such a lovely girl (noun)
b. My lovely mother (adjective)
c. She is an artist and a dancer (conjunction)
d. She spoke softly (adverb)
e. Rama is playing (verb)
3. What does the phrase victor-victim mean? What is the poetic device used here? (2)
4. Elaborate the lines. (2)
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
(7)
5. What does Death's purple altar refer to? (1)
6. Why does the poet think that the glories if our blood and state are shadows? (1) 7. Why deatj is called the Leveller? (2)
L
Answer:
elaborate the line
only the action of the just
small sweet and blooms in the dust