Question

11. F3 Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow. (2X5=10) F4 $ 4 ₹ The flames shot up sky-high, engulfing the area in thick smoke One Man's Fight to save his Town One man stood solitary, camera in hand, a determined set to his face He would expose this, he must, they had interfered with this place Of peace and beauty and trust. The pictures spoke what words could not and people watched and learned; One man led marches that began with a dozen and grew to thousands Of people whose personal spaces had been burned, Of people who silently watched and learned That the world was not the idyllic place they thought it to be But one filled with corruption and destruction where everything could be bought For a fee A fee they had paid every month so that the garbage would be disposed of the right way But that had wound up in bottomless pockets, Of people without souls or roots that made them want to stay And do the right thing, the right way. On the basis of your reading of the above poem, answer the following questions in 30-40 words each. 1) What is the poet's intent in this poem? Give reasons for your answer and support it with evidence from the poem. 2) What are the two things that the man did? 3) The poem tells us that the people of the town actually paid for their garbage to be disposed of the right way. What actually happened to the garbage? Identify the irony in this situation. 4) What does 'wound up in bottomless pockets' mean? Give reasons for your answer. 5) The synonym of'engulfing' in Line 1 is (i) eroded (ii) enveloped (iii) avoided (iv) taken over​

Answer 1

Answer:

ii)enveloped is the answer

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

enveloped , is the answer

Explanation:

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