Question

5. Read the extract given below.

„Teach us to rule ourselves alway,

Controlled and cleanly night and day;

That we may bring, if need arise,

No maimed or worthless sacrifice.‟

5.1 Answer the questions by selecting the most appropriate option from the ones

given below: 5x1=5M


a)The poet does not want to make a sacrifice which is –

i) meaningful ii) important

iii) trivial iv) worthy


b) The poetic device used in the second line is

i) personification ii) alliteration

iii) simile iv) metaphor


c) According to the poet, children are invoking –

i) their parents to teach them ii) their teacher to teach them

iii) God to teach them iv) their motherland to teach them


5.2 Complete the following sentences:

d)The rhyme scheme of the given extract is ________.

e)The name of the poet is _______.​

Answer 1

Answer:

worthy

personification

their teacher....