Question

From your understanding of the poem,
answer the following questions briefly
in a sentence or two:

1. What do the three words, ‘graves,
worms and epitaphs’, refer to?

2. What does the executor mentioned in
the poem do?

3. Who is Bolingbroke? Is he a friend or
foe?

4. Are all deposed kings slain by the
deposer?

5. What does the crown of rulers stand
for?

6. What hides within the crown and
laughs at the king’s grandeur?

7. What does ‘flesh’ mean here?

8. What are the various functions and
objects given up by a defeated king?

9. How does the king establish that he
and his subjects are equal in the end?

10. Bring out King Richard’s feelings when
he was defeated.
The Hollow Crown
(from Richard II)Chapter 2 Page 187
TNSCERT Class X

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