Question

I build walls

Walls that protect

Walls that shield

Walls that say I shall not yield

Or reveal

Who I am and how I feel

I build walls

Walls that hide,

Walls that cover what’s inside

Walls that stare or simile or look away,

Silent flies,

Walls that even block my eyes

From the tears I might have cried.

I build walls

Walls that never let me

Truly touch

Those I love so very much

Walls that need to fall!

Walls mean to be fortresses

Are prisons after all.Choose the most appropriate option and write down the answer.

a. What are the walls in the poem made of?

(i) Blood and flesh (ii) Hidden feelings and thoughts

(iii) Bricks or any physical material (iv) Cement and tiles

b. The poet uses “Walls” as a

(i) Metaphor (ii) Alliteration

(iii) Simile (iv) Personification

c. When walls as a protection, they

(i) Touch the ones who are truly loved (ii) Surrender to strong feelings

(iii) Do not reveal what is inside (iv) Make one shed tears

d. The expression ‘silent lies’ in the second stanza implies

(i) Walls make one hide one’s true feelings. (ii) Walls lie silently around all of us

(iii) Walls are silent (iv) Walls are liars

e. Walls built to protect us ultimately turn into a prison. It is an example of a

(i) Puzzle (ii) Riddle

(iii) Satire (iv) Paradox​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

a. ii

b. iv

c. i

d. iii

e. iii

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