Question

L1 On the basis of your reading of the poem answer the following questions choosing the be
a) 'The light of other days' means
the wealth that the poet enjoyed in the past
(a) the bright lights that the poet sew another day
fin) happy memories of loved ones who are no more
(b) the change that has come over in the present
Ere slumber's chain has bound me contains a
(a) alliteration
ocation
The poet remembers
) the people who loved him when he was a boy
(t) the happy people of his youth
(i) the still nights of his childhood
(iv) all of the above
In stanza 2, the poet compares himself to
) falling leaves in winter
() a deserted banquet-hall
(im) a dead garland
(iv) a lonely guest in a banquet-hall
(e) The antonym of the word crowded is (stanza 3)
i) uplifted
(a) diversified
(m) making or becoming a desert (iv) deserted
Departed in stanza 3 means
. went away
( 'banquet-hall deserted
(17) "stilly night
(iv) wintry weather
1.2 Answer the following.
(a) The poet thinks of the light of
of his 'boyhood years'.
(b) The 'slumber's chain', in the concluding stanza has
the poet with 'sad
memory' that makes him feel depressed.
(c) 'Fall like' leaves in wintery weather depict the scene of death of the poet's friends, so link'd
together.
(True False)
(d) Smiles have turned, "dimmd and gone' because his 'cheerful friends frowned upon him in
the 'stilly, night.
[True False)
13 (a) What is the root word of fled (stanza 3)?
(b) What is the synonym of before (stanza 1)?
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Answer 1

Answer:

In terms of choice I am not solely led

By nice direction of a maiden's eyes;

Besides, the lottery of my destiny

Bars me the right of voluntary choosing:

But if my father had not scanted me,

And hedg'd me by his wit, to yield myself

His wife who wins me by that means I told you,

Yourself, renowned prince, then stood as fair

As any comer I have look'd on yet

For my affection.

(i) Who spoke these lines to whom? What "choice" is being talked about in the

extract? Give reasons to justify why the speaker could not make the choice

immediately after meeting the prince.