Question

Q-2 (A) Read the following stanza and answer the questions.


The merit of the drama lies,

I understand, in some surprise;

But the surprise now must be small

Since you have just foretold all.

The lady you have brought with you

Is, I infer, a half-wit, too.

But can understand the piece

Without assistance from your niece.


Questions:

1. How will the ‘surprise be small’ according to the poet?

2. Why does the poet call the woman’s niece ‘a half-wit’?

3. Where does the merit of the drama lie in?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1a) the surprise will be small because the poet has foretold all

2a) the poet said so because the lady brought by him is i infer

3a) the merit of the drama lie in the small surprise

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