Question

Q.3. Read the following poem carefully:
Success is Counted Sweetest
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory
As he defeated-dying
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!
3.1. Complete the summary of the poem by filling the blank with one word only.
The poet Emily Dickinson says that success is as sweet as (a)
Its sweetness
can be appreciated only by those who have never known what (b)
is. No
one from the Emperor's army can (C)
the term victory as clearly as the one
who is (d)
on the battle field. The beautiful song of triumph in the distance
causes (e)
to the ears of the soldier whom (f)
has been denied.
3.2. (a) A word that is similar in meaning to 'understand' in the poem is
(b) A word that is opposite in meaning to 'defeat' in the poem is​

Answer 1

Answer:

3.1 as success

3.2 b) win

a) agonised