Read one of the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
Oh, I kept the first for another day
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted ifI should ever come back.
(a) Give the antonym for the word, 'leads'.
(b) What had the poet kept for another day
(c) What is the doubt in the poet's mind
OR
A full, deep cry rose within his dry throat and with a sudden push of his body he ran from where he stood, crying in real fear, "Mother, Father. ” Tears rolled down from his eyes, hot and fierce; his flushed face was convulsed with fear. Panic-stricken, he ran to one side first, then to the other, hither and thither in all directions, knowing not where to go.
(a) Why was the child panic-stricken
(b) Why do you think the child ran hither and thither in all directions despite being at an
unknown place
(c) What is meant by the word 'fierce'
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(a) Follows.
(b) The poet has kept the first road for another day which has been less travelled by others.
(c) The poet doubts whether he will ever be able to travel on the first road again.
OR
(a) He felt so as he had lost his father and mother at the fair.
(b) He was hopeful of getting back to his parents. He did not just want to stand in despair.
(c) 'Fierce' means Angry.Similar questions