Read the glven extract and answer the questions that follow:
"I find them in the garden,
For there's many here about
And often when I go to plough,
The ploughshare turns them out!
For many thousand men, sald he,
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Were slaln in that great victory.
a. Name the poet and the theme of this poem. (2)
b. What was that thing Peterkin had brought home earlier in the context. Where did he find it? (2)
c. What was told by the old man? Who is that old man? (2)
d. What did the old man say looking at that round thing? (2)
Answers
Answer:
a. After Blenheim by Robert Southey
b. Peterkin who had brought home a large round thing that he had found while playing near a rivulet was curious to know what it was. (ii) Explain the expression 'wonder-waiting eyes'. Answer: The young Peterkin brought home somebody's skull. He was anxious to know all about the incident connected with the skull.
c. They were in cottage door. The old man in Southey's poem 'After Blenheim' is Old Kaspar, a man who had suffered much in the hands of warmongers during the Battle of Blenheim. He is a representative of the common stereotype people who glorify war without a reason. He is someone who wants to stick to the old ideals.
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Answer:
a. Robert Southey
After Blenheim
b. It was some fellow's skull that was round and smooth in shape.
He had found it beside the rivulet (stream).
c. The old man did knew nothing about the war but was boastful in his saying. He only saw that "it was a famous victory".
The old man is grandfather of the two children Peterkin and Wilhelmine.
d. He said it was some poor soldier's skull that was killed in the war faught between French and English. He often found them while ploughing his field.
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