English Empire

COMPLETE SOLUTION OF THE POEM 'KEEPING QUIET' (A) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.                                  “Now we will count to twelve                                     and we will all keep still.                              For once on the face of the Earth                             let’s not speak in any language,                                let’s stop for one second,                           and not move our arms so much.” Q1. Name the poem and the poet. Ans:- The poem is ‘Keeping quiet’, and the poet is Pablo Neruda. Q2. How long does the poet Pablo Neruda want to stay still? Ans:- The poet Pablo Neruda suggests all of us to count up to twelve and to keep a pin drop silence. Q3. What does the poet expect to achieve by keeping quiet? Ans:- The poet expect that by keeping quiet we shall get an eternal chance to introspect. The weird silence will give us a feeling of one another.

COMPLETE SOLUTION OF THE POEM 'AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM'            (A) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.                                 “Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces.                             Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor:                                    The tall girl with her weighed-down head.                                     The paper seeming boy, with rat’s eyes.” Q1. Name the poem and the poet. Ans:- The poem is “An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum” and the poet is Stephen Spender. Q2. How do these children of the slum look? Ans:- These lines have been taken from the poem “An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum” written by Stephen Spender. These children of slum appear sitting in their classroom in the pathetical condition. They are pale and their unkempt hair is scattered all over their faces. They look like rootless weeds in