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Dust of Snow
I.
Answer the
following questions by choosing the correct alternative in each of the
following.
i. Given below are the two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following.
A:
The poet’s clothes became wet.
R: The crow shook a branch of the hemlock tree that was covered in snow.
a)
Both A and R are
true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A.
c)
A is true but R
is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
ii.
What did the poet
realise when dust of snow had fallen on him?
1.
That he had
wasted his time being in sorrow.
2. That he should utilize his remaining day in doing some useful tasks.
a)
Both 1 and 2 are
correct.
b)
Only 1 is
correct.
c)
Only 2 is
correct.
d) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct.
iii. Choose the option showing the reason NOT corresponding with “…a crow/ Shook down on me/ The dust of snow”.
a)
The crow’s
landing on the branch of the tree
b)
The shivering of
the crow, due to the cold
c)
The cawing of the
crow, hidden in the foliage
d) The readjustment of position of the crow on the branch
II. Answer each of the following questions in 40 – 50 words.
i.
The poem ‘Dust of
Snow’ evokes a sense of black and white. Justify the statement.
ii.
Explain the
symbols used by Frost in his poem ‘Dust of Snow’.
iii.
How is nature
presented in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?
iv.
The crow and
hemlock tree are usually used as negative references. How is this different in
this poem?
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