Class-11 English Chapter-13 Peace

 EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

27/01/2021             CLASS-11                 SLOT-2

English  
chapter-13 PEACE
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Word Power

(A) Give antonyms of the following words:

1.   Light – dark

2.   Mortal – immortal

3.   Joy – sorrow

4.   Day – night

5.   Knowledge – ignorance

6.   Peace – war

7.   Might – weakness

8.   Temporary – permanent

(B) Make verbs of the following using suitable prefixes/suffixes. Dark, power, joy beauty, sweet, light, mortal

1.   Dark – darken

2.   Power – empower

3.   Joy – enjoy

4.   Beauty – beautify

5.   Sweet – sweeten

6.   Light – lighten

7.   Mortal – mortalize.

Comprehension

(A)Question 1.‘Behold’, it comes in might ………. In this line, what is implied by ‘it’?

Answer:‘It’ implies the ‘eternal peace’

 Question 2.What does the poet mean by ‘external death unmourned’?

Answer:By this expression the poet means the death which hasn’t been mourned for it being for salvation and eternity.

Question 3.Explain the following lines:

It is sweet rest in music

And pause in sacred art;

Answer:Here the poet signifies peace in the sense that it is a rest for rejuvenation during music and pause during a sacred art. Such rest gives a new gain of energy.

 
(B) Answer the following questions in three or four sentences:

Question 1.What is the ‘Goal of life’?

Answer:The ‘Goal of life’ is salvation

Question 2.Where does the spirit return to?

Answer:The spirit returns to eternity.

Question 3.What sort of joy and sorrow does the poet refer to?

Answer:The poet refers to the joy never spoken and sorrow never felt.

Question 4.What is it that joins might and the next day?

AnsTeace joins might and the next day.

Question 5.What element is present in silence admist two fits of passion?

Answer:Eternal peace is present in silence admist two fits of passion.

 Question 6.Give the central idea of poem?

Answer:The central idea of poem is to attain real eternal salvation and peace of mind. Spirit is immortal.

(C) In the first stanza ‘might’ in the line (1) rhymes with might in line (4). Mention .the other rhymed lines in the subsequent stanza.

Answer: Sorrow – morrow

Art – heart

Alone – known.

Speaking Activity