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’
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.
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
