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• 1. What do the sages say?2. What does the rain often foretell?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow:Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear(a) Give the synonym for ‘mourn’. (b) What is ‘goal’? (c) Why do things disappear?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow:In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.(а) What does the poet mean by the phrase ‘in the dim past’?(b) Is the poet afraid of future? (c) How can one travel on with cheer?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow:Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal; Not mourning for the things that disappear (a) Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry? (b) What should one not mourn for?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow: In the dim past, nor holding back in fear  From what the future veils; but with a whole  And happy heart, that pays its toll  To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.(a) What is meant by ‘veil’? (b) Mention the figure of speech in the third line. (c) Pick out the contrasting words in the above lines. (d) Pick out the rhyming words. (e) What is the rhyme scheme of the above lines?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow: Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul;(a) Pick out the alliterated words in the first line. (b) What is the figure of speech used in the second line? (c) What do you understand by the words, ‘forward face’? (d) With what kind of attitude does the speaker wish to lead his life in the poem,'Life'by Henry Van Dyke?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow:So let the way wind up the hill or down, O ’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy: Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown, (a) How is the way of life? (b) How should be the journey of life? (c) What did the poet seek as a boy?
• Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow:Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul;(a) Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to? (b) What kind of life does the poet want to lead?