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Read the following passage carefully. A ChorusOver the surging tides and the mountain kingdoms, Over the pastoral valleys and the meadows, Over the cities with their factory darkness, Over the lands where peace is still a power, Over all these and all this planet carries A power broods, invisible monarch, a stranger To some, but by many trusted. Man’s a believer until corrupted. This huge trusted power Is spirit. He moves in the muscle of the world, In continual creation. He burns the tides, he shines From the matchless skies. He is the day’s surrender. Recognize him in the eye of the angry tiger, In the sign of a child stepping at last into sleep, In whatever touches, graces and confesses, In hopes fulfilled or forgotten, in promises Kept, in the resignation of old men This spirit, this power, this holder together of space Is about, is aware, is working in your breathing. But most he is the need that shows in hunger And in the tears shed in the lonely fastness. And in sorrow after anger.—By Elizabeth JenningsI. Answer the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option:(a) The power rules over: 1. mountain kingdoms 2. pastoral valleys 3. urban areas 4. all the above (b) The theme of the poem is: 1. man is corrupt 2. a super power rules the world 3. in the world creation is continuous 4. man is a believer.II. Answer the following questions as briefly as possible.(a) Pick the figure of speech in lines 1-4. (b) Why is the power called ‘invisible’? (c) Why is the power ‘a stranger to some’? (d) Explain the line ‘man’s a believer until corrupted’. (e) What are the two visible signs of the presence of this power? (f) Why is this power trusted by men? III. Find words from the passage which are similar in meaning to the following.(a) acceptance (line 16) (b) to loom (line 6) |
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Answer» I. (a) (4) all the above (b) (3) in the world creation is continuous II. II.(a) Repetition—repetition of‘over’in the lines. (b) The power refers to ‘spirit or God’ which is invisible as it works unseen. (c) Some men who are atheists do not believe in this power. (d) When man is born he is conscious of his relation to this power or God but the materialism and worries of the world corrupt his faith. (e) The presence of this power is visible in feeling of hunger and the shedding of tears when one is lonely. (f) This power is trusted because it is the creator of man and all the other beings and phenomena of this world. III. (a) resignation (b) brood |
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