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Short Question 1 | Grandmother

English 12 Notes — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:41:42 +0000

What does the poet remember / feel about his grandmother?

“Grandmother” by Ray young bear presents the feeling of a poet whose mind is full of grandmother’s memory. The grandmother used to love him so much in the past that her memory is printed in almost all his sense organs. Because of those ever lasting memory, he feels nostalgic towards his grandmother. Whatever he does is stitched with the color of his grandmother.

The poet states his nostalgic feeling throughout the poem. The beginning itself is important to understand the felling towards his grandmother. She resides permanently in eyes of the poet. As a result the poet can know her wisely ever if he sees her shape from a mile away. His nostalgic feeling is expressed in other lines too. His claim of identifying his grandmother with the help of other sense organs also suggests that he is nostalgic towards his grandmother. Of all his assertion, the one expressed towards the last is very important. In the last few lines he says that the words of grandmother remain inside him permanently. The grandmother was the sources of inspiration to him. She was the one who used to love him very much. Because of her memory the poet feels nostalgia reminds him of his grandmother frequently.

Long Question 1 | Grandmother

English 12 Notes — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:41:42 +0000

How does the poet feel about his grandmother? Explain.

Ans : The speaker has an affectionate and respectful feeling towards his grandmother. He describes his grandmother in such a way that she becomes the source of love and inspiration to him. He expresses his warm and intimate feeling to her through the words like feeling her ‘warm and damp hands’ and ‘her words would flow inside me like the light’. Here, the grandmother’s words are compared with the light of sleeping night fire which lightens the darkness when it is recovered by removing the ashes. This means that her words lighten the darkness of his life and show the right path to truth, love and goodness.

Short Question 3 | Grandmother

English 12 Notes — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:41:42 +0000

Describe what you think the poet’s grandmother was like? Which adjectives best describe her?

The poet has very affectionate and most respectful feeling towards his grandmother. His description of his grandmother in the poem using various poetic devices reveals that she is the source of love and inspiration for the poet. He seems to be strongly guided by the inspiration of his grandmother it is his close association with grandmother that inspires him to recognize, feel and understand her even from a far distance without looking her appearance his imagination of blowing words of grandmother from the rock entering inside him, enlightened him removing the darkness of his life. This words also inspire him to move forward enthusiastic way. The poet has evergreen and fresh memory of the grandmother which is highly motivated factor of his life. The poet is devotedly guided and inspired by the loving memory of his grandmother.

NEB Question Collection | Grandmother

English 12 Notes — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 1 : Grandmother

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

How does the poet feel about his grandmother? Explain.
What is the central idea of the poem 'Grandmother'?

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

What does the poet remember about his grandmother?
What images do you find in the poem’ Grandmother’? To what senses do they appeal?
Describe what you think the poet’s grandmother was like? Which adjectives best describe her?
How would the poet recognize his grandmother?

NEB Question Collection | The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 9 : The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

How does the story describe the growth of an ordinary boy to an assertive young man?
When the boy is young in the beginning, do people believe his story about the ship? Why don’t the people believe him? When the boy is older, how does he prove there is a ship?

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

Describe the Ghost ship as the boy describes it.
Why the boy’s mother and the villagers do not believe the boy?
Describe the murderous chair that the mother had.
Why and how does the boy determine to show his manhood before the villagers?

NEB Question Collection | A Story

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 8 : A Story
Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Describe the outing made by Uncle Thomas and his friends.
Write an essay on the outing you have made recently.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

How does the narrator look at his uncle and his friends?
How does the boy describe his uncle and his aunt ? Is their relationship good? Explain.
The plan of Mr. Thomas and his friend was to go to Porthcawl for the outing. Did they ever reach there? Why?
Why did will sentry always follow Benjamin Franklyn?
Sketch the character of Mr. Thomas.

NEB Question Collection | Women’s Business

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 12 : Women’s Business

Long Questions asked from this chapter :
No questions have been asked in this section

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

How did the women start and flourish their business in America?
What is the main idea of the essay ?
How did Pinkham act as savior of her sex ? Explain.

NEB Question Collection | A Story

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 8 : A Story

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Describe the outing made by Uncle Thomas and his friends.
Write an essay on the outing you have made recently.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

How does the narrator look at his uncle and his friends?
How does the boy describe his uncle and his aunt ? Is their relationship good? Explain.
The plan of Mr. Thomas and his friend was to go to Porthcawl for the outing. Did they ever reach there? Why?
Why did will sentry always follow Benjamin Franklyn?
Sketch the character of Mr. Thomas.

NEB Question Collection | A Child is Born

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 14 : A Child is Born

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

What differences does the writer show between a traditional society and a modern society in matters of pregnancy, childbirth and child bearing ?
Write about the place of a mother in the Nepali family with reference to different stages of her life.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

What kind of treatment does a woman in Bangladesh received during her pregnancy and after the childhood ?
What differences does the writer show between a traditional society and a modern society in matter of childbearing ?
The essay ‘A Child is Born’ is often found controversial and one-sided. Do you agree ? Give reasons for your agreement or disagreement.

NEB Question Collection | Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 5 : Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

How is death presented in the poem? Is it meaningful? Give reasons
Write an essay on life and art.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

Summarize the poem in a paragraph.
What happened when the father died? Do you think the change are good or bad?
Find the alliteration and assonance in the poem? What is the effect of these in the poem?

NEB Question Collection | Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Class : 12

Unit 5 : Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

How is death presented in the poem? Is it meaningful? Give reasons
Write an essay on life and art.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

Summarize the poem in a paragraph.
What happened when the father died? Do you think the change are good or bad?
Find the alliteration and assonance in the poem? What is the effect of these in the poem?

NEB Question Collection | The Tell-Tale Heart

English 12 Notes — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 05:41:42 +0000

Unit 15 : The Tell-Tale Heart

Long Questions asked from this chapter :
No questions have been asked in this section.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

What made the narrator confess his crime ?
Describe the scene when the narrator killed the old man.
Would you call the narrator mad ? Give reasons for your answer.
How was the narrator betrayed by his own heart ? Discuss.