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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.

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 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.

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 | Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star

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

Unit 6 : Hurried Trip to Avoid a Bad Star

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Give a short account of the life of people living in Karnali region? Discuss.
What did the authors find in the exploration of Karnali Region? Explain.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

How is Karnali region economically linked with the lowland regions to the south?
What was happening to the trees in the sal forest?
What does it indicate about the exploitation of nature?
Why did the men not process the silajit before leaving home village? What does it refer to?

NEB Question Collection | About Love

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

Unit 2 : About Love

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Explain the idea that love is different in every situation. Use examples from the text.
In your own words tell the love story of Alyohin and Anna Alexeyevna
Contrast the love affair between Alyohin and Anna with the affair between Nikanor and Pelageya.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

Sketch the character of Nikannor.
Describe the love affair between Pelageya and Nikanor.
What is the experience/ feeling of Alyohin about love?
Retell the first love story of Alyohin.
Sketch the character of Alyohin.
Describe the first meeting of Alyohin and Anna.
How did Alyohin and Anna develop their relationship? Why did Alyohin and Anna try to conceal their love?
What do you think Anna suffered from mental disease?
How did the love-affair between Alyohin and Anna remain unfulfilled?

NEB Question Collection | About Love

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

Unit 2 : About Love
Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Explain the idea that love is different in every situation. Use examples from the text.
In your own words tell the love story of Alyohin and Anna Alexeyevna
Contrast the love affair between Alyohin and Anna with the affair between Nikanor and Pelageya.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

Sketch the character of Nikannor.
Describe the love affair between Pelageya and Nikanor.
What is the experience/ feeling of Alyohin about love?
Retell the first love story of Alyohin.
Sketch the character of Alyohin.
Describe the first meeting of Alyohin and Anna.
How did Alyohin and Anna develop their relationship? Why did Alyohin and Anna try to conceal their love?
What do you think Anna suffered from mental disease?
How did the love-affair between Alyohin and Anna remain unfulfilled?

NEB Question Collection | Hansel and Gretel

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

Unit 17 : Hansel and Gretel

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Briefly narrate the story ‘Hansel and Gretel’
Narrate the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

How did Hansel and Gretel free themselves from the witch ?

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 Boarding House

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

Unit 21 : The Boarding House
Long Questions asked from this chapter :

Briefly narrate the story ‘The Boarding House’
Sketch the character of Mrs. Mooney.

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

Write and interpretation of the story, “The Boarding House”.
What was the major problem in the relation between Mr. Doran and polly?

NEB Question Collection | Travelling Through the Dark

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

Unit 7 : Travelling Through the Dark

Long Questions asked from this chapter :

What is the main theme of the poem ‘Travelling Through The Dark’? Explain

Short Questions asked from this chapter :

How does the action of the poem develop in each stanza?
How does the poet feel about finding the deer? Why does he hesitate before pushing the dead animal off the road?
Explain the meaning of the world ‘swerve’. Does the speaker ‘swerve’?
What do you think the narrator pushed the doe off the road Does he do full justice to both sides of the conflict? Give your opinion.
In the line ‘I thought hard for all of us ,’ what does the poet think about?

Long Question – 3 | The Lamentation of Old Pensioner

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

Write an Essay on Youth and Age or Life and Art

The skill of creation is called Art. People in possession (having) of this creative skill are known as artist. Art may be different by its form, style and time. Although it is different by its form and style, art always influences human beings. Art always remains as an effective and important motivational factor for human beings. In order to live a happy and satisfied life, art is an inevitable aspect of life. An art in its supreme form is able to provide us the deepest inner freshness which in turn inspires us to make ourselves happy and amiable. To get rid of difficulties of life, it is immensely important for us to appreciate. By appreciating art, we can keep ourselves happy by forgetting the problems of life.

Human life is very transient (short) and when we die our life is finished. But despite this appearance of physical existence, an artist can live an immortal life. Life is sure to come to an end but art remains forever. Laxmi Prasad Devkota is remaining immortal among Nepali people for his fine piece of art in, literature in the form of “Muna Madan”. Other great artists of different artistic fields are still immortal because of their great works of art. When we enjoy art we find amiability within ourselves thereby inspiring us to appreciate art. It is indeed true that all works of art provide us the deepest experience and higher value of our life.