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Figures of speech 1Form of the poem 1Bhisma Lochan Sharma 1The listeners’ reaction 1Ridiculous images 1The billy goat 1Title and personal response 1

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Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write ONLY the correct answers.)

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MCQEasy1 mark

Sukumar Ray's poem, 'The Power of Music' can be classified as __________.

(a)nonsense verse
(b)a sonnet
(c)a lyrical poem
(d)an ode

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Read the following lines from Sukumar Ray's poem, 'The Power of Music' and answer the questions that follow:

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When summer comes, we hear the hums Bhisma Lochan Sharma. You catch his strain on hill and plain from Delhi down to Burma.

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Short answerModerate3 marks

What is Bhisma Lochan Sharma known for? When can one hear him? Explain the following words from the given extract: ‘You catch his strain’.

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ReasoningModerate3 marks

How can we tell that his singing was not appreciated by the people who heard him?

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Short answerModerate3 marks

The poet uses ridiculous images to exaggerate the effect of Bhisma Lochan Sharma’s voice on his listeners. Mention any three such images.

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Short answerModerate3 marks

How does the poet describe the billy goat which appears at the end of the poem? What does it do to help bring relief to the suffering people?

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ReasoningHard4 marks

Bring out the significance of the title of the poem. Do you feel sympathy for Bhisma Lochan Sharma or for those who listened to him? Give reasons for your response.

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Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write ONLY the correct answers.)

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MCQModerate1 mark

Which of the given options contains the figure of speech that appears in the following line from the poem, 'The Power of Music'? And in the sky the feathered fly turn turtle while They're winging,

(a)You're one month on in the middle of May
(b)Rainbow-tinted circles of light
(c)And life is too much like a pathless wood
(d)The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn