Notes of -Happy Prince-English

The Happy Prince

vocabulary

•         muttered - mumbled

•         flew – past tense of fly

•         tire - lose interest in; become bored with

•         pity – sympathy or mercy

Answer the following:

Q1.Why was the Prince called ‘The Happy Prince’?

A- The Prince had everything he wanted, he never dreamt of crying for anything and so he was called ‘The Happy Prince’.

 Q2.What was special about the Prince’s statue?

A-The Prince’s statue was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, his eyes were made of two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. 

Q3. What did the Happy Prince request the swallow to do ? Why do you think he did this?

A-The Happy Prince was standing on a tall column and could easily see the ugliness and misery. He requested the swallow to stay with him and be his messenger in helping the needy with the gold and gems from his statue.

Q4. Why did the swallow stay back with  the Happy Prince?Do you think he did the right thing?

A-The Swallow was kind hearted and so stayed back with the lonely Prince out of pity and compassion. The Prince had been generous in helping all those he could. The swallow brought disaster upon himself knowing well that he could not withstand(tolerate) the cold winter. The Prince also did not realize that he was being harsh on the swallow.

Q5. ‘It is curious,’he remarked, ‘but I feel quite warm now, Although it is so cold.’ Who said this and why?

A-The Swallow said these words after he had delivered the ruby from the sword of the Prince to a poor seamstress. He felt warm because he had done a good deed.

Q6. Why did the Angel choose the lead heart and the dead bird?

A- The Angel chose the lead heart and the dead bird because the two had helped the needy without a regard to their own selves.

Q7. Do you think this story has a sad ending?

 Why do you think the author gave the story a sad

ending?

A-The story has a sad ending to show the ultimate

sacrifice of the Prince and swallow while helping

others.

Q8. When did the Swallow decide to stay with the Prince forever?

A- The Happy Prince asked the swallow to give the sapphires from its eyes to the playwright and the match girl. The swallow felt that the  Prince had become blind and hence would need him now.

 Q9.What did the swallow do when winter

 set in? 

A-The swallow stole crumbs from the baker and

 tried to keep himself warm by flapping it’s

wings.

 Q10. Why did the Mayor and the Councillors

decide to pull down the statue? 

A-The statue was looking unattractive because

 it had lost the gold leaves covering it and also

 the sparkling jewels in its eyes and in the

sword hilt. 

2) Complete the following sentences. 

a) Just as the Swallow was about to sleep

between the feet of the statue, drops of

water fell on him and he decided to move

 to another resting place.

b) The swallow flew over the city and saw

 the rich enjoying themselves in their

beautiful houses while the starving beggars

sat outside the gates.

Notes of Daffodils-English

                                              Daffodils

Answer the following:-

Q1. What was the poet doing?

Ans- The  poet was wandering alone in the  country side.

 Q2. What did he see and where?

Ans.  The poet saw a host of golden daffodils near a lake and beneath the tree.

Q3. To what does the poet compare the daffodils?

Ans- The poet compares the daffodils to the stars that shine and twinkle in the Milky way.

Q4. Why did the poet make such a comparison?

Ans- The poet made such a comparison because

to him the daffodils seemed to grow in never-ending numbers like stars in a galaxy. The yellow daffodils seemed to shine and glow brightly under the sun, like the light of the far away stars.

Q5. Describe the poet’s feelings on seeing the daffodils?

Ans- The poet felt very cheerful and happy on seeing the daffodils.

Q6. When does the poet remember the daffodils?

Ans- The poet often remembers the daffodils when he rests on his couch or lies there in deep thought.

Additional questions:

Q1. Where is the lonely cloud said to be?

Ans- The lonely cloud is said to be floating high  over the valleys and hills.

 Q2. Where did the daffodils stretch along?

Ans- The daffodils stretched along the margin of a bay (a body of water having a coastline)

Q3. What is the wealth that the poet got?

Ans- The wealth that the poet got is the wealth of happiness that fills his heart when he thinks about the daffodils.

FIGURES OF SPEECH:-

METAPHOR- The poet is metaphorically compared to a natural object, a cloud—“I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high...”, and the daffodils are continually personified as human beings, dancing and “tossing their heads” in “a crowd, a host”.

PERSONIFICATION- The daffodils are continuously personified as human beings“dancing and tossing their heads.”

SIMILE- In the first line of the poem the poet has

 used the simile-

‘lonely as a cloud’.

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