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Tulsi Mehta
Subject: English
, asked on 6/1/18
Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to
His father's house, the home he knew,
Rather than see him make and move
His world. I would forgive him too, Shaping from sorrow a new love. (a) Why don't the father and the son exchange any words with each other?
(b) The father would rather accommodate the squandering son than let him "make and move his world." What does this attitude of his reflect about his character? (c) Prove that the father-son relationship was not at all bitter in the past .
(d) In the third line of the stanza both the words 'house' and 'home' have been used. Bring out their difference in the context of the poem.
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Tulsi Mehta
Subject: English
, asked on 6/1/18
I do not understand this child Though we have lived together now in the same house for years.I know
Nothing of him, so try to build
Up a relationship from how
He was when small.
A.Why doesn't 'I' understand the child?
B.What is inexplicable about this lack of understanding?
C.What does the use of 'now' indicate in the second line?
D.How would an understanding of the child's childhood ways help 'I' to know him better?
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Shamsvi
Subject: English
, asked on 5/12/17
Explain the significance of empty hands.
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Shamsvi
Subject: English
, asked on 5/12/17
What is the sorrow that surrounds the father?
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Sumedha
Subject: English
, asked on 26/2/16
Silence surrounds us. I would have.
Him prodigal, returning to
His father’s house, the home he knew,
Rather than see him make and move
His ward. I would forgive him too
Shaping from sorrow a new love.
‘Silence surrounds us’ why?
What does the father wish?
Find the word from the passage which mean – extravagant.
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Krupa Vyas
Subject: English
, asked on 3/5/19
I am unable to access live class. Help me out
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Yash Garg
Subject: English
, asked on 3/1/19
Answer with reference to the given stanza.
a. What has he sown?
b. What is relation between them like?
c. What is lacking between the two?
d. What can he not share?
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Jiyarul Haque
Subject: English
, asked on 10/3/17
(c) Whal did the priest teach at the village school
(dl Why was Taplow being given extra work by Crocker Harris
(e) Who wa Frank? Did he knüw Taplow before
(I). Whiii i the ptof’sutainshbe dtvebopmcn’
(g) Why do the eiegth suffer from sustainable development ?
Sketch the characters of the narrator's grandmother in the light of prose-piece entitled" of
thc proic-plece entitled “Thc Potrait of a Lady” -
Justify the statement "We have not inherited this earth from our
forefatherS. We have borrowed it from ou children”.
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Reena
Subject: English
, asked on 19/2/17
My exam is there.
"The seed I spent or sown it where
The land is his and none of mine ?
We speak like stranger, there's no sign.
Of understanding in the air.
This child is built to my design
Yet what he loves I cannot share.'
(i) What has the speaker sown ?
(ii) What is lacking in the relationship ?
(iii) What does "this child is built to my design " mean ?
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Janus Jerome
Subject: English
, asked on 15/2/17
How can the father and son build a wonderful relationship? <<< Please give the answer with explanation and examples from the poem for which rectification is required (in the context of the poem)>>> "Thank You"..
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Janus Jerome
Subject: English
, asked on 15/2/17
What went wrong in maintaining a healthy relationship between father and son?
Requires a long answer with supporting examples from the poem... "Thanks you!"
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Neha Jain
Subject: English
, asked on 14/2/17
what does the father want his son to do?
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Neha Jain
Subject: English
, asked on 14/2/17
List two traits of the father that can be inferred with textual evidence.
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Tryphena
Subject: English
, asked on 10/2/17
what does the father long for
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Madhu Patel
Subject: English
, asked on 8/2/17
The poem reflects the reality of moderb time.the aged persons feel problems n there is no end to it.explain
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What are you looking for?
His father's house, the home he knew,
Rather than see him make and move
His world. I would forgive him too, Shaping from sorrow a new love. (a) Why don't the father and the son exchange any words with each other?
(b) The father would rather accommodate the squandering son than let him "make and move his world." What does this attitude of his reflect about his character? (c) Prove that the father-son relationship was not at all bitter in the past .
(d) In the third line of the stanza both the words 'house' and 'home' have been used. Bring out their difference in the context of the poem.
Nothing of him, so try to build
Up a relationship from how
He was when small.
A.Why doesn't 'I' understand the child?
B.What is inexplicable about this lack of understanding?
C.What does the use of 'now' indicate in the second line?
D.How would an understanding of the child's childhood ways help 'I' to know him better?
Him prodigal, returning to
His father’s house, the home he knew,
Rather than see him make and move
His ward. I would forgive him too
Shaping from sorrow a new love.
- ‘Silence surrounds us’ why?
- What does the father wish?
Find the word from the passage which mean – extravagant.a. What has he sown?
b. What is relation between them like?
c. What is lacking between the two?
d. What can he not share?
(c) Whal did the priest teach at the village school
(dl Why was Taplow being given extra work by Crocker Harris
(e) Who wa Frank? Did he knüw Taplow before
(I). Whiii i the ptof’sutainshbe dtvebopmcn’
(g) Why do the eiegth suffer from sustainable development ?
Sketch the characters of the narrator's grandmother in the light of prose-piece entitled" of
thc proic-plece entitled “Thc Potrait of a Lady” -
Justify the statement "We have not inherited this earth from our
forefatherS. We have borrowed it from ou children”.
"The seed I spent or sown it where
The land is his and none of mine ?
We speak like stranger, there's no sign.
Of understanding in the air.
This child is built to my design
Yet what he loves I cannot share.'
(i) What has the speaker sown ?
(ii) What is lacking in the relationship ?
(iii) What does "this child is built to my design " mean ?
Requires a long answer with supporting examples from the poem... "Thanks you!"