CLASS  XII

FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH           20 MARKS

 

Q1   Read the following extract and answer the questions below 

        To bend with apples  the mossed cottage trees,

        And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core’.

        To swell the gourd,and plump the hazel shells,

        With a sweet kernel to set budding more ,

        And still more,later flowers for the bees

        Until they think warm days will never cease,

        For summer has over brimmed their clammy cells

A  Name the poem and poet  

B   Pick out the names of two fruits.

C  Briefly describe the overall sense of abundance brought out in these lines .

D  What is the co relation between later flowers and the bees?

Q2   Answer the following questions in 40-50 words .

A Why does Archibald Macleish compare a good poem to flight of birds ?

b  In the poem what are the sights,sounds and smells of spring that agitate the caged bird ?

c  Discuss the character of Alexander as depicted in the play The AdventureStory .

d   How does the White familys get the monkey’s paw ? Do you think they are happy to receive     it ?give reasons for your answer.