Answer the following questions from poems (any five out of eight): (a) What does the phrase 'useless $years^{\prime} mean in$ Whitman's poem 'O Me! O Life!'? (b) Why does Eleanor Farjeon call each book 'a magic $box^{\prime}$? (c) Who are the two mothers in Joann Snow Duncanson's poem 'Two Mothers $Remembered^{\prime}$? (d) Why does Charles Kingsley call the river '$cruel^{\prime} and$ '$hungry^{\prime} in the poem$ 'The Sands of $Dee^{\prime}$? (e) Why is time called an 'old gipsy $man^{\prime} in the poem$ 'Time, You Old Gipsy $Man^{\prime}$? (f) Describe the scenery where the poet Robert Frost stopped in the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy

$$Evening^{\prime}. (g) What does the word$$

'$sleep^{\prime} mean in the line$ 'And miles $\to go before I sleep^{\prime}$? (h) What is the final message of the poem '$Solitude^{\prime} by Ela Wheeler$ Wilcox?

1.Answer the following questions from your reading of the poems in English For Today. (any 5 out of 8) : (a) Why does the poet mention 'empty and useless $ears^{\prime} in the poem$ "O Me! O Life"? (b) How does the poem "Books" reflect the idea of '$escapism^{\prime} in relation \to reading$ books? (c) What should children do $\to their mother and$ why? (d) What does the poem 'The Sands of $Dee^{\prime} suggest about the relation between humans and$ nature? (e) What are the promises the poet had $\to keep before he would sleep in the poem$ "stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening"? (f) How does the poet address time in the poem "Time, You Old Gipsy Man"? (g) Why do the mountains echo the songs that we sing but not our sighs? (h) Why is the sea described as "hungry" in the poem "The Sands of Dee"?

2.Answer any five of the following questions from poems in English For Today. (a) What did the fisherman think about Mary's golden hair in "The Sands of Dee"? (b) Why does the poet use the same questions again and again in "O Me! O Life!"? (c) Why is book "a magic box" according $\to the poem$ '$Books^{\prime}$?" (d) How are the two mothers dissimilar from each other in "Two Mothers Remembered"? (e) How does the poet portray time as a traveller in "Time You Old, Gipsy Man"? (f) What does the poet want $\to say by$ "The woods are lovely, dark and deep" in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? (g) Why did the horse shake his harness bells in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? : (h) What does the poet mean by "halls of pleasure" in '$Solitude^{\prime}$?

3.8. Answer the following questions (any five) from the poems of your text book: (a) What does the poet mean by 'useless $years^{\prime} in the poem$ "Oh me! Oh Life!"? . (b) How are the two mothers different from each other? (c) Why did the poet stop by the woods though it was dark and he was alone? (d) What was the weather like when Mary went $\to bring the cattle$ home? (e) What should children do $\to their$ mother? (f) Why does the poet call time an old gipsy man? (g) How has the poet described the sea? (h) What else can the poet offer time if it stays for a day?

4.Answer the following questions from your reading of the poems in English For Today (any five out of eight) : (a) What is the message of the poem "O me! O life!"? (b) Why does the poet call time an "Old Gipsy Man"? (c) "A mother's love for her children is divine." Do you support it? Why/Why not? (d) What is the main theme of the poem "Two Mothers Remembered"? (e) What does the dark and deep woods symbolise in the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? (f) Do you think "each book a magic box"? Why? (g) What does the poet mean by "The sad old earth must borrow its mirth"? (h) How does the poem "The Sands of Dec" portray the relationship between humans and nature?

5.Answer any five of the following questions from the poems in 2x5=10 English For Today: (a) What does the poet refer by 'useless $years^{\prime} in the poem$ 'O Me! O $Life^{\prime}$!? (b) What rises in our fancies and our eyes according $\to the poem$ '$Books^{\prime}$? (c) Who was the speaker's second mother in the poem 'Two Mothers $Rememberd^{\prime}$? (d) What things will the poet offer time in the poem 'Time, You Old Gypsy $Man^{\prime} if it stays just for a$ day? (e) Why did the poet, Robert Frost, stop by the woods when it was dark and he was alone? (f)What does the poet mean by the verse 'And miles $\to go before I sleep^{\prime} in the poem$ 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy $Evening^{\prime}$? (g) When do you have friends and when do they leave you according $\to the poem$ '$Solitude^{\prime}$? (h) How has the poet described the western tide in the poem, 'The Sands of $Dee^{\prime}$?

6.Answer any five of the following questions from the poems. (a) How does Whitman view the role of humanity in "O Me! O Life!"? (b) What does the phrase "The powerful play goes on" mean in "O Me! O Life!"? (c) What does the poem '$Books^{\prime} suggest about reading as a mental$ journey? (d) What does the poem 'Two Mothers Remembered" suggest about patience? (e) What does the poet suggest about human resilience in "The Sands of Dee"? (f) Why does the poet use the metaphor of a caravan in "Time, You Old Gipsy Man"? (g) What is the role of snow in "Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening"? (h) What does the poet mean by "Be glad and your friends are many" in "Solitude"?

7.Answer any five of the following questions from the poems of your text book: (a) According $\to the poem what is the importance of$ solitude? (b) What makes the poet stop by the woods? (c) Why cann't the poet enjoy the natural scenery in the woods? (d) What do the books hold for their lovers in between their outside covers? (e) How does the poet personify time? (f) Make a list of things the poet will offer time if it stays just for a day. (g) Why does the poet call "each book a magic box" in $the^{\prime}$ poem? (h) How is Mary's hair described in the poem 'The Sands of $Dee^{\prime}$?

8.Answer any five of the following questions from the poems of your textbook: (a) What does the poet mean by "eyes that vainly crave the light" in the poem "O Me! O Life!"? (b) Did the speaker love both the mothers? Why? (c) What do books bring in our fancies and eyes? (d) How has the poet described the sea in the poem "The Sands of Dee"? (e) What is the significance of time being compared $\to a$ 'Gipsy $Man^{\prime}$? (f) Why did the poet stop by the woods though it was dark and he was alone? (g) What task was Mary given in the poem "The Sands of Dec"? (h) "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone;"-Explain briefly in the light of the poem '$Solitude^{\prime}.$

9.Suppose, you are Anik/Anika. Your younger brother/sister, Rashed/Rasheda goes to bed late and does not get up early. So, he/she often goes to school late and feels drowsy. Now, write a dialogue between you and your brother/ sister about the importance of early rising.

10.Suppose, you are Rohan/Raiyana reading in class ten. You along with your classmates want to make a garden in front of your school. So, you need to talk to the headmaster. Now, write a dialogue between you and the headmaster about making a garden.

11.Nowadays computer is used in different sections. It has become very essential to learn about computer. Your friend Nabil/Nabila wants to know a lot about it. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the importance of learning computer.

12.Suppose, you are Bakul and your friend is Nayon. Recently, you have noticed the road accident is on the rise horribly in our country. Everyday many people fall victim to road accidents. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the causes and remedies of road accidents.