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Reference to the context

Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. When first my casement is wide open thrown

At dawn, my eyes delighted on it rest;
Sometimes, and most in winter,—on its crest

A grey baboon sits statue-like alone

Watching the sunrise; while on lower boughs
His puny offspring leap about and play;

a. What is the first thing that the poet sees when she opens her window at dawn? How
does she feel?

i. She sees a creeper and feels nostalgic.
ii. She sees a casuarina tree and feels happy and delighted.

iii. She sees the water lilies and feels satisfied and thankful.
iv. She sees the pastures and feels thrilled and joyful.

b. Who sits on the crest of the tree? How does he sit?

c. Why does the puny offspring of the baboon not go up to the crest?
i. because it is too small to climb up to such heights

ii. because it is too heavy to climb up to such heights

iii. because it is too lazy to climb up to such heights
iv. because it is sleepy and doesn’t want to climb up to such heights

d. Complete the analogy with the suitable word from the given context.

frail: : brawny: hefty

2. Unknown, yet well-known to the eye of faith!
Ah, I have heard that wail far, far away

In distant lands, by many a sheltered bay,

When slumbered in his cave the water-wraith
And the waves gently kissed the classic shore

Of France or Italy, beneath the moon,

When earth lay tranced in a dreamless swoon:
And every time the music rose,—before

a. To whom is the land ‘unknown’ and to whom is the land ‘well-known’?

b. What is the ‘wail’? Where is it coming from?

c. Describe the earth at night.
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