BALGOVIND'S EDUCATIONAL TOUR

 The Lake Isle of Innisfree Question 1. What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about: (i) The three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I); (ii) What he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II); (iii) What he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III). Answer: Innisfree is a beautiful, peaceful and tranquil place where poet has spent a lot of time as a boy. (i) The three things the poet wants to do when he goes back to Innisfree are: - He wants to build a small cabin using clay and wattles. - He wants to grow beans there. - He wants to keep a hive for the honeybee so that he can have fresh honey (ii) He hears the cricket sing and sees the midnight glimmer with the twinkling light of the stars in the sky. He sees the sun glowing purple, and the linnet birds flying in the sky in the evenings. All of these provide him a soothing, peaceful and tranquil environment, which he never forgets. (iii) In his “heart...

A Truly Beautiful Mind Thinking about the Text Question 1. Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you. (i) Einstein’s equation – 9 (ii) Einstein meets his future wife (iii) The making of a violinist (iv) Mileva and Einstein’s mother (v) A letter that launched the arms race (vi) A desk drawer full of ideas (vii) Marriage and divorce Answer: (i) Einstein’s equation – 9 (ii) Einstein meets his future wife – 7 (iii) The making of a violinist – 3 (iv) Mileva and Einstein’s mother – 10 (v) A letter that launched the arms race – 15 (vi) A desk drawer full of ideas – 8 (vii) Marriage and divorce – 11 Question 2. Who had these opinions about Einstein? (i) He was boring. (ii) He was stupid and would never succeed in life. (iii) He was a freak. Answer: (i) He was boring – Einstein’s playmates (ii) He was stupid and would never succeed in life – Einstein’s headmaster (iii) He was a fr...

                 Rain on the Roof   1. What do the following phrases means to you? Discuss in class. i. humid shadows ii. starry spheres iii. what a bless iv. a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start  v. a thousand collections with their air-threads Answers: i. The phrase, humid shadows, refers to the dark clouds that are full of moisture. ii. Starry spheres refers to the sky where stars twinkle during the night. iii. The phrase, what a bliss, refers to the happiness the poet gets when he listens to the sound of the rain upon the roof. iv. A thousand dreamy fancies into busy being refers to his thoughts and imaginations that surround him when he listens to the soft rain on the roof. v. A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof refers to the past memories that appear to him being woven as threads across the loom. 2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?  Ans- The poet likes to press the ...