Abol Tabol Questions and Answers 1 . Show the use of illustrations in the poems of Sukumar Roy. One of the most prominent children’s writers and pioneer of nonsense literature in Bengali, Sukumar Ray (1887-1923), father of Satyajit Ray was an inheritor of his father Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury’s genius of artistry. A graduate … Read more
To His Coy Mistress Questions and Answers Q.1. Consider Andrew Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ as a love poem. Ans. It cannot be denied that both the lover and the mistress are drawn together by love as an abstract idea. But all along the lover believes that his purpose will not be fulfilled unless … Read more
One day I Wrote Her Name upon the Strand 1. How does Spenser in his Sonnet No 75 (One day I wrote her name upon the strand) propose to immortalize his love and his beloved? Is he realistic? Ans. Sonnet No. 75 (“One day I wrote her name upon the strand’) is a poem … Read more
TORU DUTTA BIOGRAPHY THE POETESS Toru Dutta was a literary product of the 19th century Bengali Renaissance. Her family happened to be one of the few converts to Christianity in Bengal at the time of orthodox Hinduism. That was a well known family of Rambagan in North Calcutta. Toru Dutta was born in her ancestral … Read more
Our Casuarina Tree Summary, Analysis, Explanation 1. An Introductory Note : Our Casuarina Tree by the young poetess Toru Dutt, a romantic lyric, has an intimately personal association. The tree belonged to the big garden-house at Rambagan where the poetess passed her girlhood and youth. She used to play, with her young mates, under the … Read more
Our Casuarina Tree Questions Answers Marks 2 Q. 1. Like a huge Python, winding round and round-What is the source of the line? About what is it said? Ans. This line is taken from “Our Casuarina Tree” by Taru Dutt. It is said about the creeper that winding round and round … Read more
