HSC Board Exam February 2023 Poetry Section

HSC Board Exam February 2023 Poetry Section– See activities and expected answers

SECTION-II: POETRY

(Poetry and Appreciation)

Q. 3. (A) Read the following extract and complete the activities given below: (10) [14]

“Canst hear,” said one, “the breakers roar?
For methinks we should be near the shore.”
“Now, where we are I cannot tell,
But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell.”

They hear no sound, the swell is strong,
Though the wind hath fallen they drift along;
Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,
“Oh Christ! It is the Inchcape Rock!”

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair,
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in on every side,
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

But even is his dying fear,
One dreadful sound could the Rover hear;
A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell,
The Devil below was ringing his knell.

A1. Rearrange the following incidents as per their occurrence in the poem: (2)

(a) Sir Ralph the Rover cursed himself in despair.

(b) The vessel strikes with a shivering shock.

(d) Ralph the Rover heard one dreadful sound.

Answer-

1. (c) The mariner wished to hear the Inchcape Bell.

2. (b) The vessel strikes with a shivering shock.

3. (a) Sir Ralph the Rover cursed himself in despair.

4. (d) Ralph the Rover heard one dreadful sound.

A2. Complete the tree diagram to describe the reasons that resulted in the sinking of the ship. (2)

Answer-

A3. Accept any reasonably correct answer. (2)

Answer-

No answer possible.

A4. Poetic devices: (2)

The figure of speech-

-‘Inversion’ the word order is changed for rhyme. Correct order should be: “The Rover could hear one dreadful sound.”

Answer-

No answer possible.

A5. Composing lines: (2)

[Accept any reasonably correct answer/lines]

Answer-

No answer possible.

(B) Appreciation:

Write the poetic appreciation of the extract given below: (4)

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

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