{"id":3101,"date":"2021-03-22T05:42:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T05:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themindpalace.in\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2021-08-26T06:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T06:52:27","slug":"the-patriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themindpalace.in\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/the-patriot\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PATRIOT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Exercise<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Comprehension :<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What are the characteristic features of a patriot?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Ans:<\/span><\/strong>A patriot is a man who loves his native land. His heart bums for his motherland, even if has been wandering all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2.What characterizes a person who is not patriotic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ans:<\/span><\/strong>The poet compares a person who is not patriotic to a man whose soul is dead. An unpatriotic person has never said to himself that \u201cThis is my own; my native land\u201d. His heart has never burned within him while he is returning back to his homeland after wandering all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3.\u201cFor him no minstrel raptures swell\u201d
    a) Who does the word \u201chim\u201d refer to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ans:<\/span><\/strong>The word \u2018him\u2019 refers to the person who is not patriot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    b)Why is the poet unhappy with such a person?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ans<\/span><\/strong>:The poet is unhappy with person who is not patriot because, despite his titles, power and wealth, an unpatriotic person is selfish and never thinks about his motherland. Such a person will never become famous despite his wealth. He will lead a worthless life and die, unwept, unhonour\u2019d and unsung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    c.Explain \u201c \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. no minstrel raptures swell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ans<\/span><\/strong>:A poet can\u2019t sing or praise a person who is not concerned towards his country or motherland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. \u201c\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. shall go down
      To the vile dust from whence he sprung
      Unwept, unhonoured and unsung\u201d.
      a) Why does the poet say, he shall go down?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Ans:<\/span><\/strong>The person may have high rank of his title and he may have plenty of wealth but all will go to the vile dust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      5.Make a list of the rhyming words in the poem<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Ans<\/span><\/strong>:a) bum\u2019d \u2013\u00a0turn\u2019d b) well \u2013\u00a0swell
      c)dead \u2013 said d)pelf \u2013 self
      e)renown \u2013 down f)sprung \u2013 unsung<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      6.Which line in the poem do you like the most? Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Ans:<\/span><\/strong>The first line of the poem \u2018Breathes there the man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, \u2018 This is my own, my native land\u2019 In this fine, a person who has not told himself \u201c tills is my own, my native land\u201d He is like a dead person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      7.Who, according to you, is a patriot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Ans:<\/span><\/strong>A patriot is the one who does something for the nation and is ready to die for the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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