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NIOS Sr.Secondary (12th) English (302) Answer the following :
Q .What happened to the house after the grandmother died?
Ans. - The house withdrew into silence.

Q .Why was the poet not able to read the book?
Ans. - Because she was too young.

Complete the following
1.The poet wants to go back to the house
i) to peer through blind eyes of windows.
ii) to listen to the frozen air.
iii) to pick an armful of darkness.
2.Look at the phrase ‘ blind eyes of windows’. Window is a non-living object. In the poem, the window has been given a human physical feature i.e ‘blind eye’.
Q.Why are the eyes of windows described as blind?
Ans. - Personification. Nothing can be seen through them as there is darkness inside.

Q.Why is the air in grandmother's house described as frozen?
Ans. The house is absolutely silent.No one lives there. Even the air does not seem to be moving.

Q.Pick out the correct alternatives in (a) & (b)
a) ‘ an armful of darkness ’ means -
i) old memories of grandmother's house of the grandmother's house.
ii) unhappy days
iii) some dark object from the house
Ans - ( i )
b) ‘to lie behind my bedroom door like a brooding dog’ means that..
i) the memories will always remain with the poet.
ii) the memories will lie uncared for in a corner.
iii) the memories are as unimportant as a dog .
Ans. - ( i )

Q.Which words tell you that the poet is talking to someone?
Ans. - ‘“You cannot believe, darling”

Q.What is she telling him/ her ?
Ans.- She lived in such a house and was proud and loved.

In Last three lines of the poem , the poet thinks of herself as a beggar.
7.What is she begging for ?
Ans.- She is begging for love.
Q. What does she mean by “small change”?
Ans.- A little love in small quantities.

Q. The poet thinks thinks of her past.How is her present different from the past?
Ans.- She remembers her childhood in her grandmother's house when she was loved.
She has a deep sense of sorrow in the present because no one loves her now.

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