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Treasure Trove The Patriot Stanza-2 Poem by Robert Browning Workbook ICSE English Solutions
| Board | ICSE |
| Class | 9th / 10th |
| Subject | English |
| Book Name | Treasure Trove |
| Chapter-8 | The Patriot |
| Lines 6-10 | Stanza-2 |
| Topic | Workbook Question and Answer |
| Session | 2022-23 |
Treasure Trove The Patriot Stanza-2 Poem by Robert Browning Workbook ICSE English Solutions
Question :– Read the following extract from the poem ‘ The Patriot Poem by Robert Browning and answer the questions that follow:
The air broke into a mist with bells,
The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.
Had I said, “Good folk, mere noise repels….
But give me your sun from yonder skies!”
They had answered “And afterward, what else?”
Question 1 Explain with reference to the context.
Reference : The stanza has been taken from the poem Patriot written by Robert Browning
Context: This poem is a analysis of politics and people’s opinion. Whenever a leader comes into power, people call him as a patriot. and When he is dethroned, the same leader is considered a traitor. This is the true of modern politics.
The leader in this poem fell a victim to the same state of affairs as soon as he came into power, public showered flowers at him as a patriot. But soon after a year, they declared him a traitor, They took him to the gallows.
Explanation:
When the people were given him a warm welcome they rang bells and raised slogans. These different voices mingled with one another and produced a sort of music. The air became misty and heavy because of the noisy slogans and the ringing bells. The slogans of the crowd were so heavy and loud that the adjacent walls of the road-side houses trembled with various cries and noise of the crowd.
These people were welcoming him so happily that if he had told them that mere noise and slogans did not please him. And that they should give him the sun, that is there in the sky far away from them , they would have replied, that was executed (done and what else they could do for him ‘the leader’.
Question 2: What did the patriot want form the “Good folks”?
Answer : The patriot said “give me your sun from yonder skies”.
Question 3: Explain“ And afterward, what else?”
Answer : “And afterward, what else?” adds to the image of infinite love and affection that the speaker received from the people. Browning includes the voice of the crowd here to indicate that the speaker is not exaggerating, and it makes his fall from glory even more tragic.
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