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Treasure Trove The Patriot Stanza-3 Poem by Robert Browning Workbook ICSE English Solutions
| Board | ICSE |
| Class | 9th / 10th |
| Subject | English |
| Book Name | Treasure Trove |
| Chapter-8 | The Patriot |
| Lines 11-15 | Stanza-3 |
| Topic | Workbook Question and Answer |
| Session | 2022-23 |
Treasure Trove The Patriot Stanza-3 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:
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do, have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run
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:
In the third stanza of poem the leader regretfully says that the people did not help him, instead, it was he who leaped at the sun and made impossible, possible for them. He brought the sun down and handed it over to his public. He made, .them realize that every impossible could be made possible for sincere friends.
As such he made every effort and did not leave any thing undone for them. Had he left anything undone, nobody else would have done that for them. But he further says with great sorrow that today when only one year has lapsed and that he is no more in chair, his reward can be seen. It can also be seen what he is reaping as a reward of his deeds. He has been branded as a traitor by the people of his nation.
Question 2 : Comment on the tone of the Patriot in this stanza
Answer: In whole of stanza, the patriot is reflecting and thinking . He said, ‘None man could do such, have I left undone’. He felt that he did everything possibly done. We gather he also has power, ‘what I get in return’ illustrating how he has collected his rewards from the work he has done.
Question-3 : What does the word ‘harvest ‘ connote here?
Answer : The word “Harvest”, in this poem means reward (Output get in return).
Question-4 : Who is “I” in above extract.
Answer : Here “I” means speaker.
Question-5 : Why did speaker leap at the sun?
Answer : The speaker was in over ambitious. He wanted more and more power to get his target. He did all for his public which was impossible.
Question 6: Which word prove that speaker is regretful?
Answer : The word “Traitor” is being treated by public So he regretting.
Question 7: State whether speaker felt sad about he past.
Answer : Yes, He recall the incidents and regret having served the public love and affection but now hate to him.
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