ENGLISH POEM 4 UPAGUPTA (Rabindranath Tagore) IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION Class 11th with Complete Solution

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                                 UPAGUPTA

                                       (Rabindranath Tagore) 

IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION

                                        (1) 

Q. Upagupta, the disciple of Buddha, lay asleep in 

the dust by the city wall of Mathura.

 Lamps were all out, doors were all shut, and

 stars were all hidden by the murky sky of August. 

Whose feet were th0se tinkling with anklets,

 touching his breast ofa sudden ?

 He woke up startled, and a light from a woman's

 Lamp fell on his forgiving eyes.

 It was the dancing gir, starred with jewels,

 Wearing a pale blue mantle, drunk with the wine of her youth. 

Question And answer

Q. Give the i name of the poem and the poet. 

Ans. The name of the Doem is Upagupta' and the name of the poet is Rabindranath Tagore. 

Q. What woke up Upagupta ?

Ans. The touch of a woman's feet and the tinkling of her anklets woke up Upagupta. 

Q. Why have the ascetics eyes been described as forgiving

Ans. The Tng girl had touched the ascetic's breast with her feet, yet the ascetic dancing gi Is why his eyes have been described as forgiving. 

Q. Write the figure of speech used in the line........ a light from a woman lamp fell on his forgiving eyes

Ans. Alliteration. 

                                      (2) 

She lowered. her lamp and sauw the young face

 austerely beautifu.

 Forgive me, young ascetic," said the women

 Graciously come to my house. I he dusty earth

 is not a fit bed for you. 

" The young ascetic answeErea, Woman,

 go 0n your way; 

When the time is ripe will come to you."

 Suddenly the black night showed its teeth

 in a flash of lightning.

 The storm growled from the corner of the sky, and 

The woman trembled 1n fear of some unknown danger 

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poem and the poet. 

Ans. The name of the Doem is Upagupta' and the name of the poet is Rabindranath Tagore. 

Q. What did the dancing girl say to the ascetic? 

Ans. he invited him to visit her house. She said that the dusty earth was not a fit bed for 

Q. was the ascetic's reply to the gir>'s invitation? 

Ans. He replied that he would visit her when the rise time came for it. 

Q. Write the figure of speech used in the following line: Suddenly the black vi showed its teeth........ 

Ans. Personification

                                     (3) 

The branches of the wayside trees were aching with blossom.

 Gay notes of a flute came floating in the

 warm spring air from afar. 

The citizens had gone to the wods for the

 Jestival of flowers. 

From the mid-sky gazed the full moon on the

 shadows of the silent town. 

The young ascetic. was walking in the lonely street

 While overhead the love-sick koels uttered from the 

 mango branches their sleepless plaint. 

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poem and the poet.

Ans.   name of the Doem is Upagupta' and the name of the poet is Rabindranath Tagore. 

Q. Why were the streets lonely? 

Ans. he streets were lonely because people had gone to celebrate the festival of flowers

Q. Who was walking in the lonely street ? 

Ans. The young ascetic ipagupta, was walking in the lonely street

Q. which line of the given stanza is the figure of speech alliteration used? 

Ans. Gay notes of a flute came  floating in the warm spring air from afar. 

                                      (4) 

pagupta, passed through the city gates, and

 stood at the base of the rampart 

Was that a woman lying at his feet in the

 shadow of the mango grove ?

 Struck with black pestilence, her body

 spotted with sores of smallpox, 

She had been hurriedly removed from the toWn 

To avoid her poisonous contagion. 

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poem and the poet

Ans. The name of the Doem is Upagupta' and the name of the poet is Rabindranath Tagore. 

Q. Who did Upagupta see lying in the shadow of the mango grove 

Ans. He saw the dancing girl lying in the shadow of the mango grove

Q. Why was she lying there ? 

Ans. She was suferin from a terrible disease. The people had turned her out of the city.

Q. AWrite the figure of speech used in the following line ..spoted with sores of smallpox

Ans. Alliteration

                                       (5) 

The ascetic sat by her side, took her head

 on his knees, 

And moistened her lips with water, and

smeared her body with sandal balm.

 "Who are you, merciful one ?" asked the woman

 The time, at last, has come to visit yo, and

 I am here, " replied the young ascetic.

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poem and the poet

Ans. The name of the Doem is Upagupta' and the name of the poet is Rabindranath Tagore

Q. Why did the woman call the ascetic 'merciful one? 

Ans. The girl was suffering from a horrible disease. The ascetic came to help her when nobod would come near her. Therefore, she called him the merciful one

Q. Why did the ascetic say: "The time, at last, has come to visit you. 

Ans. In her youth, she had invited the ascetic to visit her. But he had refused saying that he would visit her when the- ripe time came for it. Now when she was in sore need, everybody had deserted her. Thati why the ascetic said, "The time, at last, has come to visit you." 

Q. Write the figure of speech used in the very first line of the given stanza. 

Ans. Alliteration