ENGLISH POEM 5 CONFESSIONS OF A BORN SPECTATOR (Ogden Nash) IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION 11TH CLASS COMPLETE SOLUTION

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      CONFESSIONS OF A BORN SPECTATOR                                                                       (Ogden Nash) 

                                   (1) 

One infant grows up and becomes a jockey

 Another plays basketball or hockey, 

This one the prize ring hates to enter,That one becomes a tackle or centre

 I am just as glad as glad can be 

That Im not them, that thejre not me. 

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which these lines have been taken. 

Ans. These lines have been taken from the poem, Confessions of a Born Spectator written by Ogden Nash

Q. What are generally the ambitions of children in games?

Ans. The speaker admires all types of athletes, those who play for fun a those who play for money. The speaker is one of the spectators. 

Q. What peculiarity do you notice in the speaker ? 

Ans. Generally people are f and want to take part in them. But the speaker is content to remain a spectator, 

Q. Give the rhyme scheme used  in the given stanza. 

Ans. aa bb cc. 

                                      (2) 

With all my heart do I admire 

Athletes who sweat for fun or hire, 

Who take the field in gaudy pomp, 

And maim each other as they romp, 

My limp and bashful spirit feds 

On other peoples heroic deeds. 

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which these lines have been taken. 

Ans. These lines have been taken from the poem, Confessions of a Born Spectator written by Ogden Nash

Q. What does the speaker admire ? Who is the speaker? 

Ans. The speaker admires all types of athletes, those who play for fun a those who play for money. The speaker is one of the spectators. 

Q. What do the athletes do to each other? 

Ans. The athletes inie other in a match or contest. 

Q. Give the figure of speech that has been used in the last two lines of the given stanza? 

Ans. Personification. 

                                    (3) 

Now A runs ninety yards to score,

 B knocks the champion to the floor.

C risking vertebrae and spine, 

Lashes his steed across the line, 

Youd think my ego it would please 

To swap postions with one of these. 

Question And answer

Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which these lines have been taken. 

Ans. These lines have been taken from the poem, Confessions of a Born Spectator written by Ogden Nash

Q. Who are A, B and C in the above lines ? 

Ans. A, B and C are athletes competing in various games

Q. How do you think C risks his vertebrae and spine ? 

Ans. C 15 ru horse race. He can fall off his horse and break his vertebrae and spine

Q. Give the words that rhyme in the given stanza.

Ans. (Score - floor) ;(spine-line) ;(please-these) 

 

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