POEM 5 CONFESSIONS OF A BORN SPECTATOR (Ogden Nash) IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION PART 2 Complete Solution Class 11th

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         CONFESSIONS OF A BORN SPECTATOR    

                                                            (Ogden Nash) 

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IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION

Well, ego might be pleased enough, 

But zealous athletes play so rough, 

They do not ever, in their dealings 

Consider one another's feeling.

 Im glad that when my struggle begins 

Twixt prudence and ego, prudence wins. 

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, Ogden Nash

Q. How will the ego of the speaker be pleased

Ans. The speaker's ego will be pleased if he also makes a mark in tn sports and games. 

Q. What is it about athletes that the speaker doesnt like

Ans. Athletes play very rough. They don't care about one another feelings. 

Q. Write the gure of speech that is used in the following line: lwixt prudence and ego, prudence wins. 

Ans. Personification

                                   (2) 

When swollen eye meets gnarled fist

 When snaps the knee, and cracks the wrist

 When calm officialdom demands

I s there a doctor in the stands? 

My soul in true thanksgiving speaks

 For this most modest of physiuques

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, Ogden Nash

Q. What dangers of sports are hinted at in these lines ? 

Ans. Swollen eyes, broken knees and cracked wrists are some of the dang invplved in sports.

Q. Why is the speaker filled with a feeling of gratitude?

Ans. .The speaker is filled with a feeling of gratitude for keeping his we body safe from the dangers and risks of sports.

Q. Give the words that rhyme is the given stanza?

Ans. (first - wrist) ; ( demands - stands) ; (speaks -physiques) 

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Athletes, Il drink to you

 Or eat with you, 

Or anything except compete with you, 

Buy tickets worth their weight in radium, 

To watch you gambol in a stadium 

And reassure myself anew 

That your not me and Iin not you.

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, Ogden Nash

Q. What is the speaker prepared to do?

Ans. The speaker is prepared to drink to the health of athletes. He I5 P ear with them. 

Q. What is he not prepared to do ? 

Ans. He is not prepared to compete with the athletes. 

Q. Give the rhyme scheme of the given stanza. 

Ans. aaa bb aa. 

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