12th Poem 1 The Castle
12th Poem 1 The Castle
12th Poem 1 The Castle
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Poem
Unit
The Castle
Edwin Muir L8FDS49
Warm Up
a) What thoughts come to your mind when
) Fil in the tollowing empty boxes
you think about a castle? Add your ideas Name Location
to thelist.
Fort St. George Chennal
moat, huge buildings, soldiers, weapons Gingee Fort
Golconda Fort
b) Have you ever visiteda fort or a castle?
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All through that summer at ease we lay, Oh then our maze of tunneled stone
And daily from the turret wall Grew thin and treacherous as air.
We watched the mowers in the hay The cause was lost without a groan,
And the enemy half a mile away The famous citadel overthrown,
They seemed no threat to us at al. And all its secret galleries bare.
For what, we thought, had we to fear How can this shameful tale be told?
With our arms and provender, load on load, Iwill maintain until my death
We could do nothing. being sold:
Our towering battlements, tier on tier,
And triendiy allies drawing near Our only enemy was gold,
On every leafy summer road. And we had no arms to fight it with.
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) What was the 'shameful act? inside the famous citadel that had been
known for its secret gallery and intricate
k) Why didn't the narrator want to tell the
tale to anybody? path. The strong castle became(12).
and thin because of the
greedy disloyal
warder. The
1) Why did the narrator feel helpless? the enemies for
(13).-.. Was
captured by
(14). he
narrator
m) Who was the real enemy? (15). Over the (16)... of the
useless warder and also decided not to
2. Read the poem again and complete the disclose this (17).-story to
anyone
Summary using the words given in box. and wondered how
He was (18)..
he would keep this truth to himself. He
Stanzas 1-3
regretted not
finding any (19).. to
The Castle by Edwin Muir is a nght with the (20). Called gold.
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b) Ourgates were strong, our walls were thick, 7. Underline the alliterated words in the
So smooth and high, no man could win. following lines
How safe was the castle? a) With our arms and provender, load on
ii. What was the firm belief of the soldiers? load.
5. Explain the following with reference to 9. Can you call "The Castle' an
allegorical
the context in about 50-60 words each. poem? Discuss.
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