Questions Answers

Poem : Making Life Worth While

1. Comprehension questions.

1. What should we learn from every soul?

Answer: We should learn the good from every soul.

2. What qualities will help us brave the thickening ills of life?

Answer: A little grace, a kind thought, an unfelt aspiration, a bit of courage and a gleam of faith are the qualities that help us to brave the thickening ills of life.

3. Why should we make this life worthwhile?

Answer: We should make this life worthwhile to have a glimpse of the brighter skies.

4. What does the poet assure if we make our life worthwhile?

Answer: Heaven is sure to be our property that may be inherited by us, if we make our life worthwhile.

2. Fill in the blanks:

1. We should have a aspiration in life.

2. A bit of courage is need for the darkening sky.

3. One must have a  glimpse of brighter skies to make the life worthwhile.

3. Figure of speech.

Repetition:

Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words of phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. It is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and bring attention to an idea.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

 But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep,

 and miles to go before I sleep.

                                                                                                          - Robert Frost

Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem.

Answer: ‘One’ is repeated in the poem like in the lines “one aspiration yet unfelt”; “one bit of courage”. 

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

I. Poem Comprehension

1. Some little grace; one kindly thought;

One aspiration yet unfelt;

One bit of courage

For the darkening sky;

(a) What qualities are mentioned here?

Answer: Some Grace, a kind thought, hope and courage.

(b) What do you mean by the word ‘grace’?

Answer: ‘Grace’ means elegance or charm.

2. One gleam of faith

To brave the thickening ills of life;

(a) How can we brave the thickening ills of life?

Answer: We can brave them by a gleam of faith.

(b) Why does the poet say thickening ills of life?

Answer: The evils and obstacles in life are increasing.

II. Poetic Devices.

1. “Get there some good”.

(a) What is the poetic device used here?

Answer: Alliteration is used here. The words get - good are alliterated.

2. “And heaven a surer heritage”

Pick out the alliterated words.

Answer: heaven - heritage are alliterated.

3. One aspiration yet unfelt;

One bit of courage

What is the literary device used here?

Answer: Repetition. The word ‘one’ is repeated in these two lines.

III. Short Questions and Answers.

1. What does every soul touch?

Answer: Every soul touches our heart.

2. How do we look at the brighter skies?

Answer: We look at one glimpse at the brighter skies.

3. What do you mean by ‘heritage’?

Answer: Heritage means ‘inheritance’. The property inherited from our ancestors.

III. Paragraph Question with Answer.

1. How can we make our life Worthwhile?

Answer: We should learn the good from every soul that touches our heart. Some little grace, a kind thought, a hope or an ambition of achieving a desire or wish and a bit of courage is needed to step into the darkening world. We need faith that shines brightly to face the evils and obstacles of life. A quick look at the brighter side of our life will make our life valuable. Only then, heaven would surely be our inherited property.