Poetry - 6 Ballad of the Tempest | Class 10 Second Language English Scoring Package | SSLC English Passing Package | 10th English Important Questions | X English Question Answers |

Class 10 Second Language English Scoring Package | SSLC English Passing Package | 10th English Important Questions | X English Question Answers |

Ballad of The Tempest

- James T. Field

When the captain shouted ‘’ we are lost‘’, how did his daughter react ? 

OR The crew-mates kissed the maiden and spoke in better cheer. What made them feel cheerful ? 

OR The little maiden filled the sailors with confidence. Justify. (June-20)

Ans : The sailors were in a great peril. Their ship was caught by a violent storm. They had lost all hope that they would be saved. At that time, the captain’s little daughter held his hand gently and asked if God protect them on land would he not protect them on the ocean. Her innocent words filled the sailors with new hope.

EXTRACTS

1. “We were crowded in the cabin Not a soul would dare to sleep”.

a) Who does ‘we’ refer to? 

Ans: the sailors

b) Not a soul would dare to sleep”. Why was it so? 

Ans: Their ship was caught by a violent storm. So they feared for their lives.

c) Why were they crowded in cabin ? 

Ans: Their ship was caught by a violent storm.

c) Pick out the word from the above line which means ‘Private room on a ship or boat’. 

Ans: Cabin

2. “It is a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast”.

a) What is a fearful thing? 

Ans: to be hit by a violent storm at sea in winter.

b) How did it affect the sailors?

Ans: The sailors were crowded together in a cabin in fear and could not sleep.

c) What does ‘shatter’ mean in the context? 

Ans: to break apart

3. ``Isn’t God upon the

Just the same as on the land?”

a) Who asked this question? 

Ans: the captain’s daughter

b) What does it mean? 

Ans: God is omnipresent. God who cared for them on the land was not different from the God upon the ocean .

c) What does these words show the attitude of the speaker? 

Ans: faith in God

d) What was the result 

Ans: the sailors were filled with new hope and they reached the harbor safely

e) When was this said ? 

Ans: The captain lost his confidence as the ship was caught in a storm.

4. “We are lost!”

a) Who made this shout? 

Ans: the captain.

b) Why did he say this? 

Ans: the storm was very fierce. So he feared that the ship would be destroy any moment.

c) How did his daughter react to the situation? 

Ans: She held his hand gently and asked if God protected them on the land would He not protect them on the ocean.

5. “Then we kissed the little maiden and we spoke in better cheer.”

a) Who does ‘we’ refer to? 

Ans: the sailors

b) Who was the ‘little maiden’? 

Ans: the captain’s daughter

c) What made the sailors kiss the captain’s little daughter?

Ans: her innocent words filled the sailors with new hope.

d) Why were they back in cheer ? 

Ans: Because they were filled with hope of survival and faith in God

6. ‘’ So we shuddered there in silence,

For the stoutest held his breath.’’

a) Who does ‘ we ‘ refer to ? 

Ans: the sailors

b) What does ‘ stoutest’ mean in the context ? 

Ans: brave / determined

c) Why did they shudder their in silence ? 

Ans: They were afraid that the storm would destroy the ship and their lives.

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Poetry  - 6 Ballad of the Tempest | Class 10 Second Language English Scoring Package | SSLC English Passing Package | 10th English Important Questions | X English Question Answers |