.Margin Questions.
Q.1 In what aspects were the brothers alike each other?
Ans: In form and feature, face and limb the brothers were alike each other.
Q.2 What name did the speaker get?
Ans: The speaker got the name Henry.
Q.3 How did the speaker suffer at
school?
Ans: The speaker’s brother always used to make some mistakes
or mischief and speaker was flogged by the teacher.
Q.4 What is impossible in the last
two lines?
Ans: When the poet died the neighbours came and buried
brother John is impossible in the last two lines.
Q.A Rewrite putting the mistakes in
the speaker’s life, in their proper order.
a) He got beaten-up, often, at
school.
b) The speaker’s bride became his
brother’s wife.
c) The speaker desperately asked for
guidance.
d) No one in the family could
distinguish between the twin-babies.
e) At the naming ceremony wrong names
were given to the two twin brothers.
f) Even in death, the twins were not
spared during burial.
Ans:-(1-e, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c, 5-b, 6-f)
Q. B Write the pairs of rhyming words
from the poem.
Ans: Limb - him, brother - another, kin - twin, pitch - which, force - nurse, fixed - mixed, whim - him, dogged - flogged, school - fool, knew - you, tide - bride, life - wife, on - john, same - came
Q. C Complete the web diagram.
Poet uses humour to:
1) Make poem interesting
2) Make the poem funny
3) Attract attention
4) Reduce boredom
5) Release tension
6) Create laughter
Q. D Write whether the following
statements are true or false.
1) John was punished by school teachers.
2) Henry got married to his intended wife.
3) Neighbours buried John.
4) John and Henry was identical twin.
5) Nobody knew who was born a twin.
Q. E Match the words with their
meanings.
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| Christened | Named |
| Decree | Order |
| Resemblance | Likeness |
| folks | People |
| Kith and kin | Relatives |
| Limb | Arms and legs |
Q. F Write opposites from the poem.
| Words | Opposite |
|---|---|
| 1. better | worse |
| 2. Bride | bridegroom |
| 3. Fatal | harmless |
| 4. Fearful | Fearless |
| 5. Question | answer |
| 6. husband | wife |
Q. G Tell who?
1. Twins were mixed while washing by.
Ans: nurse
2. Brother died in the poem.
Ans: Henry
3. Puzzled by likeness of the twins.
Ans: Folks, relatives, school
teachers
4. The brother who was married.
Ans: John
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POINTS |
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1 |
Title |
The title of the poem is ‘The Twins.’ |
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2 |
Poet |
This poem is written by Henry
Sambrooke Leigh. |
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3 |
Rhyme scheme |
The rhyme scheme of the poem is
abab, cdcd |
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4 |
Favourite line |
My favorite lines are : For somehow, my intended bride
Become my brother’s wife....
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5 |
Theme or central idea |
The poem is very funny and humorous.
The poet and his brother John are twins.The poet is sharing his experiences
that he had faced because of his twin brother John and how the people, relatives, teachers
and neighbours were confused. |
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6 |
Figures of speech |
a). Alliteration: 1) And buried brother
John
2) It puzzled all our kith
and kin
b) Hyperbole:
1) For somehow, my intended
bride
Become my brother’s wife.
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7 |
Special features |
This
poem is an octave (Eight lines poem). Poet used simple and humorous language. |
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Why do you like the poem? |
I
like the poem very much because it is very humorous poem and the humour is my
favourite subject. It makes me laugh and tension free. |
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