List of top English Questions asked in CBSE CLASS XII

Give examples from the poem to show that great poetry is a result of close observation of natural phenomena.
What imagery does the poet use to delineate Summer’s day more picturesquely than any painter could?
Does the poem have a real geographical location? How does the poet mix up the real and the imaginary to give a sense of the surreal?
Pick out
1. contrasting images that are juxtaposed throughout the poem.
2. images that strike the eye and images that strike the ear, both positive and negative.
3. the words used to describe the movement of water.
Count the syllables in the lines of ‘The Divine Image’. Do you see a pattern? The first line has eight and the second line has six syllables. Two syllables make a foot in poetry. Here the first syllable of each foot is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.
Which are the lines that refer to magical elements?
What is poetic ecstasy likened to?
What is the discordant note heard at the end of the third stanza? Can we relate this to the grandeur and turmoil that are a part of an emperor’s life?
The poem is a fragment. What do you think has made it a lasting literary piece?
How did Tao Ying’s son influence the way she led her life?
Pick out instances from the story to show that official rules are often arbitrary.
How do Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love get distorted in the human brain?
Blake’s poetry expresses one aspect of his multi-dimensional view of human experience—of mankind once whole and happy, now fallen into discord and tyranny, from which it must be rescued. Explain with reference to these two poems.
Tao Ying was very careful about spending money. What were her reasons for refusing the compensation offered by the temple officials?
Certain words in the poem have been capitalised. Can you think of reasons for this?
How would you explain the lines For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
How are these two matched poems related to each other in content? How is the human being depicted in the Song of Innocence and how is he/she depicted in the Song of Experience? Do we find both aspects working in an average human being?
Why was her final vindication important to Tao Ying?
What was the conflict between the mother and son?
Were the old lady’s scales a reliable measure of height and weight? What convoluted logic were her measurements based on?
Why did Tao Ying change her intention to buy another ticket?
How did Bessie begin to share Hagberd’s insanity regarding his son?
What made Tao Ying decide whether to buy a ticket or not when she rode a bus alone?
Why does Harry’s return prove to be a disappointment for Bessie?
Why did she insist on buying tickets both for herself and her son that day?