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PART-4
12.The Frog and the Nightingale
– Vikram Seth
Important Extract
Q.1. Extract –
Once upon a time a frog
Croaked away in Bingle Bog.
Every night from dusk to dawn
He croaked awn and awn and awn.
Other creatures loathed his voice,
But, alas, they had no choice,
And the crass cacophony
Blared out from the sumac tree
At whose foot the frog each night
Minstrelled on till morning light.
Neither stones nor prayers nor sticks,
Insults or complaints or bricks
Stilled the frog’s determination
To display his heart’s elation.
Q.1.Where did a frog live?
Ans. The frog lived in a place named Bingle Bog.
Q.2.What was the trouble to other animals?
Ans. It was a trouble to the animals because they disliked frog’s croaking which was very unpleasant.
Q.3.Why were they helpless to check frog’s croaking?
Ans. They were helpless to check frog’s croaking because the frog was shameless and abstinate.
Q.4.From which poem has this stanza been taken?
Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, ”The Frog and the Nightingale.”
Q.5. Write down the rhyming words from the stanza.
Ans. The rhyming words in the stanza are –
Frog- bog, down-own, light- night, sticks- bricks etc.
Q.2. Extract – 2
Oh! ‘the nightingale confessed ,
Greatly flattered and impressed
That a critic of such note
Had discussed her art and throat;
‘I don’t think the song’s divine.
But -oh, well-at least it’s mine.’
Q.1.Who is the critic in this stanza?
Ans. The frog is the critic in this stanza.
Q.2. How does the critic criticize the nightingale ‘s song?
Ans. The critic criticizes the nightingale’s song saying that it is not bad but it is too long. He did not like that the song was divine.
Q.3. What is the nightingale’s reply to the critic?
Ans. The Nightingale accepted what the critics said.
Q.4. What Quality of the nightingale has been revealed in these lines?
Ans. It has been revealed in these lines that the nightingale has the quality of submissiveness.
Q.5. Write down the rhyming words from the stanza.
Ans. The rhyming words are –
Confessed – impressed , note –throat , divine- mine.
The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram seth