English Literature Made Easy for Students

A Visit to an Optometrist                Comprehension (Page 155) QA. Questions and Answers 1.What was the eagle family cribbing (feeling extremely boring) about? Ans. The eagle family was cribbing about wheelbarrows. 2.Who was Harry? What did he worry about? Ans. Harry was the father eagle. He was worried about Molly’s (the mother eagle’s) eyesight that was deteriorating (getting worsened) day by day. 3. How did Harry make use of the wheelbarrow? Ans. He used to relax in it. 4. How far away was the optometrist’s clinic? Ans. It was a couple of miles away from their nest. 5. What was the consultation fee? Why did Molly find it difficult to keep a doctor’s appointment? Ans. It was a couple of mongoose. It was difficult for Molly to visit the doctor due to her routine household work (chores). 6. What was Molly proud of? What did Harry make her understand? Ans. Molly was proud of he...

Poem: Nichlas Nye by Walter de la Mare Line-to-line Explanation: Stanza 1 Thistle and darnell and dock grew there, And a bush, in the corner, of may, On the orchard wall I used to sprawl In the blazing heat of the day;  Word-meanings : 1. Thistle :  It is a kind of plant with pink flowers  2. Darnell          plant with flowers 3. Dock  It is also a plant.   4 .  Bush: A thick growth of plants is called a bush 4. Orchard: a group of fruit trees is called an orchard 5. Sprawl: to lie down in a relaxing manner:     5. 5. Blazing: very bright/shining and hot Explanation: The poet describes a meadow where plants and bushes like thistle, Darnell and Dock grew in a corner in the month of May. The poet lay (sprawled) there on the wall of an orchard in the shining heat of the sun. Stanza 2. Half as...

                          Summary:   Nicholas Nye  by Walter de la Mare Walter de La Mare This poem is about a donkey, named Nicholas Nye, which lives in a meadow (grazing land) in an orchard (garden of fruit trees) . It seems that the poet used to visit that place to relax himself and lie down on the wall of the orchard. He would watch the donkey from there. Nicholas Rye                                                          Meadow One day, the poet is inspired to write a poem on the donkey. The poet had a very minute (including very small detail) study of the donkey and a lot of sympathy for the poor animal. The poet personifies the donkey in order to treat it in human terms and give equal status to it like that of a human being on this ...

                             The family Picture of O' Henry         Summary of The Last Leaf by O’ Henry (Oct 11, 2017)  Sue and Johnsy lived at the top floor of a building.  They had met at a restaurant and found that they had similar tastes. They liked the same kind of art, the same kind of food and the same kind of clothes. So they became friends and opened a joint studio.  It happened in spring season and now it was winter season. As Jonhsy had a lean and thin structure of body, she was more prone to fall ill. Sue was healthier than Johnsy, who became a victim of pneumonia. The writer uses the technique of personification here. He describes pneumonia in terms of an old gentle man. The writer calls it ‘a gentleman’ in satirical way. A gentleman never harms anybody. But here this so called gentleman was touching people here and there with its icy fingers ...