Alliteration

Rhyme

What kind of beauty does the poet want his daughter to have?

Lose natural kindness and maybe The heart-revealing intimacy The chooses right, and never find a friend. (William Butler Yeats: ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’)

What are the hazards of being made beautiful overmuch’? How does the poet illustrate his point?

Give meanings of the phrasal verbs in the following sentences in a few words. (10)
i) Don’t give in to the threats of the terrorists.
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ii) The engine gives off steam.
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iii) They tried to cover up the evil dead.
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iv) I fell for the beautiful girl.
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v) We’ll see you off at the station
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i) He usually …………………………….. the ball at the right place.
ii) The cricket ………………………………… is wet today.
iii) Many thoughts ………………………….. through his mind when his son was
in the operating theatre.
iv) I wish to see his personal …………………………………
v) You have to feed the cat and its ……………………………………….
vi) He has ……………………………………… the word wrongly.
vii) She came first in the 100-metre …………………………………………..
viii) The magician cast a …………………………………….. on her.
ix) Please ……………………………………………….. this letter.
x) ‘The muddy ground was …………………………………… with crawling
worms’. (Khushwant Singh: The Mark of Vishnu)