VIQ... Abou Ben Adhem questions.

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Abou Ben Adhem questions.

Q.1 Explain the meaning of ‘deep dream of peace’.

Abou Ben Adhem awoke one night from a deep dream of peace — What does the poet Leigh Hunt

mean by deep dream of peace? How could Abou have peace?......

 VIQ...

Abou Ben Adhem questions.

Q.1 Explain the meaning of ‘deep dream of peace’.

Abou Ben Adhem awoke one night from a deep dream of peace — What does the poet Leigh Hunt

mean by deep dream of peace? How could Abou have peace?


Q.2 Give a character sketch of Abou Ben Adhem

How does the poet Leigh Hunt present the character of Abou Ben Adhem in his poem?


Q.3 What is the significance of the book of gold?

What is the significance of the book of gold in the poem Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt?


Q.4 Who was Abou Ben Adhem? What does he encounter

upon awakening?

Who was Abou Ben Adhem in Leigh Hunt’s poem of same name? What does Abou see when he

wakes up one night?


Q.5 Does Abou feel disheartened at the angel’s reply? Which

words tells you so?

Do you think that Abou Ben Adhem in Leigh Hunt’s poem was disappointed at the angel’s reply that

his name was not in the list? Give reasons in support of your answer

Q.6 What is the theme/ message of the poem “Abou Ben

Adhem”?

Comment on the theme/ message/ central idea of Leigh Hunt’s poem “Abou Ben Adhem”.


Q.7 Why is the moonlit room compared to a lily in bloom in

Abou Ben Adhem?

Why does the poet compare the moonlit room in the presence of the angel to a ‘lily in bloom’ in

Leigh Hunt’s poem Abou Ben Adhem? Or, What was the effect of moonlight in Abou’s room?

Q.8 What is the attitude of the narrator towards Abou Ben

Adhem?

What attitude does the poet / narrator show towards Abou Ben Adhem in Leigh Hunt’s poem?

Q.9 Why was Abou’s name not in the book of gold?

Why was Ben Adhem’s name not in the angel’s book in Leigh Hunt’s poem “Abou Ben Adhem”?

Q.10 Give a description of the angel in Abou Ben Adhem.

Give a description of the angel as presented in Leigh Hunt’s poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’.


Q.11 What made Abou Ben Adhem bold?

What do you think made Abou Ben Adhem bold in Leigh Hunt’s poem with the same title?


Q.12 What does Abou curiously ask the angel? What makes

Abou low?

What does Abou curiously want to know from the angel in Leigh Hunt’s poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’?

Why does he speak more low thereafter?

Q.13 What makes the poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’ seem as if it

belonged to the realm of supernatural?

What makes the poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’ by Leigh Hunt seem as if it belonged to the realm of

supernatural?

Q.14 What is most appealing in the poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’?

What in Leigh Hunt’s poem “About Ben Adhem” has appealed to you most?

Q.15 Briefly describe the second vision of Abou Ben Adhem.

Describe the second vision of Abou in Leigh Hunt’s poem “Abou Ben Adhem”.


Q.16 What are the Poetic Devices / Figures of Speech used in

Abou Ben Adhem?

What are the Poetic Devices / Figures of Speech used in the poem “Abou Ben Adhem” by Leigh

Hunt?

Q.17 What is the relevance of Abou Ben Adhem in today’s

world?

Do you think that Leigh Hunt’s poem ‘Abou Ben Adhem’ is relevant in the modern world? How?

Q.18 What are the abstract nouns used in poem Abou Ben

Adhem / LEIGH HUNT?


Q.19 Explain: “Abou spoke more low.”

In the poem Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt, the poet says “Abou spoke more low, / But cheerily

still;”. Explain what he means by ‘more low’.


Q.20 Why does Ben Adhem use “thou” and “thee” while

addressing the angel?


Why does Abou use the pronouns ‘thou’ and ‘thee’

instead of ‘you’ to address the angel in the poem

Abou Ben Adhem by James Henry Leigh Hunt?


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