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1. An earthquake can erupt. Emotions can erupt. Anger can erupt. Example: An earthquake erupted in Sicily last night. Surge means a sudden powerfu...
The sentences in the text where these words occur are the following: . . . a sudden demand for tamarind seeds erupted in the market. . . . I ca...
1. Abdul Kalam wanted to leave Rameswaram to study at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram. 2. His father said that he knew he had to go away...
1. The author talks about the people who belong to various castes and follow various religious preachings. Yes, these groups were easily identifiable....
The author inherited humility and benevolence from his parents. He learnt lessons in honesty and integrity from his parents. He was self-disciplined b...
1. The author describes his father as a wise and generous person. He felt happy when he helped others. He did not have much formal education and riche...
Yes, he earned money before also. He used to collect the tamarind seeds and sell them to a provision shop on the Mosque Street. A day’s collection wou...
Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by distributing newspapers.
Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan were his school friends. Ramanadha Sastry became a priest of the Rameswaram temple. Aravindan went into t...
Dinamani is the name of a newspaper. Abdul Kalam attempts to trace the Second World War’s news in the headlines of this newspaper.
Abdul Kalam’s house was on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
Greed is considered to be a sin. This has been clearly brought out in the poem. In a legend of the Northland greed has no end. This is evident in the ...
The woman in the poem has been shown as a highly stingy, miserly, greedy and mean by nature. Whenever, she took out cake from the hearth, they appeare...
Poems with dramatic narrative are a form of poetry that has a plot and tells a story, Poems in this genre can vary in length from short to long and th...
The major literary devises, also called poetic devices, in “A Legend of the Northland” by Phoebe Gary are assonance which means repetition of vowel so...
A legend is a semi true story which has been passed on from person-to-person through ages. This legend has an important meaning or symbolism for the c...
This is a legend. It is not a true story. Even the poet feels that it is not true. The most important part of the poem is the point when we realize th...
In the Northland an old lady Lived in a cottage. She was baking cakes when St. Peter came knocking at her door. He had become weak with fasting and tr...