Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph : (5 marks)The Height of the RidiculousI wrote some lines once on a timeIn wondrous merry mood,And thought, as usual, men would sayThey were exce…
Q.3 (B) Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph : (5 marks)
The Height of the Ridiculous
I wrote some lines once on a time
In wondrous merry mood,
And thought, as usual, men would say
They were exceeding good.They were so queer, so very queer,
I laughed as I would die;
Albeit, in the general way,
A sober man am I.I called my servant, and he came;
How kind it was of him
To mind a slender man like me,
He of the might limb.‘‘These to the printer,’’ I exclaimed,
And, in my humorous way,
I added (as a trifling jest,)
‘‘There’ll be the devil to pay.He took the paper, and I watched,
And saw him peep within
At the first line he read, his face
Was all upon the grinHe read the next; the grin grew broad
And shot from ear to ear;
He read the third; a chuckling noise
I now began to hear.The fourth; he broke into a roar;
The fifth; his waistband split;
The sixth; he burst his five buttons
And tumbled in a fit.Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye,
I watched that wretched man,
and since, I never dare to write
As funny as I can.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Points : The title and the poet of the poem. (1) Rhyme scheme (1) Figures of speech (1) Central Idea/Theme. (2)