{"id":17513,"date":"2017-11-15T06:35:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T06:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=17513"},"modified":"2017-11-16T05:26:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T05:26:38","slug":"icse-class-10-english-solutions-small-pain-in-my-chest-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/icse-class-10-english-solutions-small-pain-in-my-chest-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"ICSE Class 10 English Solutions Small Pain in my Chest [Poem]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Passage 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree. Why was the soldier sitting calmly under the tree?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree. What does the phrase ‘sitting calmly’ signify?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree. Why did the soldier call the narrator?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> The soldier boy was sitting calmly underneath that tree. Explain the line ‘And scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning’s light’.<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> “I wonder if you’d help me, sir”, he smiled as best he could. What help does the soldier need from the narrator?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> “I wonder if you’d help me, sir”, he smiled as best he could. Why is the soldier smiling?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> “I wonder if you’d help me, sir”, he smiled as best he could. Why doesn’t the soldier directly tell the narrator that he has been wounded by a bullet?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> “I wonder if you’d help me, sir”, he smiled as best he could. Why do you think the soldier asks for a sip of water?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> As I looked at him I could see the large stain on his shirt What does the narrator notice on the soldier’s shirt?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> As I looked at him I could see the large stain on his shirt Why is the stain ‘all reddish brown’?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> As I looked at him I could see the large stain on his shirt Why does the soldier count himself lucky? Do you think he is really lucky?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> “Must be fatigue”, he weakly smiled. “I must be getting old. Who smiled weakly in the extract? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> “Must be fatigue”, he weakly smiled. “I must be getting old. Why is the soldier feeling cold?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> “Must be fatigue”, he weakly smiled. “I must be getting old. Why does the soldier feel that he is getting old? Is the reason that he gives true?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> “Must be fatigue”, he weakly smiled. “I must be getting old. What does “the night exploded” refer to?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> “I looked around to get some aid – the only things I found Why is the soldier looking around?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> “I looked around to get some aid – the only things I found Does the soldier find help? What does he see around him?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> “I looked around to get some aid – the only things I found Why did the soldier have to stop firing?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> “I looked around to get some aid – the only things I found What does the soldier want to justify when he says “I tried to do my best”?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> “I’m grateful, sir”, he whispered, as I handed my canteen What according to the soldier is silly?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> “I’m grateful, sir”, he whispered, as I handed my canteen What is the actual condition of the solider?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> “I’m grateful, sir”, he whispered, as I handed my canteen What is the soldier grateful for?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> “I’m grateful, sir”, he whispered, as I handed my canteen Why is the smile of the soldier described as the brightest by the narrator?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 7<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> “What would my wife be thinking of her man so strong and grown, What about his wife and mother is the soldier thinking?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> “What would my wife be thinking of her man so strong and grown, Why does the soldier always refer to his pain as small?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> “What would my wife be thinking of her man so strong and grown, Why do you think the soldier is thinking about his family?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong>
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
\nThe battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night
\nAnd scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning’s light.<\/p>\n
\nThe war had ended by the break of day. This soldier was the only alive one among the hundreds of other who died fighting the war. He was sitting calmly under the tree as there are no more enemies to fight.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
\nThe battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night
\nAnd scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning’s light.<\/p>\n
\nThe phrase ‘sitting calmly’ indicates the stillness and silence which follows a storm. The soldier has no need to be worried or to be on his guard as there are no enemies left to fight, he is therefore calm It also stresses on the fact that his fellow soldiers are all lying dead around him and therefore, he has no one to talk to.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
\nThe battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night
\nAnd scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning’s light.<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier was wounded and too tired to get water for himself. He called the narrator hoping that he would help him with some water so that he could quench his thirst and his wounded body could be relieved of some pain.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs I approached it, I could see him beckoning to me.
\nThe battle had been long and hard and lasted through the night
\nAnd scores of figures on the ground lay still by morning’s light.<\/p>\n
\nThe given lines explain how the soldiers fought hard all night. In the morning, the wounded soldier boy who sat under a tree saw all of his fellow soldiers lying dead beside him on the battle field.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
\nWe fought all day and fought all night with scarcely any rest –
\nA sip of water for I have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier is wounded and wants the narrator to give him some water.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
\nWe fought all day and fought all night with scarcely any rest –
\nA sip of water for I have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nAlthough the soldier is wounded, like a true fighter he has a smile on his face as he doesn’t believe in showing his pain. He is smiling to assure the narrator that he is just tired after the night’s fight and there is nothing else wrong with him.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
\nWe fought all day and fought all night with scarcely any rest –
\nA sip of water for I have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier has faced and suffered the devastating reality of a war and does not want a civilian to be acquainted with the language of guns and bullets. Therefore, he only tells the narrator that he is tired and feeling a slight pain in his chest instead of telling him how seriously injured he is.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“A sip of water on this morn would surely do me good.
\nWe fought all day and fought all night with scarcely any rest –
\nA sip of water for I have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier asks for a sip of water to feel some relief from his pain. He perhaps knows that death is now imminent and wants to drink water for the last time before he falls into an eternal slumber of death.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAll reddish – brown from his warm blood mixed in with
\nAsian dirt.
\n“Not much”, said he. “I count myself more lucky than the rest.
\nThey’re all gone while I just have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe narrator notices a large reddish brown stain on the soldier’s shirt.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAll reddish – brown from his warm blood mixed in with
\nAsian dirt.
\n“Not much”, said he. “I count myself more lucky than the rest.
\nThey’re all gone while I just have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe stain is all reddish brown because it is the soldier’s blood mixed with the mud of the Asian land where the Vietnam War was fought.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAll reddish – brown from his warm blood mixed in with
\nAsian dirt.
\n“Not much”, said he. “I count myself more lucky than the rest.
\nThey’re all gone while I just have a small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier counts himself as lucky because he is alive unlike his fellow mates, who have lost their lives while fighting the war. Unfortunately, he is not lucky as he has been hit with a bullet and will soon die like the other soldiers.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI see the sun is shining bright and yet I’m feeling cold.
\nWe climbed the hill, two hundred strong, but as we cleared the crest,
\nThe night exploded and I felt this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier smiles weakly as he is seriously injured but doesn’t want to reveal his pain to a civilian (the narrator). His pain is excruciating but by smiling weakly, he tries to hide it.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI see the sun is shining bright and yet I’m feeling cold.
\nWe climbed the hill, two hundred strong, but as we cleared the crest,
\nThe night exploded and I felt this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier’s injury is causing his bodily functions to deteriorate as a result of which he is feeling cold even on a warm sunny morning.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI see the sun is shining bright and yet I’m feeling cold.
\nWe climbed the hill, two hundred strong, but as we cleared the crest,
\nThe night exploded and I felt this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe young soldier feels that he is getting old because he is experiencing fatigue and weakness. However, the true reason for his weakness is the bullet in his chest that is pushing him towards death.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI see the sun is shining bright and yet I’m feeling cold.
\nWe climbed the hill, two hundred strong, but as we cleared the crest,
\nThe night exploded and I felt this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe phrase ‘the night exploded’ refers to the sudden attack on the soldier’s army by the enemies which may have included bomb explosions along with the firing of bullets. The soldier along with the other mates had been fighting the entire night. The poet has personified the night to describe how gruesome the war had been.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWere big, deep craters in the earth – bodies on the ground.
\nI kept on firing at them, sir. I tried to do my best,
\nBut finally sat down with this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier is injured and is looking around in the hope of getting some aid.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWere big, deep craters in the earth – bodies on the ground.
\nI kept on firing at them, sir. I tried to do my best,
\nBut finally sat down with this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier doesn’t find help, instead he sees deep craters in the earth and dead bodies of his fellow soldiers around him.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWere big, deep craters in the earth – bodies on the ground.
\nI kept on firing at them, sir. I tried to do my best,
\nBut finally sat down with this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier fought bravely until finally he was wounded by a shot and had to stop firing. .<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWere big, deep craters in the earth – bodies on the ground.
\nI kept on firing at them, sir. I tried to do my best,
\nBut finally sat down with this small pain in my chest.”<\/p>\n
\nWhen the soldier tells the narrator that he tried to do his best, he is emphasising on the fact that he fought with all his might to bring down the enemies and keep his fellow mates safe.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd smiled a smile that was, U think, the brightest that I’ve seen.
\n“Seems silly that a man my size so full of vim and zest,
\nCould find himself defeated by a small pain in his chest.”<\/p>\n
\nAccording to him, it is silly for a soldier, who ought to be full of energy and vigour to be defeated by a small pain in the chest.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd smiled a smile that was, U think, the brightest that I’ve seen.
\n“Seems silly that a man my size so full of vim and zest,
\nCould find himself defeated by a small pain in his chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier has been fatally wounded in the war and is currently in acute pain. However, he portrays exactly the opposite of his true condition. He tries to show that he is fine and that it is just a small pain in his chest. In reality, he is counting the last few minutes of his life.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd smiled a smile that was, U think, the brightest that I’ve seen.
\n“Seems silly that a man my size so full of vim and zest,
\nCould find himself defeated by a small pain in his chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier is grateful that the narrator gives him some water to sip in his last moments.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd smiled a smile that was, U think, the brightest that I’ve seen.
\n“Seems silly that a man my size so full of vim and zest,
\nCould find himself defeated by a small pain in his chest.”<\/p>\n
\nThe narrator understands that in order to hide his pain, the soldier is trying to force a smile on his face. Beneath the smiling face is a worn out body and a heart shredded apart by the death and destruction around him. Therefore, the narrator says that his is the brightest smile he has ever seen.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIf she could see me sitting here, too weak to stand alone?
\nCould my mother have imagined, as she held me to her breast,
\nThat I’d be sitting HERE one day with this pain in my chest?”<\/p>\n
\nThe soldier wonders what his wife would think of him if she knew that her husband, a strong soldier, could not even bear a small pain in his chest and stand alone. Then he thinks about his mother, he wondering how his mother will react after knowing that a boy that she held close to her heart is sitting in the battlefield with a fatal wound.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIf she could see me sitting here, too weak to stand alone?
\nCould my mother have imagined, as she held me to her breast,
\nThat I’d be sitting HERE one day with this pain in my chest?”<\/p>\n
\nIt is a known fact that the injury caused by explosions or bullet wounds can be very serious, and at most times, fatal. However, the soldier constantly stresses on the fact that the pain in his chest is small or little. Through this he wishes to tell the narrator that the physical and mental trauma that soldiers suffer during the war is much severe than a bullet wound but they are trained to deal with it for the good of their nation.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIf she could see me sitting here, too weak to stand alone?
\nCould my mother have imagined, as she held me to her breast,
\nThat I’d be sitting HERE one day with this pain in my chest?”<\/p>\n