Comprehension Passage-8 (POEM SOLVED)CBSE-CLASS-6-10

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say,
"I love her for her smile—her look—her way
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day"—
For these things in themselves, Belovèd, may
Be changed, or change for thee—and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry:
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

Answer the following questions:–

**1.Who has written the poem, “ If Thou Must Love Me (Sonnet 14) [sonnet from Portuguese]”?**

a) Vikram Seth

b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

c) Robert Browning

d) none of these above

2. Which of the followings are the works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

a) On the Cruelty of Forcement to Man

b) Aurora Leigh

c) both a and b

d) none of these above

3. According to the poet, what are the qualities she doesn’t want to be the reason for her love?

a) smile

b) look

c) way of speaking gently

d) all of these above

**4.What do you mean by the term, ‘nought’?**

a) nothing

b) naughty

c) negativity

d) none of these above

**5.What do you mean by the term, ‘wrought’?**

a) pale and waste

b) made elaborately

c) make things small

d) none of these above

**6. What do you mean by the term, ‘ease’?**

a) patience

b) safe

c) comfort

d) none of these above

**7. “Love’s sake… ” Which Parts of Speech does the above-quoted line refer?**

a) simile

b) metaphor

c) personification

d) alliteration

**8. What do you mean by the term, ‘certes’?**

a)certainly

b) safely

c) unsure

d) none of these above

**9. What do you mean by the term, ‘eternity’?**

a)certainly

b) full

c) magical

d) none of these above

10. What is the rhyming scheme of this poem?

a) abab

b) aabb

c) abbaabba

d)acb acb

Answers:–

1. b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

2. c) both a and b

3. d) all of these above

4. a) nothing

5. b) made elaborately

6. c) comfort

7. c) personification

8. a)certainly

9. d) none of these above

10. c) abbaabba