A Passing Glimpse - Robert Frost: Summary | CBSE

The 'Passing glimpses' is a typical of Robert Frost's poetry, in various ways. The poet Robert Frost in his poem 'A Passing glimpse' has shown us very tactfully that in everyday mechanical,  monotonous, modern life of our , we often don't get time to look at the beautiful nature around us.
  The poem 'A passing glimpse' opens with the speaker refering to the passing glimpse of  flowers seen from the rapidly moving car of a train . The flowers symbolises the delicate beauty of nature which is timeless and eternal while in comparison, life is bounded by the borders of time and is destined we to perish. In our daily rat race we often fail to pay heed to the happenings around us and move on without even noticing them. The tracks of life are long and lay farther than what can be perceived through our eyes
   The poet, through the moving train gets glimpses of many flower beside the track. He tries to guess the names of these flowers and on doing so understands that his guesses will prove to be wrong. He wants to get out of the train to spot those flowers but unfortunately he cannot manage to . He then doubts whether they were his imagination which brushed across his mind.
In all of it we can identify well that it is this mechanical life that imprisons us and thus in this time bound life we hardly get time to stop by and appreciate the nature around us and it's timeless beauty. Although we desire to look back, barely we get a chance. But even after telling us the various lacks of a monotonous materialistic life he ends the poem with quite a promising , optimistic, couplet which tells that a glimpse of heaven can only be perceived by those who do not get the chance "to look too close" . Thus, beauty multiplies when we step back and look at it from a distance, rather than examining it critically and closely.

Portrait of a lady- Khuswant Singh: Guide notes for CBSE CLASS XI

Character sketch of grandmother:-

The story describes the entire phase of relationship which the author shared with his grandmother. In the early days of the author's life , his grandmother shared a strong bond with him. However, that tie of friendship loosened a little when they both shifted to the author's city house.
When the author started to go to the university,then this relationship was led to a complete separation. That phase of author's life was very painful. He got a room of his own and his grandmother led a life of seclusion. However, in spite of changes in the course of life, their feelings for each other remained unchanged. Even when he was leaving to go abroad, she didn't display any emotion but prayed continuously. Same was her reaction when the author came back after five years.
The author's grandmother was a lady who was very spiritual and not accustomed to the modern techniques, styles and way of life. She was short and fat,slightly bent. She was beautiful at heart. Being very caring, she used to wake up the author in the morning and get him ready for school. She was very concerned about the author's education. She was a kindhearted person and a pet lover as well. She visited to the temples frequently. She was very attached to the author and would spend hours talking to him about his education. She was deeply distressed at western education and learning of music. Author's grandmother was a pious woman as she used to tell the beads of the rosary and would say a prayer in a singsong manner.

Q) How was the author's relation with grandmother?

Answer:- 
The story describes the entire phase of relationship which the author shared with his grandmother. In the early days of the author's life , his grandmother shared a strong bond with him. However, that tie of friendship loosened a little when they both shifted to the author's city house.
When the author started to go to the university,then this relationship was led to a complete separation. That phase of author's life was very painful. He got a room of his own and his grandmother led a life of seclusion. However, in spite of changes in the course of life, their feelings for each other remained unchanged. Even when he was leaving to go abroad, she didn't display any emotion but prayed continuously. Same was her reaction when the author came back after five years.

Two gentlemen of Verona - A.J.Cronin : Questions and answer| CBSE CLASS-X NCERT QUESTIONS

Q) Why didn't Luigi the driver approve of the two boys?

Answer: The driver didn't approve the narrator's decision to buy wild strawberries from the two boys because they were untidy and poorly dressed. Moreover they would get better strawberries in the city of Verona.

Q) Why were the narrator and his companion impressed by the two boys?

Answer: The narrator and his companion were impressed by the earnest appeal in the dark eyes of Nicola and Jacopo.

Q) Why was the author surprised to see Nicola and Jacopo working as shoe-shine boys?

Answer: The author was surprised to see Nicola and Jacopo working as shoe-shine boys, the previous day when he met them he thought they were fruit sellers.

Q) How were the boys useful to the author?

Answer: Nicola and Jacopo were extremely useful to the author. They were ready to buy him a pack of American cigarettes,book seats for the opera or find him the name of a good restaurant. They also helped the author as a tourist guide.

Q) Why were the boys in the square at night? What character traits are manifested?

Answer: Nicola and Jacopo were in that deserted square at night because they were waiting to sell the unsold newspaper to the passengers returning from Padua.
   The characters traits exhibited through this act are that the boys were diligent, determined and honest.

Q) What do you learn from "We are not complaining Sir"?

Answer: The two brothers Nicola and Jacopo were sincerely and honestly working hard to earn sufficient money for the medical expenses of their ailing sister, Lucia who was suffering from tuberculosis of spine. Since they were determined and diligent,they did not expect sympathy or help from anyone. They had no grievance about their I'll fate. So the boys replied rather humbly.

Q) Why didn't the boys disclose their problems?

Answer: The brothers, Nicola and Jacopo did not expect sympathy or help from anybody. They were brave enough to struggle against all odds, in order to fulfil their purpose of accumulating money for their sister Lucia's medical expenses. They proved to be quite matured and so they were evasive their plans.

Q) Justify the  title ' Two gentlemen of Verona' .

Answer: The two brothers Nicola and Jacopo braved the obstacles of life with utmost sincerity, diligence and honesty. They were rather precocious. These are true qualities of a gentleman. So the title is justified.

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