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Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · English

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Title and toneAuthorSpeaker's moodVocabularyLiterary devicePlot
Card 1Title and tone

What does the title 'The Height of the Ridiculous' suggest?

Answer

It suggests something extremely funny and exaggerated. 'Ridiculous' means too funny to believe, so the title points to a comic situation that becomes more and more exaggerated.

Card 2Author

Who wrote the poem 'The Height of the Ridiculous'?

Answer

The poem is written by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). He is known for witty and humorous writing.

Card 3Speaker's mood

What is the speaker's mood when he writes the lines?

Answer

He writes them in a wondrous merry mood, which means a delightful and cheerful state of mind. He feels the lines are good and humorous.

Card 4Vocabulary

What does 'sober' mean in the poem?

Answer

'Sober' means clear headed and serious. The speaker says he is usually a sober man, which adds a comic contrast with the funny lines he has written.

Card 5Vocabulary

What does 'wondrous' mean here?

Answer

'Wondrous' means delightful. It shows that the speaker is in a happy and playful mood when he writes.

Card 6Vocabulary

What does 'albeit' mean?

Answer

'Albeit' means though. It is used to show a contrast, as in the speaker describing himself as a sober man even while joking.

Card 7Literary device

Why does the speaker call his servant 'He of the mighty limb'?

Answer

This is an ironic description. The speaker calls himself a slender man and the servant a man of mighty limb to create a humorous contrast in appearance.

Card 8Plot

What does the speaker mean by 'These to the printer'?

Answer

He is giving the humorous lines to his servant to take to the printer. It shows that the poem inside the poem is meant to be printed.

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Key topics in The Height of the Ridiculous include Poem Overview, Character Sketches, Humour and Literary Devices, Line-by-Line Reaction of the Servant. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Maharashtra Board Class 10 board exam.
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