The Height of the Ridiculous
Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · English
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What does the title 'The Height of the Ridiculous' suggest?
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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.
Who wrote the poem 'The Height of the Ridiculous'?
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The poem is written by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). He is known for witty and humorous writing.
What is the speaker's mood when he writes the lines?
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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.
What does 'sober' mean in the poem?
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'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.
What does 'wondrous' mean here?
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'Wondrous' means delightful. It shows that the speaker is in a happy and playful mood when he writes.
What does 'albeit' mean?
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'Albeit' means though. It is used to show a contrast, as in the speaker describing himself as a sober man even while joking.
Why does the speaker call his servant 'He of the mighty limb'?
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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.
What does the speaker mean by 'These to the printer'?
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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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