CBSE CLASS 12 AUNT JENNIFER'S TIGERS QUESTION ANSWERS QUESTION BANK

 Answer in 30-40 words 

 i ‘What knitting was to Aunt Jennifer; poetry was for Adrienne Rich’. 

Do you agree? Comment with reference to the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’. 

ii Read the given quote. In your opinion, what silence does the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ break? 

iii Would you say that the poem ends on a note of hope? Justify your opinion.

 Q12 Answer in 120-150 words

 i Read the given extract from an article published in The Independent: “Turn your pain into art”: it’s a phrase most of us have heard before… The theory that achieving something great requires suffering dates back to ancient times… Pain, however, is less an artistic necessity and more a result of “contagion” – a term used for the spreading of a harmful idea or practice…In the context of the struggling artist, it allows mental illness to fester; to be glamourised and admired; even encouraged in the name of art. - 

Do you think Aunt Jennifer “turned her pain into art”? What kind of “contagion” might her pain be a result of? - Evaluate Aunt Jennifer and her artistry in light of the above extract.

 ii Imagine that Aunt Jennifer read the poem that Adrienne Rich wrote about Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome. - Adrienne Rich about her. After much contemplation, she decided to write a letter to her husband expressing her feelings and thoughts. 

Write the letter as Aunt Jennifer.