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7. What did Yussouf say, waking up the stranger?
8. What made the stranger’s face grand?
9. Who killed Yussouf’s son?
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10. Did Yussouf get angry?
11. What did Yussouf say to Ibrahim?
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12. Who did Yussouf yearn for day and night?
Read and appreciate
1. How has the poet described the stranger?
2. Pick out the lines which show Yussouf’s respect for
God.
3. Explain: “As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,
So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.”
4. Which line gives the idea that God is impartial?
5. What message does the poet give us through this poem?
6. Which line do you like the most and why?
7. Try to dramatize the poem. Use body language, facial
expressions, and perform the poem.
Complete the summary of the poem by filling in the blanks.
Choose the words from those given in brackets.
Note: The same word may be used more than once.
On a pleasant and quiet night, a desperate………………………
goes to the tent of …… …………. He begs…………………….to protect
him from the………………..who were after him ……………………
readily grants what he wants. He……………the guest that night.
Before the sun rises, he wakes him up and tells him to flee with
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