CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FOR ANNE GREGORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the definition of rampart?
A
An emotion with alot of anger
B
The high walls around a castle
C
A maniac person
D
Unconditional love
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In fortification architecture, a bank or rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site. It is usually broad-topped and made of excavated earth and/or masonry.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet. 3. : a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris)

Detailed explanation-3: -The “great honey-coloured/Ramparts at your ear” refers to the beautiful yellow coloured hair that falls at the woman’s ear and cover it like a wall around a fort. He says that the young men are “thrown into despair” by them because they look so beautiful on the woman that her beauty gets thoroughly enhanced.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ramparts of a castle or city are the earth walls, often with stone walls on them, that were built to protect it.

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