In Sanskrit language, there is a proverb "Sarveendriyaanaam Nayanam Pradhaanam" which means that among all the organs of the body, eyes are the most important.
Writers all over the world face the task of describing people in different ways. In describing the face and appears, eyes form an important element of the author's work. Even if we are not authors, in our daily life, we often come across situations where we have to describe the eyes of someone whom we have seen, or even the eyes of ourselves when we see a doctor.
Different writers have described "eyes" in different ways, using numerous adjectives which range from very simple to very complex and obscure. Sometimes, the descriptions may depict beauty of the eyes and at some other times they may present a morbid condition of the eyes.
OBJECT OF THIS TEST: 1. Strengthen our ability to describe eyes. 2. Examine our present capabilities in fairly describing the 'eyes'.
LIST OF IMPORTANT ADJECTIVAL PHRAZES WHICH DESCRIBE 'EYES'
(Names in the brackets are the names of authors who have used the phrase). For commonly used phrases, I am not giving author names.
More phrases will be added, as and when phrases are found.
Phrases used in this multiple choice questions test are marked in italics. Pl. fill in the blanks in question Nos. 661 to 670 with the words given in italics.
accusing eyes
beady-black eyes
big eyes
black eyes
blue eyes
bodily eyes
bright eyes
brown eyes
curious eye(s)
downcast eyes
faithless eyes
golden eyes
green eyes
hungry eyes
half-closed eyes
large eyes
levelled eyes
lowered eyes
pea eyes (Edgar Allan Poe)
Satisfied eyes, sightless eyes, sparkling eyes, staring eyes, steadfast eyes, stony eyes, stormy eyes, sunny eyes
tender eyes
triumphant eyes
true eyes
unwinking eyes
violet eyes
watching eyes
weary eyes
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661."Yes"--rose to her lips, but was checked by a glance at the group upon the floor, where her husband was stretched out, and two little urchins
with _________ eyes and glowing cheeks, were climbing and tumbling over
him, as if they found in this play the very essence of fun. [Elizabeth Wooster Stuart Phelps in her 'The Angel Over the Right Shoulder'.]
662. Till his hands forgot to havoc and his weapons lost their lusting,
Till his ______ eyes allured her from the land of Totem Poles,
Till she followed where he called her, followed with a woman's trusting,
To the canyon where the Capilano rolls. [E. Pauline Johnson in his 'Flint and Feather']
663. All stood together on the deck,
For a charnel-dungeon fitter:
All fix'd on me their _____ eyes
That in the moon did glitter.
[William Wordsworth & S T Coleridge in their 'Lyrical Ballads - Ancient Mariner'].
664. In the little patch of light we saw a ghastly black-bearded man, dripping with water, regarding us with _________ eyes, which glowed red in the light of the lamp. [W.W. Jacob in his poem 'Over the Side']
665. But seeing her now apparently so overwhelmed, and having something soft and warm down beneath her granitic face and ______ eyes, she touched her on the back. [John Galsworthy in his 'Fraternity'].
666. The black slave was sitting cross-legged just outside the curtain, and when these slow, long drawn-out words came from the other side a light gleamed in her shrewd, ___________ eyes. [Victoria Cross in her novel 'Six Women'].
667. "Slowly she raised her head and lifted the ________ eyes. Those telltale traitors no longer hid her secret. With a glad cry Alfred caught her in his arms. She tried to hide her face ..." [Zane Grey in 'Betty Zane'].
668. Two white arms had met the poor paroled prisoner, on his return to Eagle's Nest--a pair of ______ eyes had filled with happy tears--and the red lips, smiling with exquisite emotion, murmured "All is well, since you have come back to me!". [John Esten Cooke in his 'Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee'].
669. It is not through my ______ eyes that this sensation comes, but through some window of the mind, from before which a curtain has been drawn. [H. de. Vere Stacpoole in his 'The Blue Lagoon: A Romance'].
670. For in thy clear and _________ eyes
Thine own self wonder deepest lies,
Nor any words that lips can teach
Are sweeter than their wonder speech. [ARTHUR SHERBURNE HARDY in his 'Songs of Two'.]
