KSEEB Class 10 · English (1st language) · KTBS Revised 2024-25

Buttoo

Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Karnataka Board Class 10 English.

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About the author

Anonymous folk ballad in Karnataka English readers - tells of Buttoo (Queen Buttoo / devoted wife figure in folk tradition) and themes of love, fate and tragic loss in simple rhythmic verse.

Summary

The poem introduces Buttoo in a kingdom or village setting - admired for beauty and virtue.

She loves deeply and marries, or is promised, to a man she trusts - folk ballad happiness seems near.

War, palace intrigue or misunderstanding separates the lovers - ballad turns from joy to trial.

Buttoo suffers nobly - waiting, searching or enduring false accusations typical of oral tales.

Death, exile or permanent loss ends the union - listeners feel pity for faithful love denied.

The ballad leaves a simple moral: cherish love, question cruelty of fate, remember the humble queen/wife who endured.

Hard words & meanings

ballad	narrative poem in simple stanzas meant to be sung
fate	power believed to control events beyond human will
devotion	deep loyal love and faithfulness
tragedy	story ending in suffering or death
virtue	moral excellence of character
separation	state of being kept apart from loved one
lament	expression of grief in poetry
oral tradition	stories passed by voice from generation to generation

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