Sept 2021
Q. 3. (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below:
He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing: But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His heart was mirthful to excess, His eye was on the Inchcape float: Quoth he, "My men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok". The boat is lowered, the boatmen row, And to the Inchcape Rock, they go Sir Ralph bent over from the boat, And he cut the Bell from the Inchcape float. Down sunk the Bell with a gurgling sound. The bubbles rose and burst around; Quoth Sir Ralph, 'The next who comes to the Rock Won't bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok." |
A1. Rewrite the following sentences as per their occurrence in the extract:
(1) Sir Ralph cut the Inchcape Bell.
(2) Sir Ralph asked his men to row him to the Inchcape Rock.
(3) The Inchcape Bell sank.
(4) Sir Ralph kept his eye on the Inchcape float.
Answer: -
- (4) Sir Ralph kept his eye on the Inchcape float.
- (2) Sir Ralph asked his men to row him to the Inchcape Rock.
- (1) Sir Ralph cut the Inchcape Bell.
- (3) The Inchcape Bell sank.
A2. 'But the Rover's mirth was wickedness': Explain the line in your own words.
Answer: -
'But the Rover's mirth was wickedness': The spring affects Ralph. He spotted the Inchcape Bell and hatched the plan to destroy the good work done by the Abbot. Jealous thought made him joyful. The evil intention of destroying a good work.
A3. 'Those men who do wrong things, meet with due punishment': Express your point of view on the above statement.
Answer: -
I agree with the statement that says 'Those men who do wrong things, meet with due punishment' because there is a karma philosophy that stated that every action will be equally rewarded if we did well we will be rewarded but if we do something wrong we have to pay for the same. It's like "tit for tat".
A4. Pick out and write the rhyming words from the first stanza and also write its rhyme scheme.
Answer: -
Poetic Device and Rhyme Scheme
The rhyming words are.
spring - sing
excess - wickedness
The rhyme Scheme is (aa bb)
A5. Compose four poetic lines of your own on - *A memorable evening on a beautiful beach".
Answer: -
The Beach
Come to the beach
Where the sea is blue
And little white waves
Come running at you.
(Since it's an open-ended question accept any reasonable correct answer)
(B) Appreciation :
Write a poetic appreciation of the poem given below:
When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many, a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door. Then felt I like a child that holds A trumpet that he must not blow Because a man is dead; I dared not speak to let this false world know. Much have I thought of life and seen How poor men's hearts are ever light; And how their wives do hum like bees About their work, from morn till night. So, when I hear these poor ones laugh, And see the rich ones coldly frown Poor men think I, need not go up So much as rich men should come down. When I had money, money, O! My many friends proved all untrue; But now I have no money, O! My friends are real, though very few! |
Poetic Appreciation of the poem Money.
The poem "Money" is the poem taken from the famous poetic volume of W. H. Davies "The Collected Poem" published in the year 1916. The poet has an identity as Welsh Poet and writer as he was born and brought up there. The poem deals with the theme that "the real happiness is not in being rich but the real happiness one must become poor" because the poet has an experience that whenever he had money he had many friends but they were interested in his wealth but after becoming poor he had very few friends but all of them are true. The poet realized that real happiness we can feel only when we become poor.
The poem has five stanzas of 4 lines each with the regular rhyme scheme where only the second and fourth line rhyme with each other, thus the rhythm scheme is abcb. The poet enriches the poem with many figures of speech like Simile, Repetition, Inversion, Antithesis Onomatopoeia, etc. The language used by the poet is very simple and easy to understand. The special feature of the poem is that the poet used the used interjection... O!" in the very first and last stanzas to show the intensity of his feelings. The moral of the poem is money may be very important but the most important thing in life is true friends which we can get only in poverty. So we must value people and not money. I like the poem very much because this poem tells the harsh reality of life.
Q. 3. (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below
March 2022.
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth ask not good fortune, I am good fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, and need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road. The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them. (Still, here I carry my old delicious burdens, I carry them, men and women, carry them with me wherever I go, I swear I can't get rid of them, I am fill'd with them, and I will fill them in return) |
A1 Complete the following web with the help of the poem. (2)
Answer: -
A2. Analyze the line- I asked not good fortune, I am good fortune. (2)
Answer: - Poet has a firm belief that he is capable of creating his destiny hence he does not ask for good fortune. He is confident about creating a good fortune.
A3. Personal response: (2)
Explain the importance of a long path/road in man's life. (2)
Answer:- It is said that life is a journey and in that journey if you have a long road with obstacles and difficulties it will give you the pleasure of accomplishing the task. At the end of the day journey matters, not the destination. Hence if the road is long it will give you the satisfaction of traveling.
(Since it's an open-ended question accept any reasonable correct answer)
A4. Poetic Device: (2)
Identify and explain the figure of speech in the following line.
Still, here I carry old delicious burdens.
Answer:- Paradox: opposite impossible ideas or concepts put together.
Transferred epithet: The epithet (adjective) 'delicious' which is usually used to describe the food is transferred from 'food' to 'burdens'.
Inversion: The words are not in the correct prose order. The correct word order is: Still, I carry old delicious burdens here.
A5. Poetic creativity: (2)
Complete the given lines using your imagination.
There is no way to lead back
I move forward......................
Answers:-
There is no way to lead back
I move forward with the duties of the sack.
Or
There is no way to lead back
I move forward on the new track.
(Since it's a question based on creativity accept any reasonable correct answer)
Write a poetic appreciation of the poem given below:
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Poetic Appreciation of the poem "Have You Earned Your Tomorrow"
The poem, 'Have You Earned Your Tomorrow' Is the inspirational poem of the well-known British American poet Edger Guest. The poet used to write in very simple language optimistically that's why he is known as a Peoples' Poet. A similar simplicity and optimism can be seen in the present poem. The poem is in a question form, the poet has been asking the questions readers. It is quatrains as it has four lines stanza structure. The poem has four stanzas of four lines each with a regular rhyme scheme. The first line rhymes with the second and the third line with the fourth. Hence the rhyme scheme of the poem is aabb, ccaa, ddee, faa. The specialty of the poem is that it has eleven questions poem, hence the prominent figure of speech in the poem is Interrogation. There is one more noticeable figure of speech in the poem which is Alliteration.
The main theme of the poem is inspiration. It's an inspirational poem that enables the readers to do the self Introspection and helps us with self-improvement. The poet is asking the readers that have they secured their future by helping others or doing their duties for others. The poet said that today's good deeds will be the treasure of tomorrow. It also focuses on the karma philosophy that earns your tomorrow by doing good to others today. The questions in the poem are telling us to do good to others or to make someone's day.
The moral of the poem is that "As you sow so shall you reap" whatever you have done today same thing you are going to get back. For expecting a good future from the future we should be good, and do good to get good returns. I like this poem very much as it helps us with self-improvement.
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Q. 3. (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below
July 2022
Weavers, weaving at the break of the day, Why do you weave a garment so gay?...... Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild, We weave the robes of a newborn child. Weavers, weaving at fall of night, Why do you weave a garment so brightly?........ Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the marriage veils of a queen. Weavers, weaving solemn and still, What do you weave in the moonlight chill…… White as a feather and white as a cloud, We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud |
A1. Complete the 'table' given below with the help of the above extract:
Answer: -
A2. Complete the tree diagram expressing the three phases of life and its details concerning the poem:(2)
Answer:-
A3. We come across many colors in life. These colors have different types of effects and influence on our lives. Write in your own words, how colors affect us in different phases of our life. (2)
Answer:-
Colors affect our life at an early age we love blue color as it symbolizes calm nature as a child is calm in its easy phase of wisdom as it's a primary color.
The purple and green color new beginning and creativity after marriage and the white color symbolizes peace and balance as we attain peace after death.
A4 Complete the table with a reference to the first stanza of the Poem
Rhyming words | Rhyme scheme |
1. ............................ 2............................. | 1. ............................ 2............................. |
✒️Answer:-
Complete the table with a reference to the first stanza of the Poem
Rhyming words | Rhyme scheme |
1. day- gay 2. wild-child | aa-bb |
A5. Complete the last two lines of the following short poem by composing two lines of your own:
Life is full of ups and downs
There are joys as well as sorrows
.............,.........................................,.................................
Answer: -
Life is full of ups and downs
There are joys as well as sorrows
Some day you have a king's crown
Another day you live on borrow.
(Since it's a question based on creativity accept any reasonable correct answer)
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Q. 3. (A) Read the extract and
complete the activities given below:
My father travels on the late evening train Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed by age Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night. Now I can see him getting off the train Like a word dropped from a long sentence. He hurries across the length of the grey platform, Crosses the railway line, enters the lane, His chappals are sticky with mud, but he hurries onward. Home again, I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati, reading a book. He goes into the toilet to contemplate Man’s estrangement from a man-made world. Coming out he trembles at the sink, The cold water running over his brown hands, A few droplets cling to the greying hair on his wrists. His sullen children have often refused to share Jokes and secrets with him. He will now go to sleep Listening to the static on the radio, dreaming Of his ancestors and grandchildren, thinking Of nomads entering a subcontinent through a narrow pass. |
"Poetic Appreciation of the poem Father Returning Home"
‘Father Returning Home’ is the famous poem by Dilip Chitre, taken from 'Traveling in the cage'. He is known as a bilingual poet. He has translated ‘the popular Marathi Abhangas (Spiritual Poem) 'Says Tuka into English. He received the Prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his remarkable contribution to poetry as well as to Translation. The present is an autobiographical poem where the poet shows the complete solitude and lethargic life of an old man in modern society by depicting a picture of his father returning home from work. Thus the main theme of the poem is "Man's Isolation from a materialistic man-made World". The poet expressed his feelings for his working father. He realized that his father was neglected and uncared for despite being the lone bread-earner for the family.
Though the poem ‘Father Returning Home’ has autobiographical touch, it goes beyond its autobiographical significance. As is an account of every old man in a suburban area who does hard work for his family but leads a monotonous life where no one to converse with him, understand his feelings, and look after him.
The poem consists of two stanzas of the first stanza 12 lines and the second stanza 13 lines. It is a free verse where there is no rhyme and no rhythm. The poem is very symbolic the very structure of the poem is also symbolic as the lack of rhythm symbolizes that the poet’s father was uncared-for life. The language is easy and simple but full of imagery and symbolism. It is in first person narrative where the poet himself is the speaker who narrates the isolated life and monotonous routine of his father. The prominent figures of speech in the poem are Alliteration, Simile, and Onomatopoeia. The poet expresses his feelings for his old father, but every old father has almost the same condition so we can take the moral from the poem that 'we must look after the elderly members in our family and society' I like the poem very much as it depicts the real picture of monotony and lethargic life of the elderly hard-working person in the modern society.
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