4. Why do the wandering singers not wait anywhere?
1. In what person has this poem been written-first second / third, singular plural? Why do
2. Why do you think the speaker uses the words 'wander' and 'roam' and not 'march' and
3. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Try to read the poem aloud. Does it sound like as
Look up a dictionary for the meanings of these words and answer the question.
4. Certain words have been repeated in the poem- 'voice of the wind', 'the wind calls and
'echoing'. Are these repetitions particularly suitable for a poem about singing? In what way
5. a. This poem creates a certain mood-one that combines both sorrow and happiness.
Which of these elements contribute to the sorrow and which of these to the happiness?
b
terms of
a knowledge?
(lines 1. 10 and 12)
Appreciating the Poem
think the poet did not use T or they'?
IV.
The wandering singers have no home.
il. They feel as if everyone is their family.
They sing about people and places that are dead.
They sing about laughter, beauty, bravery and glory.
They have always travelled and will always keep travelling, as if with the wind.
b. Do any of these elements also help to make the figures of the wandering singers look
timeless - as if they can belong to any age and do not change or disappear with time?
Answers
Answer:
1 because they have no one to wait for they go where they like to
2secondperson because they use they
3 because they do not go in a particular direction to march they just go around simply in simple words go where the wind blows
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5 a yes because here any when you talk or sing will ur voice echo or
Explanation:
will sound like wind
the last line of the second stanza says happy and simple and sorrowfull things
happy men our kindered world is our home
sorrow laughter and beauty of women long dead
simple with lutes in our hand ever singing we roam
b they go along with the direction of the wind
the voice decides their fate
because it is in second person pronoun
these elements make us feel that the are free and can always let themselves be borrowed