A. Answer the following questions.
1. Where is the poem set?
2. What are the mirrors and dagger handles made of?
3. What do the vendors and pedlars sell?
4. How has the poet described the anklets on the feet of blue pigeons?
5. What fruits are being sold in the bazaar?
6. What are being made by the goldsmiths?
7. Explain the rhyme scheme in the poem 'In the Bazaars of Hyderabad'.
8. Identify the repetition used in the poem.
Answers
Answer:
1) The poem is set in the Bazars of Hyderabad
2) The mirrors are made up of drawers of amber and the dragger handkes are made up of jade
3)The vendors sell saffron, lentils and rice and the pedlars sell chessmen and ivory dice
4)Anklets or bells on the feet of blue pigeons states that they are made so that pigeons can be recognized when they arrive
5)Delicious fruits like citron, pomegranate and plum are being sold by the fruit-men.
6)The goldsmiths make their wares for women,pet pigeons,dancers and kings
7)Each of the six stanzas in “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad” follows the same simple rhyme scheme – ABCBDB. This kind of rhyme scheme gives the poem a lilting tune and conjures up a magical place, especially for readers who are unfamiliar with the space of the bazaar in the Indian landscape.
8)Polysyndeton is close repetition of conjunctions. Simile is a direct comparison between two different things by use of 'like' or 'as'. Here the poet compares the delicate golden bells to dragon fly's wings, as both are fragile. Throughout the poem, the poet has used rhetorical questions only to answer them by herself.