Question

Free verse
we sing from morning till night;
and on we travel and know not where we pass
sk. But how am I to join you
Tell me, Come to the edge of the shore and stand with
sur eyes tight shut
, and you will be carried out upon the waves
Ley, My mother always wants me at home in the evening
w can I leave her and go?'
They smile, dance and pass by
But I know a better game than that
I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore
I shall roll on and on and on, and break upon your lap widoglicer
And no one in the world will know where we both are
11 Clouds and Waves
Literary Device
This poem written in
free verse, which means the
poet does not follow any
thyme scheme. This styles
red in modern poetry
-Rabindranath Tagore
C OBJECTIVES
thout the Poet
In this chapter, we will
read a poem in free verse
Identify personification and learn words related to the Earth's
physical features
• complete a chart on types of clouds
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1901) was a Bengali poet and a prolific writer who wrote short stories now
dramas. He also composed over 2000 songs and was an avid painter. His collection of paintings, sketches and
Noodles is on display at Delhi's National Gallery of Modern An Tigure was one of the first poets to anodice free
de to Bengali poetry. In 1913. he became the first nonFuropeas to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for his
collection of poem Gitanjali. Tagore also holds the unique position of being the only person to have peamed the
national anthems of two countries-Indias Jana Gana Mana and Bangladeshi Amar Sunar Banela
.
READING
Did you ever have imaginary friends as a child? Were they your toys? Do you remember inventing
any games? Read this poem where the world is seen through the eyes of a little child. In a child's
world, made up of imagination, the impossible is made easily possible. This poem showcases the child's
imagination as well as his love for his mother
Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-
We play from the time we wake till the day ends.
We play with the golden dawn, we play with the silver moon
I ask, 'But how am I to get up to you?
They answer, Come to the edge of the carth litt up your
hands to the sky, and you will be taken up into the clouds!
My mother is waiting for me at home, I say. How can I leave
her and come?
Then they smile and float away
But I know a nicer game than that, Mother
I shall be the cloud and you the moon
I shall cover you with both my hands, and our houselop will
be the blue sky
COMPREHENSION
A. Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions
1 Then they smile and float away
a. Who says these lines and to whom?
b. What does this line describe?
2. But I know a nicer game than that
a. Who says these words and to whom?
b. What is the nicer game?
3. They smile, dance and pass by
a. What is the poet speaking about in this line?
b. Why do they smile dance and pass by?
B. Answer these questions brielly.
1. Who call out to the child to play with them? As call out can he he
2. What do the clouds play with? dan counter
3. How can the child reach the folks who live up in the clouds?
4 Describe the game that the child thinks of playing with his mother instead of the clouds.
5. How do the waves instruct the child to join them?
6. How does the child plan to play with his mother instead of playing with the waves?
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Answer 1

Answer:

I am not getting the matter in the essay

Answer 2

Answer:

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