Question

Poem- The Coromandel Fishers Rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light, The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night. Come, let us gather our nets from the shore and set our catamarans free, To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the kings of the sea! No longer delay, let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call, The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our comrades all. What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives? He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives. Sweet is the shade of the cocoanut glade, and the scent of the mango grove, And sweet are the sands at the full o' the moon with the sound of the voices we love; But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam's glee; Row, brothers, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea. - Sarojini Naidu


Try to answer the following questions in your note book after understanding the poem:
1) Who is the poet addressing in the poem?
2) What is the wind being compared to and why?
3) According to the poet, what is the 'leaping wealth of the tide'?
4) Who does the poet refer to as 'the kings of the sea' and why?
5) What is the theme of the poem? Explain in about 50 to 60 words.
6) How has the poet used imagery in the poem?)

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

1.SarojiniNaidu

2.The wind is being compared by the child who is asleep in the arms of the dawn lthat has cried all night.

3.According to the poet the leaping wealth of the tide is we are the kings of the sea.

4.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Fishermen

2. Child

3. Fish

4. Boatmen

5. Fishermen and Boatmen Lifestyle

6. Smell of Mango grooves

and Kiss of the spray