Q.1 Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the
following points:
When the gong sounds ten in the morning and
I walk to school by our lane,
Every day I meet the hawker crying, “Bangles,
crystal bangles!"
There is nothing to hurry him on, there is no
road he must take, no place he must go to
time when he must come home.
I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in
the road, crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles!"
When at four in the afternoon I come back from
the school,
I can see through the gate of that house the
gardener digging the ground.
He does what he likes with his spade, he soils
his clothes with dust, nobody takes him to
task, if he gets baked in the sun or gets wet.
I wish I were a gardener digging away at the
garden with nobody to stop me from digging.
Just as it gets dark in the evening and my
mother sends me to bed,
I can see through my open window the
watchman walking up and down.
The lane is dark and lonely, and the streetlamp
stands like a giant with one red eye in its head.
The watchman swings his lantern and walks
with his shadow at his side, and never once
goes to bed in his life.
I wish I were a watchman walking the streetall night,
chasing the shadows with my lantern.
-Rabindranath Tagore
· Title
· Poet
· Theme/Central Idea
· Figures of Speech
· Why I like/dislike the poem
Answers
Answer:
The most important thing is that we should have freedom of thought. It is not as easy as it sounds. For everyone
likes to have this freedom for himself. But is not ready to give it to others when they express different opinions.
It usually happens in a particular case when the differences of opinion arise on such important matters as
religion or politics. But if we refuse to let other people hold their opinion on these matters and specially if we
try to force them to accept our own progress is impossible. If everyone went on thinking the same things as
his ancestors thought progress would come to an end because as the Buddha said
“What a man thinks, he becomes". So if we think exactly what our forefathers thought, we shall remain in the
condition in which they were. Our thoughts depend a good deal upon what we read and what we talk about.
Therefore if we want to think new thoughts, we must try to study all sides of the topic that comes before us
and not to be content only with what we read in newspapers or what others say.
1.To whom we do not get easily ready to give freedom to ?
2.When progress is impossible?
3.How can we improve our thoughts?
4. Find the word which means
(i) convey a thought in words (ii) compel
5.Find the opposite of (i) dissatisfied (ii) refuse.
Explanation:
The most important thing is that we should have freedom of thought. It is not as easy as it sounds. For everyone
likes to have this freedom for himself. But is not ready to give it to others when they express different opinions.
It usually happens in a particular case when the differences of opinion arise on such important matters as
religion or politics. But if we refuse to let other people hold their opinion on these matters and specially if we
try to force them to accept our own progress is impossible. If everyone went on thinking the same things as
his ancestors thought progress would come to an end because as the Buddha said
“What a man thinks, he becomes". So if we think exactly what our forefathers thought, we shall remain in the
condition in which they were. Our thoughts depend a good deal upon what we read and what we talk about.
Therefore if we want to think new thoughts, we must try to study all sides of the topic that comes before us
and not to be content only with what we read in newspapers or what others say.
1.To whom we do not get easily ready to give freedom to ?
2.When progress is impossible?
3.How can we improve our thoughts?
4. Find the word which means
(i) convey a thought in words (ii) compel
5.Find the opposite of (i) dissatisfied (ii) refuse.