Question

Read the following extract and do the activities given below:


‘Canst hear’, said one, ‘the breakers roar ?

For methinks we should be near the shore’.

‘Now where we are I cannot tell,

But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell’.

They hear no sound, the swell is strong;

Though the wind hath fallen the drift along,

Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,

‘O Christ ! it is the Inchcape Rock !’

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;

He curst himself in his despair;

The waves rush in every side,

The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

But even in his dying fear

One dreadful sound could be Rover hear,

A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell,

The Devil below was ringing his knell


A1. Complete the web by enlisting the reactions of Ralph to the ship

hitting the rock



Reactions of Ralph
1....
2....
3....
4....

A2. The sailor wished he could hear the Inchcape Bell. Give reasons.


A3. Sketch the character of Sir Ralph in your own words.


A4. Find out the example of the following figures of speech from the extract.

1) Alliteration

2) Personification

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Answer 1

Answer:

skech the characters of sir ralph in your own words because he did also known as sir rahpl

Answer 2

Concept: The Inchcape Rock By Robert Southey

Answer:

A1)

When the ship hit the Inchcape Rock, Ralph the Rover realized what a grave mistake he had made by cutting off the Inchcape Bell. His ship was now sinking as waters entered the vessel from all sides. In despair, agony, and frustration he tore at his hair and cursed himself for cutting off the bell.

A2)

In the absence of the bell, the sailors were clueless about where they were or if they were near the shore. Moreover, they had no way of avoiding crashing into the dreaded Inchcape Rock if they drew close to it. Hence, a sailor thought it would be good had the bell been there.

A3)

Sir Ralph rover was the evil character who played an important role in the poem. he is a man full of overconfidence and wickedness. he has an evil mind and becomes rich by looting ships. he is jealous of the Abbot and therefore cuts the bell not realizing that one day even he would fall in trouble. In the end, he realizes his mistake but it was too late and he died.

A4

1) "Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock"

Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

The sound of the letter 's' is repeated in the above-quoted line.

2) "But even in his dying fear"

Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human

The word 'fear' is personified.

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