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प्रश्न
The following line is given to you. Find its appropriate meaning after discussing it with your partner.
To go out and fight for it.
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उत्तर
To try one's best and even to struggle in order to achieve something.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer :
For attaining success; we need to :
Read the poem again and complete the web showing all those things that can turn one away from one's efforts towards a goal.
Find the line from the poem which mean-
toil hard happily
The poet has mentioned some hurdles in the poem that keep us away from achieving our goal in our life. Discuss with your partner and make a list of all the hurdles mentioned in the poem.
- sickness
Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
You should be afraid of your opposition.
Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.
Cold or poverty cannot keep you away from achieving your goal.
Form pairs and complete the web with suitable responses. Tell the class what all things the poet wants us to do to win.
Every stanza begins with the word ‘if’. How does it add to the effectiveness of the poem?
Make a list of Berton Braley’s collection of selected poems. You can take the help of your teacher, library, or search on the internet. Recite Braley’s one poem in front of the class.
Read the following poem and write an appreciation of the poem ‘The Will to Win’ in a paragraph format.
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The Will to Win If you want a thing bad enough If all that you dream If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it and lose If you simply go after that thing that you want with all If neither cold poverty, famished or gaunt If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, - Berton Braley |
Points-
- Title and Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Figures of speech
- Theme/Central idea
- Favourite line
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/dislike the poem.
