Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What is the poetic technique used by the poet to convey the plaintive theme of the poem?
Advertisements
उत्तर
Refugee Blues is a Blue Ballad. A form that defines his character. Ballads were popular in Ireland and Britain till the 18th century while Blues were popular in African-Americans that originated at the end of the 19th century. Auden, a British migrated to the USA, blends the two techniques to bring out this beauty that sings the sorrows and sufferings of Jewish Refugees. The metre used in the poem is the same he used in his poem 'Calypso', written around the same time, the 1930s. While Ballads were popular medieval forms of narrative verse while Blue is an African-American music genre that has a rigid pattern concerning the use of repetitions and a simple rhyme scheme. In the poem, the first two lines of every stanza rhyme with each other, a tercet, while the third line draws a repetitive pattern, with the phrase “my dear” being repeated in every third line giving a unique uniformity to the poem. It is interesting to note that the first word of every stanza is a verb. The poem is a first-person narrative, in a colloquial and informal language.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
How did Helen Keller enjoy her visit to the World fair? (120‒150 words)
Complete the call-outs:
A.1)
Our world is an institution
Of environmental pollution
We choose not to care
For our future generations
And I for one am guilty
For buying the hundreds of electronic gadgets
That attracts the industries to produce like maggots
environmental pollution is at the heart of our planet
The forests are dying
Wildlife is crying
Millions of fish are dying
Mother earth is sighing
Tell me is it right
That we sleep well at night
Replenishing ourselves
For tomorrow’s greedy fight
Overcrowded trains
Overloaded brains
Where is the light? What is our plight?
While the river break their banks
And greedy industries play their polluted pranks.
A.2) Find the examples that show that we do not care for our future generation
A.3) Match:
Match the lines in Column ‘A’ with the figures of speech in Column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ | ||
| (i) | Our world is an institution | (a) | Personification |
| (ii) | Mother earth is sighing | (b) | Simile |
| (c) | Metaphor |
Combine related points.
Is drama a good medium for conveying a social message? Discuss.
Explain the metaphor in the line: ‘Poets are the mirrors of gigantic shadows that futurity casts on the present’.
Identify the common characteristics shared by tribal communities all over the world.
The peacock is the national bird of India. Why do you think the peacock has been chosen?
What were the concepts that Kumudini Lakhia represent through Duvidha, Atah Kim and panch Paras?
Find from the story one word for the following.
a low constant sound made by cats ______
Read the story and complete the following.
Revathi was confident of proving her ownership of her pot of plants because, ____________.
Answer in your own words.
Why did she decide to keep her new knowledge ‘a secret’?
The word 'report' means -
(a) Give a spoken or written account of something.
(b) Cover an event or subject as a journalist or reporter.
A small thought, put in action, led to a great achievement. Pick out the lines from the beginning and end of the poem and explain their significance.
Answer the given question in your own words.
Why did the swallow decide to stay under the statue of the Happy Prince at night?
Discuss with your partner and complete the web, highlighting the sad and gloomy aspects of life mentioned in the first part of the poem.
Discuss in groups and share with one another.
When you go for a picnic, what and how do you enjoy?
Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER
beneath the boughs
The tone of the poet is sarcastic. When he writes ‘All spaces are gridded filled with permutations of possibilities’ he intends to indicate the efforts made by the planner to exploit every available piece of land without any consideration of harming nature or violating attachments of people to places. Make pairs/groups and find out some more sarcastic lines having the same effect.
What would happen if children didn’t go to school? Discuss the question in groups of 5-8 and prepare a short composition on it.
Use the following phrases in your own words.
- roam around
- again and again
- bring something back
- there and then
India is famous for its handloom fabrics. Write the story of a handloom kurta in your own words.
Explain the use of the following property in the development of the play.
Stick
The wheel, which was probably invented more than 6000 years ago, is thought of as one of the greatest technological advances made by man. Why do you think the wheel is so important in human civilization?
Read the passage aloud playing the roles of the different characters.
Prepare a short note on sea turtles with the help of the information given in the passage.
Suggest at least one method of creating something useful or beautiful from waste.
Find three lines, that contain images of nature in the autumn season.
At night
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
Prepare a ‘PowerPoint’ presentation, using one slide for each of the above points. Present your review in a PPT format in the classroom.
Answer in your own words.
What chores did the boys from 1000 CE and 1st Century CE, do on their farms/fields?
Find the names of the exotic musical instruments and animals mentioned in the poem.
Describe the following in one or two lines.
The nest.
Describe the following with the help of the (The Twelve Months) story.
Springtime
Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.
Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
Write in short how the travellers crossed the first ditch.
Discuss, why it was considered as an adventurous and dangerous thing to travel in those days?
Identify the character or speaker.
I was Duke of Milan, and you were a princess.
What are the three rules given by the bird?
Gilson asked the narrator to buy a tie.
‘My tongs are like a tiger among toys.’ It means ______
What kind of learning brings joy to you?
Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
Where the voice of the wind calls our wandering feet
Whose ‘Wandering feet’ is referred to here?
Identify the speaker/character.
Don't worry, Madam, it's only a warning.
Female Olive Ridleys come ashore at night to lay eggs.
The hatchlings use a tiny egg-tooth to come out of the eggs.
When Amma said,'Don’t upset our foreign visitor' she meant______.
What did the first daughter do?
Why did Yazhini want to join the military?
Name the character or speaker.
"The robot will do all your work."
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Welcome guests to win everyone’s _____ in life’s race.
How did he lose his hand?
The official was transferred.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for blind eye ______
Amir realised his mistakes.
Write the rhyming word.
save- ______
Do you think Ani will be a good leader? Why?
Mugund did not cut the raw wood.
What did the animals do when they saw the blue jackal?
Say Aloud
| dash | bash | splash | cash | trash |
| steer | tear | clear | deer | dear |
| shower | power | tower | flower | mower |
| poked | croaked | soaked | stroked | joked |
| wept | kept | crept | leapt | slept |
