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Question
‘Meter’ in poetry is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of a poem. It gives rhythm to the poem.
Read the poem below aloud and with any coloured pen/ pencil put stress-marks ( ) on those syllables that are stressed in the words of the poetic lines
THE steadfast coursing of the stars,
The waves that ripple to the shore,
The vigorous trees which year by year Spread upwards more and more ;
The jewel forming in the mine, The snow that falls so soft and light,
The rising and the setting sun,
The growing glooms of night,
All-natural things both live and move In natural peace that is their own ;
Only in our disordered life Almost is she unknown.
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Solution
THE ste'adfast coursing of the stars,
The w'aves that ripple to the shore,
The vigorous trees which year by year
Spread up'wards more and more ;
The je'wel forming in the mine,
The snow that falls so s'oft and light, The rising and the setting sun,
The growing glooms of night,
All nat'ural things both live and move
In natural peace that is their o'wn ;
Only in our disordered life
Almost is she unknown.
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Fill in the Acrostic with names of things related to Nature.
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Make a list of 10 words related to the word ‘joy’, for example, happiness.
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Read the poem and fill in the table.
| Sr.No. | Expressions of Beauty (joy) | Expressions of sorrow |
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Answer in your own word.
Who are the mighty dead? Why are they attributed with ‘grandeur’?
Pick out and rewrite 5 lines that contain Imagery.
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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Read the poem and write -
Give four examples. Pick the line from the poem.
Consonance :
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Read the poem and write -
Give four examples. Pick the lines from the poem.
Assonance:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Go through the poem again and write in your notebook an appreciation of the poem in the paragraph format.
Project:
Collect from various sources proverbs or maxims related to ‘beauty of nature.’ Make a chart/ poster with the same. Decorate it with images, drawings, pictures and put it up by turns in your class.
Read the following extract and do the given activities:
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever : Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breathing. Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, That for themselves a cooling covert make |
(A1) Complete the web: (2)
(A2) List down two impacts of beautiful things on us: (2)
- _______
- _______
(A3) Write down the Rhyme - scheme of the first four lines. (1)
