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‘As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say, You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?’
Elaborate the idea expressed in these lines.
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The poet suggests that one should do good to others. Complete the table by giving examples of doing good to following people.
| Family members | Friends | Neighbours |
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Write an appreciation of the poem considering the following points.
- About the poem/poet and the title
- The theme
- Poetic style
- The language/poetic devices used in the poem
- Special features
- message, values, morals in the poem
- Your opinion about the poem
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Discuss with your partner the difficulties that you face while commuting to and from the college by public transport.
(a) ____________________
(b) ____________________
(c) ____________________
(d) ____________________
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Prepare a mind map on ‘How to plan a goal for tomorrow’ or ‘My future goal’. Take the help of points given in ‘Writing Skills Section’ for preparing a mind map.
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The similar problems are faced by the other commuters on the way to their work place. Imagine their plight and suggest three solutions.
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Complete the following table.
| A | B |
| The way our elders take care of us | The way you can take care of elders in your family. |
| 1. Love and protect us | 1. Help them with daily chores |
| 2. ____________ | 2. ____________ |
| 3. ____________ | 3. ____________ |
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Write your duties towards the following:
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Discuss with your friend the difficulties faced by the father in the poem.
(a) ______________________
(b) _____________________
(c) ______________________
(d) _____________________
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Discuss the character sketch of the father with the help of the given points.
(His pathetic condition, the treatment he receives at home, his solitude, the way he tries to overcome it)
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Given below are the ideas conveyed through the poem. Match the pairs and draw out the hidden meaning from those expressions.
| Expression | Meaning |
| a. Children avoid expressing themselves. | 1. Father is so eager to meet family members that he even doesn’t bother about his safety |
| b. Father was deprived of refreshing hot beverages or a nourishing diet. | 2. Hostility of children |
| c. The father hurries home crossing the railway line | 3. Indulge in his past and future. |
| d. The father was destined to listen only to the cracking sounds on media. | 4. Uncomfortable journey |
| e. His sordid present is devoid of any hope. | 5. His basic daily requirements were also not catered to. |
| f. The father’s endless commuting distance him from his children | 6. Father is not less than any tribal wanderer, a modern nomad. |
| g. Suburban area, visible through the train, is past unnoticed. | 7. Has the least value in the society where his presence or absence might hardly make any difference. |
| h. He is just as a small word, dropping from a sentence. | 8. Because there is hardly anything enchanting/interesting in the monotonous routine journey to look out of the window |
| i. He doesn’t get a place in a crowded train. | 9. The father couldn’t even fulfill the least expectation of entertaining himself. |
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Find the line to prove the following fact from the poem.
Father is deprived of good food.
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Find the line to prove the following fact from the poem.
Children did not have a healthy relation with the father.
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The poet deals with the theme of man’s estrangement from a manmade world. Analyze it with the help of poem.
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The father contemplates about his past and peeps into his future. Give reasons.
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Conduct a group discussion on the role of children towards their ‘Parents and Senior Citizens’.
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Write an appreciation of the poem ‘Father Returning Home’.
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Compose a short poem in about 4-6 lines on your father.
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Dilip Chitre has translated Sant Tukaram’s ‘Abhang’ (devotional poem) for which he received Sahitya Akademi Award. Browse the internet to collect more information about it.
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List various occupations related to services which can be rendered to senior citizens.
- To counsel patients of Alzheimer’s disease.
- _______________________
- _______________________
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