FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 08 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - PALANQUIN BEARERS

 

Poem – 04

PALANQUIN BEARERS

(Memorization)

Sarojini Naidu

 Comprehension:

I. Answer the following in one or two sentences each:

1) Pick out the words from the poem which describe the movement of the bride.

Ans: Sway, skim, float, spring, glide are the words from the poem which describe the movement of the bride.

 

2) How do the palanquin bearers carry the bride?

Ans: The palanquin bearers carry the bride in a light and smooth way.

 

3) Why do you think the palanquin bearers are carrying the palanquin?

Ans: They would prefer not to hurt the bride by moving the palanquin generally. They convey her alongside a ton of care.

 

4) What are the emotions that the bearers feel as they carry the palanquin?

Ans: The bearers are upbeat. They sing tunes and move along.

 

5) Why is the bride compared to a flower and a bird?

Ans:  The bride is as delightful as a blossom and as light as a winged creature. She is fragile,

 

6) Explain the image in “She sways like a flower”.

Ans: The bride in the cart moves from one side to the next as the bearers walk. It looks as though a bloom is swinging from side to side in the delicate breeze.

 

7) Why is the bride referred to as “a pearl on a string”?

Ans: The bride is as valuable as a pearl on a string.

 

8) Why has she been compared to a star?

 Ans: The bride is as brilliant as a star. Like a splendid star she is additionally the focal point of fascination.

 

9) Why do you think the poetess has used two contradictory feelings of “laugh” in the fourth line of the first stanza and “tear” in the second line of the third stanza?

Ans: The two words express the feelings of the bride. Toward the starting she is glad as she is headed to her better half's home. She feels dismal to go out.

 

10) Why do the palanquin bearers sing while carrying the bride? What do you think this song is about?

 Ans: They are extremely glad to convey the bride from her parental house to her significant other's home. They sing cheerfully as they move along. The tune might be a support to the conveyors.

 

11) The poem is full of similes. Why do you think the poet has used so many similes in the poem?

Ans: The poet uses so many similes to emphasize the beauty and the emotions of the bride.

 

12) Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and mention the rhyme scheme.

Ans: along – song

stream – dream

sing – string

tide – bride

The rhyme scheme is :

a a b b

c c a a

d d c c

 

13) Pick out the examples of alliteration from the poem.

Ans: a) She sways like a flower in the mind of our song.

b) She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream.

c) She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.

d) Gaily, O gaily we glide and sing.

e) She hangs like a star in the dew of our song.

 

14) Some words and lines are repeated in the poem. Work in pairs and list the words and lines that are repeated. Why do you think the words are repeated?

Ans: The lines and words are repeated to emphasize a point and increase the effect.

 a) Lightly, O lightly we bear her along.

b) Gaily, O gaily we glide and sing.

c) Softly, O softly we bear her along.

d) We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

 

II. Appreciation:

a) Rhyming words:

The use of words in a poem that have the same sound, especially at the end of the lines:

Rhyme scheme:

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme. In other words, it is the pattern of end rhymes. Lines which rhyme with each other are denoted by the same letter.

 eg:

1) “O haste thee haste! the lady cries.

Though tempests round us gather:

I’ll meet the raging of the skies

But not an angry father”.

 Rhyming words are:

cries – a

gather – b

skies – a

father – b.

Therefore, the rhyme scheme is a b a b.

Can you find the rhyme scheme of the poems in your text?

Ans:

Lightly, O lightly we bear her along (a)

She sways like a flower in the wind of our song (a)

She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, (b)

She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream, (b)

Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing, (c)

We bear her along like a pearl on a string, (c)

 Rhyming words are:

along (a), song (a), stream (b), dream (b), sing (c) and string (c) Rhyme scheme is aa bb cc.

 

Pick out the rhyming words and mention the rhyme scheme of this poem:

 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveller, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Rhyming words:

wood – a; both – b; stood-a; could-a; undergrowth – b.

 Rhyme scheme: a b a a b.

 b) Simile:

Similes are a way to compare two things using “like” or “as”. In a simile, one person or thing is compared to another.

 eg: If I want to say that somebody swims well, I can say that they swim like a fish because fish swims well.

 There are two basic patterns:

 Pattern – 1:

Like : verb + like + noun

eg: She looks like an angel.

He walks like a duck.

She acts like a fool.

 Pattern – 2:

As: as + adjective + as + noun

eg: He is as tall as a giant.

He is as fast as a rocket.

She is as graceful as a swan.

 i) Fill in the blanks with appropriate similes from those given in brackets:

air, ice, night, snail, coal, rose, ox, lightning, butter, lamb, mouse, ditch-water, ocean, snow

a) As white as snow.

b) As wide as the ocean.

c) As light as air.

d) As slow as a snail.

e) As cold as ice.

f) As timid as a mouse.

g) As smooth as butter.

h) As dark as the night.

i) As black as coal.

j) As strong as an ox.

k) As quick as lightning.

l) As beautiful as a rose.

m) As dull as ditch.

n) As meek as a water

 

ii. Complete these lines with similes using your imagination. One has been done as an example:

eg: When I am happy, I am as beautiful as a flower.

Ans:

a) When I am sad, I am as gloomy as the evening.

b) When I am lonely, I am as lonely as a star.

c) When I am angry, I am as angry as a demon.

d) When I am tired, I am as sleepy as a baby.

e) When I am embarrassed, I am as cool as a cucumber.

f) When I am attacked, I am as aggressive as a lion.

g) When I am praised, I am as proud as a peacock.

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