Poem
- 08
THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN
Thomas
Hardy
C. Come, let us talk about this poem.
Take turns with your partner to ask or answer
the questions given below. Explain to him or her why you think your answer is
correct Quote from the poem if necessary. Write down your answers.
1) In the first three lines the poet speaks
of two things. What are they?
Ans: Iceberg and smart ship are the two
things in the first three lines the poet speaks about.
2) The poet uses the word “grew” twice, what
does he mean in each case?
Ans: The poet says about the huge ship which raises
its stature and eminence and in second instance nature raises its elevation.
3) What does he say about the ship’s
qualities?
Ans: The poet says that the ship is huge and
great in its height which delivers its beauty and its color tone attracts too.
4) What is mysterious and fearful? What
phrase expresses this idea?
Ans: Iceberg is mysterious and fearful, here
it has been growing in hidden and mysterious way and that has created the
reader should feel something mysterious and fearful. The phrase is “In shadowy
silent distance grew the iceberg too”.
5) In what way are the ship and the iceberg
“alien”?
Ans: The ship and the iceberg have been
compared as alien. One side human being has built the ship similarly another
side nature has grown the iceberg in close joining. No one could foretell the
story of their fates.
6) When you are playing with a top, you spin
it and make it spin on the floor. The force of spinning also makes it go round
and round in a circle. Now, our earth also does the same. It goes round and
round the sun, spinning. So, who is “The Spinner of the years”?
a. the earth?
b. the sun?
c. the almighty?
d. fate?
Ans: d. the fate
7) Two things became historical facts in
navigation. What were they?
Ans: The two became historical facts in
navigation as one of them was manmade huge ship on another side nature made iceberg.
As the ship was built in such way that it wouldn’t sink but in front of nature
man was minor that it couldn’t stand in front of iceberg.
8) The Atlantic Ocean is vast. The titanic and
the iceberg are
mere splash in it.
Yet, one obstructs the other in its course. There was a head-on collision. This was an amazing event.
(Supply the missing words)
9) The iceberg and the ship were alien. They
were like the two hemispheres. Explain what this means.
Ans: Here it implies they are unique in
relation to each other one is common and the other one is fake, man-made, as to
be something contrary to each other. They resembled twin halves of the globe,
that human pride was broken when the boat sank. The twin halves would allude to
either side of the world. The different sides are deliberately made by the
secretive maker and they have since the time been approaching their definitive
conflict. They will be two parts of the misfortune. They are twin parts of one
august function.
10) The event that brought death and
destruction was like play to someone. Which two lines say so?
Ans: The two lines are: “Till the Spinner of the
Years
Said
“Now!” and each one hears.”
11) Consider the Words “_____ And each one
hears _____ ” This means there were two / three/ many who heard, (underline the
correct word)
Ans: Two, titanic and iceberg.
12) Consider the word “consummation”. What
point of time in the short life of the ship was the consummation?
a. When the ship stood in the dock in all its glory.
b. When it began to leave and the passengers on the deck were cheered by the
people on the ground.
c. When it reached its maximum speed in the open sea.
d. None of the above.
Ans: b. when it began to leave and the
passengers on the deck were cheered by the people on the ground.
