Q3. A. Read the following extract and do the given activities: [05 Marks]
A1. State whether the following statement are true or false: (02)
i. He read the second; grin grew broader
ii. After the poet read the third line he heard a chuckling noise
ii. The fifth he broke into a roar.
iii. The poet handed the paper to his servant.
He took the paper, and I watched,
And saw him peep within
At first line he read, his face
Was all upon the grin
He read the next; the grin grew broad
And shot from ear to ear;
He read the third; a chuckling noise
I now began to hear.
The fourth; he began to roar.
The fifth; his waistband split;
The sixth; he burst five buttons
And tumbled in a fit.
Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye,
I watched that wretched man,
And since, I never dare to write
As funny as I can.
A l.
Ans.
i. True
ii. False
iii. False
iv. True
A2.
i. Which line suggests that the servant was totally out of control. (1)
Ans. The line “The sixth; he burst five buttons and tumbled in a fit” shows the servant was totally out of control.
ii. What did the poet decide after looking at the miserable condition of his servant ? (1)
Ans. After seeing the miserable condition of his servant, the poet decided to never write funny things with all his heart and capability.
A3. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line. (1)
Pick out one line from the poem where the poet has used the Figure of Speech “Tautology”
Ans. Tautology – “And saw him peep within”
The words ‘saw’ and ‘peep’ are near in meaning.
Q.3. B. Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format: [05 Marks]
Animals
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
so placid and self-contain’d
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things.
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop
them?
– Walt Whitman
You can use the following points while appreciating the given poem.
i. The title and the poet of the poem (01)
ii. Rhyme scheme (01)
iii. Figures of speech (01)
iv. Central Idea /Theme (02)
Ans.
The poem Animals’ has been penned by Walt Whitman.
The poet has broken away from the conventional use of a rhyme scheme and has written the poem in free verse. The chief figure of speech used in the poem is Repetition. Lines such as They do not sweat …’, They do not lie awake …’, They do not make me sick …’ make a strong impact, expressing the qualities that humans should possess, but do not. The other figures of speech are Alliteration, Tautology, Hyperbole, etc.
The central idea of the poem is that animals today are better than humans.