PM Shri Government Senior Secondary School Khanauri ( Girls) Sangrur

Lesson - Upagupta Rabindranath Tagore   A1- Lamps were all out, doors were all shut and Stars were all hidden by the murky sky of August.(Third and fourth line of the poem proves that it was..)     A2- the dancing girl was very young and beautiful. She was wearing jewels.   A3- Beauty is a natural gift. So a face can be austere (plain and simple) yet beautiful.   A4- Because she was suffering from a serious and infectious disease.   A5- The ascetic sat by her side, took her head on his knees. He gave her (moistened her lips with) water and smeared her body with sandal balm. Ex-2 Match the Meanings 1. Murky Cloudy 2. Mantle Cloak 3. Ascetic Abstinent/ living like a monk 4. Blossom Flourish 5. Rampart Parapet 6. Pestilence epidemic 7. Contagion Spreading of disease by touch 8. Balm Ointment 9. Grove Group of trees Ex-3   Answer- ‘Her’ way was luring but ‘his’ way was the life of religion and good deeds. Ex-4     Ans1- It is personification beca...

 P-6 The Little Black Boy P-6 The Little Black Boy William Blake   Important Stanzas For Comprehension Note : A complete Answer Key has been given at the end of the stanzas. Stanza 1. My mother bore me in the Southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, And I am black, as if bereavd of light. Questions 1. Name the poem and the poet. 2. Who is the ‘I’ in these lines ? 3. What do you understand by : ‘my soul is white ? 4. Write the figure of speech that is used in the following line : O ! my soul is white; White as an angel …… Answer: 1. The poem is ‘The Little Black Boy’ and the poet is William Blake. 2. The 'I’ in these lines is the little black boy. 3. The little black boy says that though he is black in body, his soul is pure. 4. Simile. Stanza 2. She took me on her lap and kissed me, And, pointing to the east began to say : ‘Look on the rising sun – there God does live And gives his light, and gives his heat away, And flowe...

  The poem The Echoing Green (originally Ecchoing Green) by William Blake is written in the appreciation of nature in simple terms. However, if we go deep into it, we will find the theme of life and death in the world. The poem is told by a young child who is playing in the “Echoing Green” park. The poem has been divided into three stanzas which if we go deep, depict the three stages of life. Each stanza is divided into 10 lines and the rhyme scheme is AABB. Another interesting thing worth noticing is that the first two stanzas end in “On the Ecchoing Green” while the final stanza ends in “On the darkening Green”. We will discuss this in the end. The Echoing Green: Summary The poem consists of 3 stanzas. Each of these stanzas is again made up of 10 lines. Hence, the entire poem consists of 30 lines in total. 1st stanza: “The sun does arise, And make happy the skies. The merry bells ring To welcome the spring. The skylark and thrush, The birds of the bush, Sing louder around, To the...

  On Friendship by khalil Gibran On Friendship: Summary The poem consists of 3 stanzas. The 1st stanza is made up of 4 lines. The 2nd stanza is made up of 11 lines. The 3rd stanza is made up of 7 lines. Hence, the entire poem consists of 22 lines in total. The speaker of this poem is Almustafa, the prophet, and it is written in the first person. “ Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanks giving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.” In this stanza, Almustafa says that a friend can be the solution to all your problems. Love and Thanksgiving are essential in friendship to show that you value your friend as much as a farmer values the harvest that feeds his family. Almustafa compares a friend with an inn at which you can arrive after traveling throughout the day. Your friend is sure to provide you with a bed to sleep in and a warm fire. You can ask him for food...