കവിതയിൽ നിന്നും പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാവുന്ന പ്രധാന ചോദ്യരൂപങ്ങൾ താഴെപ്പറയുന്നവയാണ്.
കവിതവായനയെ അധികരിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ
കാവ്യ വൈഭവങ്ങൾ (Figures of Speech, Rhyming Words, Rhyme Scheme, Imagery etc.) തിരിച്ചറിയുന്ന തരത്തിലുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ
ആസ്വാദനക്കുറിപ്പ് തയ്യാറാക്കൽ
1. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING
Read the following lines from the poem ‘Lines written in Early Spring’ and answer the questions that follow.
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
1. What was the poet doing when he heard a thousand blended notes?
2. What does the poet mean by the expression ‘a thousand blended notes’?
3. Why did the pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the poet’s mind?
4. Pick out an example of auditory image from the given lines?
5. Identify the lines which suggest that Nature is linked to the soul of human beings.
6. Identify the figure of speech in the line ‘What man has made of man’.
Answers
1. He was reclining in a grove.
2. Everything in nature is so alive and seems to be enjoying.
3. Humans create disharmony.
4. I heard a thousand blended notes.
5. To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
6. Alliteration
Appreciation of the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’
The poem “Lines Written in Early’ Spring” penned by William Wordsworth celebrates the relationship between man and nature. Also it praises the glory of nature. The poet emphasizes his view that man is a part of nature and he has to understand what nature has set for him to make him happy. As the poet sits and muses on nature, its beauty and its harmonious existence, his thoughts turn briefly to the misery of man. At the time of writing, the French Revolution was blazing in France which had a decisive impact on the Romantic poets including Wordsworth. The poet feasts his eyes with the yellowish primrose tufts and the blue periwinkle flowers. The poet trusts that every flower enjoys the air it breathes. He says that plants and flowers coexist peacefully and seem to attain pleasure from their living. The birds around the poet hopped and played which is an expression of their thrill of pleasure. The poet can’t imagine how much their pleasure is. Tender twigs emerge out of their branches and tiny leaves appear on them. They also enjoy the breezy air. The poet feels that the divine plan or the Nature’s holy plan is pleasurable and peaceful coexistence. He wonders why man alone has moved away from this plan. The trees, birds, plants, animals are all happy in this world except human beings. Man is far away from nature and it makes the poet sad.
It is a typical romantic poem. It is beautified with figures of speech such as personification. There are visual and auditory images in the poem which make it appealing to the readers. It is written in simple language with the rhyme scheme abab.
Personification : her fair works, flower enjoys the air, periwinkle trailed its wreaths, the budding twigs catch the breezy air
Alliteration : man has made of man, much it grieved my heart
Visual images : The birds around me hopped and played
Auditory image : blended notes
Tactile image : breezy air
2. THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN
Read the lines from the poem ‘The Ballad of Father Gilligan’ and answer the questions.
He rode now as he never rode,
By rocky lane and fen;
The sick man's wife opened the door:
Father! you come again!’
‘And is the poor man dead?’ he cried.
‘He died an hour ago.’
The old priest Peter Gilligan
In grief swayed to and fro
1. Identify the expression which suggests that Father Gilligan was riding very fast.
2. How did the sick man’s wife respond to the arrival of Father Gilligan?
3. What was the question by Father Gilligan to the sick man’s wife?
4. Pick out an example of visual image from the above lines.
5. Identify the rhyming words in the first stanza.
6. Pick out the line which suggests that Peter Gilligan was sad on hearing the death of the sick man.
Answers
1. He rode now as he never rode
2. She exclaimed as he came again.
3. And is the poor man dead?
4. rocky lane / fen
5. fen – again
6. In grief swayed to and fro
Appreciation of the poem ‘The Ballad of Father Gilligan’
The Ballad of Father Gilligan is a touching narrative in verse by W.B. Yeats. The poem is composed in the form of a Ballad. The poem is about a priest, father Gilligan who rendered selfless service to the poor and the needy in his Parish. The ballad also tells us about the mercy of God to his devotees. It is an affirmation of a loving and kind God who showers His blessing on all creations.
Father Gilligan was ‘weary and tired’ carrying out his priestly obligations day and night during an epidemic in his parish. One day after the day’s busy schedule while he was sitting in his chair, a poor man sent for him. The priest started complaining that he had no rest, joy or peace. Suddenly he realized his mistake and asked for God’s forgiveness. He knelt and begged for forgiveness, and in the prayer he fell asleep leaning over his chair. He woke up at dawn feeling shocked at his failure to perform his duties. So within no time he roused his horse and went to the sick man’s house. The sick man’s wife informed him that the man died as merry as a bird immediately after the priest had left him. On hearing this father Gilligan understood that God had compassionately sent one of his angels to minister the last ritual to the dying man. Father praised God for his benevolence and kindness towards him. He expressed his gratitude to the merciful God.
The poem is stanzaic in structure with twelve stanzas of four lines each. It is simple, musical following the rhyme scheme abcb and dramatical.
Simile : as merry as a bird
Alliteration : no rest, nor joy, nor peace mavrone, mavrone
Visual images : green sods, stars, moth, rocky lane, fen
Auditory images : sparrow chirp, pray, leaves shook in the wind, opening the door
Tone : sad (in the beginning) and optimistic (in the end)
EDITING
തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന ഖണ്ഡികയിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ ആവശ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങൾ അടിവരയിട്ടിട്ടുണ്ടാകും. ഇവിടെ വരുന്ന തിരുത്തലുകൾ പല വിഭാഗങ്ങളിൽ പെടും. Subject – verb agreement, tense, prepositions, punctuation, spelling, word order, articles, pronouns, self forms, if clause തുടങ്ങിയവയിൽ ഉള്ള അറിവ് തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന വാക്യത്തിലെ തെറ്റ് കണ്ടെത്തി ഉത്തരം എഴുതാൻ സഹായിക്കും.
Model Question
There are a few errors in the passage given below. They are underlined. Edit the passage.
Another lovely thought struck me. I would got (a) married to a woman doctor who have (b) plenty of money and a good medical practise (c). She had to be fat; for a valid reason. If I made some mistake silly (d) and needed to run away, she should not be able to ran after (e) me.
Answers
(a) would get, (b) had, (c) practice, (d) silly mistake, (e) run after
PHRASAL VERBS
മുൻ പരീക്ഷകളിൽ ഒട്ടേറെത്തവണ ചോദിച്ച phrasal verbs ചിലത് നമുക്കൊന്ന് പരിചയപ്പെടാം.
1. bring about - cause to happen
2. bring down - reduce
3. call at - visit a place
4. call on - visit a person
5. call for - demand
6. call off - cancel
7. come across - meet by chance
8. get away - escape
9. get over - overcome
10. go on - continue
11. go through - examine
12. give in - surrender
13. give up - abandon
14. give away - distribute
15. keep on - continue
16. look after - take care of
17. make out - understand
18. put on - wear
19. put up - establish
20. put across - try to communicate
21. put down - suppress
22. put up with - tolerate
23. put forward - suggest
24. put out - extinguish (fire)
25. put back - restore
26. put off - postpone
27. set out - start a journey
28. take after - resemble
29. turn down - reject
30. turn up - appear
Model Question
Replace the underlined words with appropriate phrasal verbs given below.
Mr John decided to abandon (a) his bad habits that had made his life miserable. He and his wife established (b) an organization to take care of (c) the delinquent youth. He met by chance (d) the narrator who had saved his life twenty five years ago.
(came across, look after, give up, put off, set up)
ഉത്തരങ്ങൾ നിങ്ങൾക്ക് മുകളിൽ കൊടുത്ത സൂചനകളിൽ നിന്നും സ്വയം കണ്ടെത്താവുന്നതാണ്.
ലിബിൻ കെ. കുര്യൻ
സേക്രഡ് ഹാർട്ട് എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ്, പയ്യാവൂർ, കണ്ണൂർ
സേക്രഡ് ഹാർട്ട് എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ്, പയ്യാവൂർ, കണ്ണൂർ
