Poem Appre

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10th standard

ENGLISH-POEM

PREPARED BY:R.RAJENDRAN. M.A., M. Sc., M. Ed.,

K.C.SANKARALINGA NADAR HR. SEC. SCHOOL,CHENNAI-21



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:

1. The world in gloom and splendour passés by, And

thou in the midst of it with brows that gleam,

(i) Who is in the midst of gloom and splendor?

The millionaire is in the midst of gloom and splendor.

(ii) Who does the word ‘thou’ refer to?

The !ord "tho# refers to the millionaire.

(iii) What is the contrast you find in the first line?

The !orld mo$es in sadness and splendor. It is the %ontrast.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:&. A creature of that distorted dream.

That makes the sound of life evil cry

(i) Why is the dream called distorted?,

The dream is distorted 'e%ase it is al!a(s a'ot earning mone(.

). Good men perform just deeds and brave men die

And win not honour such as gold can give,

(i) What do good men do?

Good men do honest a%tions.

(ii) What do brave men do?

*ra$e men gi$e their li$es.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:&. A creature of that distorted dream.

That makes the sound of life evil cry

(i) Why is the dream called distorted?,

The dream is distorted 'e%ase it is al!a(s a'ot earning mone(.

). Good men perform just deeds and brave men die

And win not honour such as gold can give,

(i) What do good men do?

Good men do honest a%tions.

(ii) What do brave men do?

*ra$e men gi$e their li$es.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:

4. ld age and youth alike mistaugt, misfed

!y wants and rags and homelessness made vile,

(i) Who are mistaught and misfed?

The old men and (oth are mistaght and misfed.

(ii) How are man made vile?

Men are made e$il '( need+ rags and homelessness.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:". #oftly in the dusk, a woman is singing to me

taking me back down the vista of years, till $ see

(i) Whom does ‘I’ refer to?

"I# refers to the poet.

(ii) When was the woman singing ?

The !oman !as singing in the e$ening.

(iii) What is the woman doing?

The !oman is singing softl(.

(iv) Where was he taen to?

He !as ta,en 'a%, to the $ista of (ears.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:%. A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings

And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings

(i)Who is the child referred to here?

The %hild is referred to the poet.

(ii) What emotion does the mother display?

The mother sho!s her happiness.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:&. #o now it is vain for the singer to burst in to clamour

'ith the great black piano appassionato

(i) What is appassionato?

It is *eetho$en#s fa$orite msi%.

. If (o %an meet !ith trimph and disaster

/nd treat those t!o imposters st the same.

(i) Which are the two imposters?

Trimph and disaster are the t!o imposters.

(ii) How should we treat triumph and disaster?

e shold treat them st the same.



(. $f you can fill the unforgiving minute )

'ith si*ty seconds+ worth of distance run.

(i) What should we do in the unforgiving minute?

e shold se the nforgi$ing minte sefll(.

-. Across the fields behind the house

To seek the brook if still it ran

(i) Why did the children go to the broo?

The( !ent to the 'roo, to see !hether the( %old get !ater from

the 'roo,.

(ii) Where was the broo?

The 'roo, !as a%ross the field s and 'ehind the hose.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:. /ow drops that floated on the pool

0ike pearls, and now a silver blade,

(i) !y these lines would you say that the poet and his

friends saw the broo or heard the broo?

The( sa! the 'roo,.

1. ur knees tremble sorely in the stooping22

'e fall upon our faces, trying to go

(i) Why do their nees tremble?

/s the( %arr( hea$( loads their ,nees trem'le.



3. $f we cared for any meadows, it were merely

To drop down in them and sleep

(i) Whom does ‘we’ refer to?"e# refers to %hild la'orers.

(ii) What do they do in meadows?

The( drop do!n and sleep in meado!s4. The globes+ my world. The clouds+ my kind

$ care not where the skies begin,

(i) What is the globe here?

The earth is the glo'e here.

(ii) Whom does ‘I’ refer to?

"I# refers to a migrant 'ird.



". /o walls for me, no vigil gates,

/o flags, no machine guns.

(i) Why there is no wall for the bird?

The migrant 'ird %annot 'e o'str%ted '( an( !all. So there is

no !all for the 'ird.

(ii) What is the vigil gate?The $igil gate is a gate !here !at%hmen !at%h o$er the

prote%tion of the pla%e.

(iii) What is the meaning of vigil?"2igil# means !at%hfl.

(iv) Who has no walls?

/ migrant 'ird has no !alls.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:%. ecades of practice

5eirlooms of rich traditions

(i) Who has decades of practice?

The shilpi has de%ades of pra%ti%e

(ii) What do these lines portray about the sculptor?

Throgh de%ades of pra%ti%e+ the Shilpi has attained heirlooms of

ri%h traditions.



Appreci!i"# $%e&!i"#&:&. 5armonic cacophony to oblivious ears

The tempo is fickle

(i) How can "acophony be harmonic?

3a%ophon( has some order. So+ it is harmoni%.

(ii) #here is variation in the tempo$ Why?

The s%lptor has %hanging moods. So there is $ariation in the

tempo.



'i(%re& ") Speec*



'i(%re& ") Speec*%oem &$('hyme cheme a b b a)

1$ The world in gloom and splendour passes by. -

* %ersonification

&. Good men perform just deeds, and brave men die,

And win not honour such as gold can give.

* imile



'i(%re& ") Speec*%oem +$ ('hyme cheme a a b b)

1. A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling

strings

* nomatoepic words

&. And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano our guide

* nomatoepic words



'i(%re& ") Speec*). own in the flood of remembrance , $ weep like a

child for the past

flood of remem'ran%e 4 -etaphor

!eep li,e a %hild * simile

5. And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano

our guide

* (%ersonification)



'i(%re& ") Speec*%oem .$ ('hyme cheme a b a b)

.$f you can dream and not make dreams your master

$f you can think and not make thoughts your aim

$f you can meet with triumph and disaster

* /naphora (‘If0 repeated again)

1. $f you can dream and not make dreams your master

* %ersonification

3. $f you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same

* %ersonification



'i(%re& ") Speec*%oem 1$ ('hyme cheme a b c b)

1. !ut once within the wood, we paused

0ike gnomes that hid us from the moon * imile

&. 6eady to run to hiding new

with laughter when she found us soon. * %ersonification

). /ow drops that floated on the pool

0ike pearls, and now a silver blade * imile

4. 'e ran as if to meet the moon * imile (We ran lie

astronauts)



'i(%re& ") Speec*%oem 2$ ('hyme cheme a b a b )

1. And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping,

The reddest flower would look as pale as snow

* imile

&. 7 ye wheels+

7#top 8 be silent for to9day 8+

* %ersonification

). :or, all day, we drag our burden tiring,

through the coal dark, underground

* -etaphor



'i(%re& ") Speec*%oem 3$

1. The globe+s my world. The cloud+s my kin

* %ersonification

%oem 4$

1. 5armonic cacophony

* o5ymoron



'i(%re& ") Speec*

!y want and rags and homelessness made vile

The griefs and hates, and all the meaner parts

That balances thy one grim misgotten pile.

6h(ming !ords 74 vile 6 pile



'i(%re& ") Speec*

#oftly in the dusk, a woman is singing to me 9 a

Taking me back down 222 years, till $ see 9 a

A child is sitting under 22. tingling strings 9 b

And pressing the small,22222as she sings 9 b

6h(me S%heme7 4 a a b b



'i(%re& ") Speec*

'e fall upon our faces, trying to go

Alliterated words ) fall – face



2&)$ Identify and correct the errors in the following

sentences 25&7 2

8a9 M( n%le is ri%hest man in the $illage.

8'9 Man( people 'eha$es rdel( no!-a-da(s.

8%9 / /meri%an li$es near m( hose.

8d9 The dog fell along the ri$er.

8e9 Ea%h of the %(%les are damaged.

the

'eha$e

/n

into

is




sentences 25&7 2

1. :o (o ,no! !hi%h is !orld#s tallest 'ilding;

&. e did not ree%t the proposal nor !e a%%epted it.

). I pla%e great %onfiden%e on (o

5. One of these %(%le is defe%ti$e

<. He is good athlete. He performs !ell

the

neither

in

%(%les

a




sentences 25&7 2

=. Ha$e an( one seen m( prse;

>. Neither the se%retar( nor the manager !ere a$aila'le

. The frnitre !ere displa(ed at the sho!room

?. M( mother made the ser$ant to do the !or,

10. This is a hardl( nt to %ra%,

!as

!as

do

has

hard




sentences 25&7 2

1. He is tallest in the $illage

&. e shold helped the poor

). I prefer %offee than tea

5. e sell !ooden frnitres

<. Neither the se%retar( nor the Manager !ere a$aila'le

help

to

frnitre

the tallest

!as




sentences 25&7 2

=. I pla%e great %onfiden%e on (o

>. Ea%h of the 'o(s are rde

. I ga$e Si$araan an one rpee %oin

?. E$er(one are intelligent in or %lass

10. :hana'al go to s%hool reglarl(

is

a

is

in

goes




sentences 25&7 2

11. Ea%h of the girls are s%%essfl

1&. 3hennai is one of the 'iggest %it( in India

1). M( 'rother is elder than me.

15. M( n%le is a ML/

1<. The dog fell along the ri$er

%ities

to

an

is

into




sentences 25&7 2

1=. Three miles are not a long distan%e

1>. Nathan oined an Eropean @ni$ersit(

1. hat are the latest ne!s;

1?. I hope (o !ill s%%eed on (or tas,.

&0. She is nior o$er Aenifer in her offi%e

a

is

in

is

to




sentences 25&7 2

&1. 6am met in an a%%ident

&&. If (o !or, hard+ (o !old ha$e passed

&). Ph(si%s are m( fa$orite s'e%t

&5. He li$es in T.Nagar in Madras

&<. One of m( sister is ri%h

!ill pass

is

at

!ith

sisters




sentences 25&7 2

&=. Thogh he !as !ea, 't he !ent to s%hool

&>. It is raining for t!o hors

&. The %p and sa%er are 'eatifl

&?. Thogh he !as ri%h 't he !as nhapp(

)0. One of the thie$es !ere %aght

has 'een

is

!as



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