King Bruce and the Spider : ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻā§°āĻž : 1
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. Metaphor and Simile
The spider’s climbing is compared to King Bruce’s own struggles. Just as the spider repeatedly attempts to reach its web, Bruce is trying to achieve a great deed for his people. This poetic device is called metaphor. It strengthens the poem’s message about perseverance - keep trying till we succeed. (āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻž āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āύāĻŋāĻā§° āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻāĻžāϞāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§, āϤā§āύā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻāύāĻāĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻ āϞāĻāĻāĻžā§°āĻ Metaphor (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ) āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻŽā§āϞ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āϤāĻž—āϏāĻĢāϞ āύā§āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§—āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
A metaphor is a figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things without using 'like', 'as', or 'as...as'. It suggests that one thing is another, highlighting similarities between them to add deeper meaning or understanding. (Metaphor (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻ āϞāĻāĻāĻžā§°, āϝ'āϤ 'like', 'as' āĻŦāĻž 'as...as' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āύāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻ āĻāύ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Read the following sentences and identify metaphors and similes.Write M for Metaphor and S for Simile. (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ Metaphor (M) āĻā§°ā§ Simile (S) āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Ans:
Rule:
- Simile (S) = uses "like", "as", or "as...as" [āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž (S) = "like", "as", āĻŦāĻž "as...as" āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤]
- Metaphor (M) = does NOT use "like" or "as". It directly says one thing is another [ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ (M) = "like" āĻŦāĻž "as" āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āύāĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻ āĻāύ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĨ¤]
(i) He ran as fast as a cheetah. (āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Ans: S (Simile : āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž)
(ii) The world is a stage. (āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻā§āĻāĨ¤)
- Simile (āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž): Knowledge spreads like the branches of a mighty tree. (āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻāĻā§° āĻĄāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§° āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
- Metaphor (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ): Knowledge is a spreading branch of a mighty tree. (āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻāĻā§° āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĄāĻžāϞāĨ¤)
(ii) Metaphor → Simile
Metaphor: His courage was a beacon, guiding us through the storm. (āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āϧā§āĻŽā§āĻšāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻāϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Simile:
- His courage was like a beacon guiding us through the storm. (āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āϧā§āĻŽā§āĻšāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻāϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
- His courage was as bright as a beacon guiding us through the storm. (āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻāϞā§āĻāϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(iii) Metaphor → Simile
Metaphor: The book was a treasure chest, filled with endless adventures. (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ: āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻāύ āĻ āύā§āϤāĻšā§āύ ā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻāĻāĻž āϧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Simile: The book was like a treasure chest, filled with endless adventures. (āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž: āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻāύ āĻ āύā§āϤāĻšā§āύ ā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻž āϧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(iv) Metaphor → Simile
Metaphor: Her laughter was a melody that brightened the darkest days. (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ: āϤāĻžāĻā§° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻšāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϧāĻāĻžā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻāϞāĻžāĻ āϤā§āϞāĻž āĻāĻāĻž āϏā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Simile: Her laughter was like a melody that brightened the darkest days. (āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž: āϤāĻžāĻā§° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻšāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϧāĻāĻžā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻāϞāĻžāĻ āϤā§āϞāĻž āϏā§ā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(v) Simile → Metaphor
Simile: The mountain stood as a guard, watching over the valley below. (āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž: āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϝāĻāĻžāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻšā§°ā§ā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Metaphor: The mountain was a guard, watching over the valley below. (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ: āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϝāĻāĻžāĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻšā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(vi) Simile → Metaphor
Simile: The night was like a velvet cloak, wrapping the world in mystery. (āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž: ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāĻāĻŽāϞ⧰ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ ā§°āĻšāϏā§āϝ⧰⧠āĻā§ąā§°āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Metaphor: The night was a velvet cloak, wrapping the world in mystery. (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ: ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻāĻŽāϞ⧰ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ ā§°āĻšāϏā§āϝ⧰⧠āĻā§ąā§°āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(vii) Simile → Metaphor
Simile: Her thoughts were like butterflies in a summer meadow. (āĻāĻĒāĻŽāĻž: āϤāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻĒāĻĨāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Metaphor: Her thoughts were butterflies in a summer meadow. (ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ: āϤāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻĒāĻĨāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
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Let Us Think and Reflect (āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϤā§āĻŽ-āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻā§°āĻž)
I. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (I. āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻāĻļāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤)
He flung himself down in low despair, (āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϞ,)
As grieved as man could be; (āϝāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§, āϤā§āύā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
And after a while he pondered there, (āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧰āĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ,)
“I’ll give it all up,” said he. (“āĻŽāĻ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŽ,” āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻ’āϞā§āĨ¤)
Now just at that moment a spider dropped, (āĻ āĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§ā§°ā§āϤāϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāϏāĻžāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϞ,)
With its silken, filmy clue; (āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻā§āĻŽāϞ, ā§°ā§āĻāĻŽā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽ āϏā§āϤāĻžā§° āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĨ¤)
(i) Select the phrase which shows the physical expression of the King's emotional state. ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻļāĻžā§°ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): "He flung himself down in low despair." (āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(ii) Why does the poet use the word 'low' before despair ? āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ‘despair’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻāϤ ‘low’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): The poet uses 'low' to show that the King was deeply sad, hopeless, and completely discouraged. (āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ‘low’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§ āϝ⧠⧰āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻļ āĻšā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(iii) Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĨ¤
In the line, "And after a while he pondered there", the word 'pondered' means ________. ('And after a while he pondered there' āĻļāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§āϤ 'pondered' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§āĻā§ ________.)
A. paused B. thought C. noticed D. rested
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): B. thought (āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§)
(iv) Choose the correct option from the words given in the brackets. (āĻŦāύā§āϧāύā§ā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϞā§ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
The phrase 'silken filmy clue' creates an image of something that is ________. (long and light / very delicate and soft) ['silken filmy clue' āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āϝāĻŋāĻā§ ________.(āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞ / āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽ)]
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): very delicate and soft (āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽ)
2. “...when it toils so hard to reach and cling, And tumbles every time.”
But up the insect went once more,
Ah me! ‘tis an anxious minute;
He’s only a foot from his cobweb door,
Oh say, will he lose or win it ?
(i) Choose the correct option to complete the analogy. (āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ (Analogy) āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϞā§ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
toil : hard :: ________ : ________
Options: A. roll : tumble, B. tumble : circle, C. compress : roll, D. jump : tumble
Ans(āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): D. jump : tumble
(ii) List any two characteristics of the spider highlighted in the line, "But up the insect went once more". ("But up the insect went once more" āĻļāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āϝāĻŋāĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤)
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰):
- Determined (Determination) [ā§§. āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ]
- Persevering / Never gives up [ ⧍. āĻ āϧā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ / āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§]
(iii) Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. (āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϞā§ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
The expression "Ah me!" in the extract indicates a sense of ________.(āĻāĻĻā§āϧā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻļāϤ "Ah me!" āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§ąā§ ________-ā§° āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Options: A. happiness, B. stress, C. relief, D. loneliness
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰:): B. stress (āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ / āĻā§āĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻž)
(iv) Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason. (āĻāĻĒāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Readers are able to relate to this extract because ____________. (āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϧā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ ____________āĨ¤)
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰) : Readers are able to relate to this extract because everyone faces failures and challenges in life, but success comes through patience and repeated effort. (āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§ā§ąāύāϤ āϏāĻāϞā§ā§ąā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻžā§° āϏāύā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϧā§ā§°ā§āϝ, āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋā§°āϤ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻĢāϞāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤)
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II. Answer the Following Questions
1. How does the first stanza help in setting the mood of the poem ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏā§āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§āĻļ (āĻŽā§āĻĄ) āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āϤā§āϞ⧠?)
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): The first stanza sets a sad and hopeless mood. It shows that King Bruce is disappointed after repeated failures and has almost lost hope. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏā§āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§āĻļ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ āϝ⧠⧰āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤)
2. Describe how King Bruce’s attitude changes from the beginning towards the end of the poem. (āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻļā§āώāϞā§āĻā§ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžā§ą āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?)
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): At the beginning, King Bruce is sad and ready to give up. After watching the spider's determination, he becomes confident, hopeful, and decides to try again. (āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧠⧰āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšā§ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻ āϧā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§, āĻāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻšā§ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻžā§° āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āϞāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
3. The poet describes every action of the spider in great detail. What does this tell us about his attitude towards the spider ? (āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžā§ą āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?)
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): It shows that the poet admires the spider's patience, courage, determination, and never-give-up attitude. (āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āϧā§ā§°ā§āϝ, āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ, āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āύāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžā§ąāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻāϏāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤)
4. How does the spider inspire us to overcome despair and not give up ? āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§ ?
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): The spider keeps trying even after failing many times. It teaches us that patience and continuous effort lead to success. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āϝ⧠āϧā§ā§°ā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋā§°āϤ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻ ā§ąāĻļā§āώāϤ āϏāĻĢāϞāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. The poem teaches us that failures are stepping stones to success. Explain. ‘āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āϏāĻĢāϞāϤāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĒāĻžāύ’—āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§? āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): The spider fails many times but never gives up and finally succeeds. King Bruce also learns from the spider, tries again, and achieves success. Thus, failures help us learn and become successful. (āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨ āĻš’āϞā§āĻ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻļā§āώāϤ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āϞ⧠āĻĒā§āύ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻĢāϞāϤāĻžā§° āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤)
6. The spider’s journey tells us that anyone can be a source of inspiration in our lives. Elaborate. āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§° āϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠āϝāĻŋāĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ā§ąāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻā§ā§ąāύāϤ āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻā§āϏ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Ans (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰): The spider is a tiny insect, yet its determination inspires King Bruce to try again. This teaches us that inspiration can come from anyone or anything if we observe carefully. (āĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻž āĻš’āϞā§āĻ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§āĻ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻŋāĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ā§ąāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻā§āϏ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤).
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Let Us Learn
I. Write the opposites of the following words taken from the poem. (āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤)
- up × down (āĻāĻĒā§° × āϤāϞ)
- fast × slow (āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ × āϧā§ā§° / āϞāĻžāĻšā§ āϞāĻžāĻšā§)
- glad × sad (āϏā§āĻā§ × āĻĻā§āĻā§)
- win × lose (āĻāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž × āĻšāĻžā§°āĻŋ āϝā§ā§ąāĻž)
- succeed × fail (āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž × āĻŦā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž)
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II. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined words in the following sentences from the box given below. Frame sentences of your own for these words..(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŦā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§°āϞāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϞā§ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϏā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤)
Meanings
(i) Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.
Meaning: 3. An attempt to do something new or difficult. (āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻāϞ⧠āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž) āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
(ii) Ants toil tirelessly to save food for rainy season.
Meaning: 1. Work very hard and/or for a long time. (āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦā§°āώā§āĻŖā§° āĻāϤā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻāώā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
(iii) We encourage all students to strive to do their best.
Meaning: 4. To try very hard to achieve something. (āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻĢāϞ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāĻ ā§ā§° āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĨ¤)
(iv) The sailors braced themselves against the strong wind.
Meaning: 2. Prepared themselves for something difficult. (āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŦāϤāĻžāĻšā§° āϏāύā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āύ āĻš'āĻŦāϞ⧠āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤)
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III. The poem uses words that show distance.
Q. The poem uses words that show distance. For example: (āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āύ⧠-)
- a long way up (āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϞā§)
- inch by inch (āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§)
- higher and higher (āĻā§ā§°āĻŽā§ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒā§°āϞā§)
- half-yard higher (āĻāϧāĻž āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒā§°āϞā§)
Classify the words or phrases in the box given below based on the distance (Far or Near) and write them in the correct space.-
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ āĻĻā§ā§° (Far) āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§° (Near) āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Far (āĻĻā§ā§°)
- remoteness – āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž
- light year – āĻāϞā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§āώ
- middle of nowhere – āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ āĻžāĻ / āĻāύāĻļā§āύā§āϝ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
- yonder – āϏā§āĻ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ
- afar – āĻŦāĻšā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ
- farther – āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§ā§°
Near (āĻāĻā§°)
- proximity – āύāĻŋāĻāĻāϤāĻž / āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž
- hairline – āĻ āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰⧠āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ / āĻā§āϞāĻŋā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ
- vicinity – āĻāĻļā§-āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ / āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ
- adjacent – āĻāĻžāώ⧰ / āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ
- a stone's throw – āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§°āϤ / āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ