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Question : 1.     Ang er Manag ement: As adults, one important thing to learn is how to manage our temper. Some of us tend to get angry quickly, while others remain calm. Can you think of three ill effects that result from anger?  Note them down. Suggest ways to avoid losing your temper in such situations. Are there any benefits from anger? 2.     In pairs, prepare a script based  on the given  excerpt from  The Home and  the World by Rabindranath Tagore. You may write five exchanges between  the characters with other directions such as movements on stage and way of speaking, etc. One afternoon, when  I happened  to be  specially busy, word came to  my office room  that Bimala had sent for me. I was startled. "Who did you say had sent for me?" I asked the messenger.  "The Rani Mother". "The Bara Rani?" ...
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Thinking about the Poem Question  1: What does the young man mean by "great honey-colou red / Ramparts at your ear?" Why does he say that young men are "thrown into despair" by them? t!,, Answer  1: The "great honey-coloued / Ramparts at your ear" refers to the beau tiful yellow coloured hair that falls at the woman's ear and cover it like a fence around a fort. He says that the young men are "thrown into despair" by them because they look so gorgeous on the woma n that her beauty gets methodically improved. The young men fall in love with her and feel despair. He says that it is impossible that someone would love her and not her yellow hair. Question  2: What colour is the young woman's hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so? Answer  2: The young woma n's hair is of yellow colour. She could have got her hair dyed to brown, black or carrot colour. She woul...
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Thinking about the Poem Question  1: Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names. Answer  1: The characters in this poem are Belinda, a little black kitten, a little grey mouse, a little yellow dog, a little pet dragon and a pirate. Character Pet name Kitten      Ink Mouse     Blink Dog         Mustard Dragon    Custard Question  2: Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage? Why is the dragon called "cowardly dragon"? Answer  2: Custard cried for a nice, safe cage because it was a coward. It is called a 'cowardly dragon' because everyone else in the house was brave. Belinda was as brave as a drum of bears. Ink and Blink are described as so brave that they could chase lions down the stairs and Mustard was as brave as a tiger in anger. Compared to them, Custard cried asking for a nice and ...
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Thinking about the Poem Question  1:  (i)   What does Sandburg think the fog is like? (ii)   How does the fog come? (iii)  What does 'it' in the third line refer to? (iv)  Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat. Answer  1: (i)    According to Sandburg, the fog is like a cat. (ii)   The fog comes on littl e cat feet. (iii)  In the third line 'it' refers to the fog that has enclosed the city and it seems as if it is looking over the city like a cat. (iv)  N o, the poet does not in fact say that the fog is like a cat. However, he has used cat as a metaphor for describing the fog. He says that the fog comes on its little cat feet, which implies that the fog is like a cat as it comes gradually. He also says that the fog looks over the dock, imply...
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Thinking about the Poem Question:  1: (i)    Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest. (ii)   What picture do these words create in your mind: "... sun bury its feet in shadow..."? What could the poet mean by the sun's 'feet'? Answer :  1: (i)    The three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest are the sitting of a bird on trees, the hiding of insects and the sun burying its feet in the shadow of the forest. (ii)   The sun radiates heat and the given words create a picture of the hot, glowing sun which is cooling its feet in the cool shade of the forest. The sun's 'feet' refers to its rays that reach the earth. Question:  2: (i)    Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do? (ii)   What does the poet compare their branches to? ...
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Thinking about the Poem Question  1: Notice the use of the word 'turn' in the first line, "I think I could turn and live with animals ...” What is the poet turning from? Answer  1: The poet is turning away from living with other humans as he finds them difficult and artificial. He would rather live with animals that are self-sufficient and non-complaining. Question  2: Mention three things that humans do and animals don't. Answer  2: The poet has drawn three comparisons between humans and animals. ) -            Humans work hard to make a living and they grumble and sulk about the amount of work they have to do to survive. Animals, on the other hand, do not whine about their condition. >      Humans lie awake at night and cry for the wrong deeds they have done. Animals do not weep For anything they do and sleep peac...
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