Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Poem Paraphrase
Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Poem Paraphrase
Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Poem Paraphrase
Read the poem given below and complete its paraphrase with suitable phrases given in brackets.
1. LITTLE THINGS
Little drops of water.
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
So our little errors
Lead the soul away
From the path of virtue
Far in sin to stray.
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Help to make earth happy
Like the heaven above.
– Julia Fletcher Carne;’
PARAPHRASE
(one deviate from the path of virtue, mighty agent eternity, turn the earth into a heaven, to neglect little things, make mighty ocean)
The poet does not want us (i) ……………………….. because little drops of water (ii) ……………………….. Little errors make (iii) ……………………….. Little minutes make (iv) ……………………….. likewise acts of kindness (v) ………………………. .
Answer:
(i) to neglect little things
(ii) make mighty ocean
(iii) one deviate from the path of virtue
(iv) mighty ages of eternity
(v) turn the earth into a heaven
2. Industrious Ants
A little black ant found a large grain of wheat
Too heavy to lift or to roll;
So he begg’d of a neighbor he happened to meet,
To help it down into his hole.
“I’ve got my own work to look after,” said he;
“You must shift for yourself if you please;”
So he crawled off as selfish and cross as could be,
And lay down to sleep at his ease.
Just then a black brother was passing the road,
And seeing his brother in want,
Came up and assisted him in with his load,
For he was a good-natured ant.
Let all who this story may happen to hear,
Endeavor to profit by it;
For often it happens that children appear
As cross as the ant, every bit.
And the good-natured ant who assisted his brother
May teach those who choose to be taught,
That if little insects are kind to each other,
Then children most certainly ought.
– Jane Taylor.
(to be kind to one another, his brother in dire need of help, carry a big grain into his home, self – centered and angry, of immense benefit)
A little black ant was finding it difficult to (i) …………………….. He asked a (ii) …………………….. ant to help in vain. Another black ant saw (iii) …………………….. and helped him carry the load unasked. This story can be (iv) …………………….. to selfish persons. The poet advises children (v) …………………….. like the ant.
Answer:
(i) carry a big grain down into his home
(ii) self – centered and angry
(iii) his brother in dire need of help
(iv) of immense benefit
(v) to be kind to one another
3. MY HEART LEAPS UP
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
— William Words worth
PARAPHRASE
(prenatal existence of the soul, to die when such simple joys, jumps with joy, to be happy in old age, boundless joy right from his childhood)
The poet’s heart (i) ………………………. on seeing a rainbow. The poet experiences such (ii) ………………………. He is. hopeful that he would continue (iii) ………………………. He prefers (iv) ………………………. become evasive. He believes in (v) ………………………. and that is why he expects each day to be linked naturally by piety.
Answer:
(i) jumps with joy
(ii) boundless joy right from his childhood
(iii) to be happy in his old age
(iv) to die when such simple joys
(v) prenatal existence of a soul
4. Still, I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumpìng in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ ¡n my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
– Maya Angelou
PARAPHRASE
(her determination to bounce back, to treat that person with enormous disrespect and almost shocking violence, liberate blacks must first liberate their minds and challenge the thinking of their oppressors, imprison the minds of both oppressors and the oppressed, into an instrument of liberation)
The speaker transforms writing, one of the most important means of domination, (i) ……………………… The poem does not begin by emphasizing physical subjugation or literal violence. Instead, it begins by emphasizing the ways the wrong kinds of writing can (ii) ……………………… First and foremost, those who would help (iii) ……………………… Metaphorically, to tread another person into the dirt is (iv) ……………………… Yet no sooner does the speaker imagine being abused in this way than she immediately expresses (v) ……………………… .
Answer:
(i) into an instrument of liberation
(ii) imprison the minds of both oppressors and the oppressed
(iii) liberate blacks must first liberate their minds and challenge the thinking of their oppressors
(iv) to treat that person with enormous disrespect and almost shocking violence
(v) her determination to bounce back
5.1 Had No Time To Hate Because
I had no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample I
Could finish enmity.
Nor had I time to love, but since
Some industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,
Was large enough for me.
– Emily Dickinson
PARAPHRASE
(enough because grave would disturb her by with holding her time, a short-lived affair, to focus her love on a single person, to demonstrate and prove how one hates another, little acts of love and kindness)
The poet has realised that life is (i) …………………….. Even one’s lifetime would not be sufficient (ii) …………………….. The poet also had no time (iii) …………………….. because she knew it is pretty hard work. Deep down in her heart she understood (iv) …………………….. She realised before dying that acts of love was (v) ……………………. .
Answer:
(i) a short-lived affair
(ii) to demonstrate and prove how one hates another
(iii) to focus her love on a single person
(iv) little acts of love and kindness
(v) enough because grave would disturb her by with holding her time
6. THANK GOD
Thank God, the planets don’t revolve
In perfect circles around the sun.
But wonder oval orbits
Far away in space.
Thank God, the axis of the earth
Is turning titled like a top,
And wobbles as it spins,
Thank God, rivers never flow
In straight efficient lines
From the heights down to the sea,
But crash their way down mountain sides,
Fall over rocky cliffs,
And carve out twisting valleys where they run.
Thank God, thank for all our days
And for every single creature
And each one’s singular, quirky ways.
PARAPHRASE
(top, twisting valleys, revolving, over rocky cliffs, oval (elliptical))
The planets don’t revolve in perfect circles around the sun. Their path is called (i) ………………….. The planets are (ii) ………………….. in space. The axis of the earth is compared to a (iii) ………………….. Rivers do not flow in straight lines. They crash down the mountain side and fall (iv) ………………….. They carve out (v) ………………….. We must thank God for all his creations.
Answer:
(i) oval (elliptical)
(ii) revolving
(iii) top
(iv) over rocky cliffs
(v) twisting valleys
7. Taps Are Dry
She told you to plant trees
and you paid her no heed
and now the taps are dry.
They released a water rationing schedule today
a water Conservation measure
you stay, because the taps are dry.
you should have rationed your greed and paid her heed,
when she told you not to cut down forest trees
but you did not see
the wisdom of her pleas and now the taps are dry!
PARAPHRASE
(water in the taps, her wise pleas will work, a water conservation measure has been released, not to cut down, not pay heed)
You did (i) …………………….. to her when she told you to plant trees. Now there is no (ii) …………………….. You tell me that (iii) …………………….. to control and distribute a limited supply of water in order to conserve water. You should have controlled your greed and paid attention. When she told you (iv) …………………….. the forest trees, you did not understand how (v) …………………….. and now there is no water in the taps.
Answer:
(i) not pay heed
(ii) water in the taps
(iii) a water conservation measure has been released
(iv) not to cut down
(v) her wise pleas will work
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