Q.1 Read the extract and complete the activities given below.
My father travels————————————— ——– ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–he hurries.
A1] Give information.
Write the difficulties faced by the father in the poem.
A2] Match.
Given below are the ideas conveyed through the poem. Match the pairs and draw out the hidden meaning from those expressions.
Expressions | Meaning |
A] The father hurries home crossing railway line | 1] Because there is hardly anything enchanting/interesting in the monotonous routine journey to look out of the window. |
B] Suburban area, visible though the train, is past unnoticed | 2] The father is unimportant to the crowd in the train. It does not really make any difference whether he got down or not. |
C] He doesn’t get a place in a crowded train. | 3] Father is so eager to meet family members that he even doesn’t bother about his safety. |
D] He is just as a small word, dropping from a sentence. | 4] Uncomfortable journey. |
A3] Personal response
Write the difficulties that your face while commuting to and from the college by public transport.
A4] Poetic device.
Name and explain the figures of speech used in the following lines.
1] His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat.
2] He hurries across the length of the grey platform.
A5] Poetic creativity.
Compose a short poem in about four lines on journey by train.