Balbharati solutions for अंग्रेजी ८ कक्षा महाराष्ट्र स्टेट बोर्ड chapter 3.1 - The Plate of Gold [Latest edition]

Stories can be told even in the form of poetry. Such poems are called Narrative poems. Narrative poems do not always follow rhythmic patterns of a fixed rhyme scheme. Such poems are written in a style called ‘Free Verse.’
Recall and name some narrative poems you have done/read earlier.

Read the poem below and fill in the gaps, choosing appropriate pairs of rhyming words, to make them meaningful.

(love - above / sand - land / be - eternity)

What important message does the above poem convey?

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Stephen Hawking was a ______ (famous) Astrophysicist. 

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

The Government made a ______ (announcement) about their new taxation policy.

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Everyone stood ______ (horrified) when the terrible accident took place.

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Handicapped people should never be ______. (ignored and avoided)

Make a list of archaic words from the poem and give their modern equivalents.

Rearrange the following in the proper order and insert them into a flow chart as per the poem.

1. The plate turned to lead when it was gifted to false-hearted claimants.
2. Many claimants donated their wealth to receive the plate of gold.
3. For almost two years, no claimants received the plate of gold.
4. A plate of gold fell in a temple from Heaven.
5. The peasant offered comfort and courage to a blind miserable beggar, whom all had ignored.
6. The priests announced that the one who loved God most of all would receive the gift from Heaven.
7. When the priest gave the plate of gold to that peasant, it shone with thrice its luster.
8. A simple peasant, who had nothing to offer, came to that temple.

Which two sayings about God are conveyed through the poem 'The Plate of Gold'?

1. God helps those, who help themselves.
2. God loves those, who love their fellow beings.
3. God loves those, who give away their wealth, to please Him.
4. Service to mankind is service to God.

‘But the peasant bowed and prayed to God ...........’ What could he have prayed for?

Imagine that you are the peasant. Compose a short prayer to God, after having received the plate of gold. Write it using stylish handwriting.

Read other poems by Leigh Hunt, especially 'Abou Ben Adhem'.
Compare the messages in that poem with those in 'The Plate of Gold'. What do you observe?