Balbharati solutions for English - Kumarbharati 10 Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board chapter 3.4 - The Will to Win [Latest edition]

Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer :

You may have lost the match; but ____________.

Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer :

Success is always measured by :

Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer :

For attaining success; we need to :

How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential qualities required for achieving success.

Discuss and write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a strong will-power.

(a) ___________________________________________

(b) ___________________________________________

(c) ___________________________________________

(d) ___________________________________________

(e) ___________________________________________

Complete the following table.

Make a list of great personalities of present and past who have achieved success in different walks of life. You can take help from your school library or search on the internet.

In order to achieve success the poet wants us to ________

(a) _____________________

(b) ______________________

(c) _____________________

Write as many phrases as you can using ‘enough’ and use them in your sentences.

Example: good enough

What does the word ‘Scheme’ mean here? Choose the correct alternative from the following.

Do you think the line ‘Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it’ means that one should be ‘desperate’ or restless’ to achieve one’s goal? Explain your opinion, in your notebook.

The following line is given to you. Find its appropriate meaning after discussing it with your partner.

To go out and fight for it.

The following line is given to you. Find its appropriate meaning after discussing it with your partner.

If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it.

The following line is given to you. Find its appropriate meaning after discussing it with your partner.

Lose all your terror of opposition for it.

The following line is given to you. Find its appropriate meaning after discussing it with your partner.

With all your capacity, strength and sagacity.

Read the poem again and complete the web showing all those things that can turn one away from one's efforts towards a goal.

Find the line from the poem which mean-

become crazy for the goal

Find the line from the poem which mean-

toil hard happily

Find the line from the poem which mean-

get rid of all fears

Find the line from the poem which mean-

make efforts continuously

Find the line from the poem which mean-

extremely poor condition

The poet has mentioned some hurdles in the poem that keep us away from achieving our goal in our life. Discuss with your partner and make a list of all the hurdles mentioned in the poem. 

• sickness
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The poem explicitly describes some strengths and weaknesses with the help of some words and phrases. The poet wants us to possess all the strengths and keep away from all the weaknesses. Make a list of all the words and phrases showing Strengths in table A and Weaknesses in table B. One is done for you.

Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

If you want a thing you should not give up your sleep.

Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

You should be afraid of your opposition.

Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

Cold or poverty cannot keep you away from achieving your goal.

Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

You can achieve your goal with the help of God.

Listen to the poem carefully and state whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement.

Life will not seem useless and worthless without achieving your goal.

Form pairs and complete the web with suitable responses. Tell the class what all things the poet wants us to do to win.

Match the phrases in table A with lines of the poem given in table B.

Every stanza begins with the word ‘if’. How does it add to the effectiveness of the poem?

In poetry, when words/ideas are arranged in ascending order of importance, the figure of speech used is called ‘Climax’. For example, Man should work for his family, his country, but most of all for God.

• Pick out two examples of ‘Climax’ from the poem.

When some words, in the line of the poem, express the same idea in different ways, the figure of speech used is ‘Tautology’.

For example, 

1. happy and joyful.
2. motionless and still.

• Pick out two examples of ‘Tautology’ from the poem.

Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.

Antithesis : _____________________.

Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.

Alliteration : _______________.

Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.

Repetition:

Work in a group and prepare and present a speech on ‘How to Achieve Success.’ (You may take the help of the poem).

Read the following poem and write an appreciation of the poem ‘The Will to Win’ in a paragraph format. 

Points-

• Title and Poet
• Rhyme scheme
• Figures of speech
• Theme/Central idea
• Favourite line
• Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
• Why I like/dislike the poem.

Make a list of Berton Braley’s collection of selected poems. You can take the help of your teacher, library, or search on the internet. Recite Braley’s one poem in front of the class.