Question

Read the given extract and complete the activities given below:

Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,
Eating a stale chapati, reading a book.
He goes into the toilet to contemplate
Man's estrangement from a man-made world.
Coming out he trembles at the sink,
The cold water running over his brown hands,
A few droplets cling to the greying hairs on his wrists.
His sullen children have often refused to share
Jokes and secrets with him. He will now go to sleep
Listening to the static on the radio, dreaming
Of his ancestors and grandchildren, thinking
Of nomads entering a subcontinent through a narrow pass. wrists.

A1. Complete the given flowchart about father’s activities at home. (2)

Drinking weak tea, eating stale chapati ↓ _________________________________________ ↓ _________________________________________ ↓ Listening to the static on the radio

A2. Find the lines to highlight the relation of children and father. (2)

1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________

A3. Would you like to celebrate ‘Father’s day’? If yes how/If not why? (2)

A4. Name the figure of speech in the following line and give one more example. (2)

“coming out he trembles at the sink”

A5. Read the following lines and add two poetic lines to rhyme with line. (2)

He will now go to sleep
Listening to static on the radio
_________________________________
_________________________________

Answer 1

A1.

Drinking weak tea, eating stale chapati ↓ Reading a book ↓ Going to the toilet to contemplate ↓ Listening to the static on the radio

A2.

1. His sullen children have often refused to share Jokes and secrets with him.
2. Listening to the static on the radio, dreaming of his ancestors and grandchildren.

A3. Yes, fathers’ day is definitely an occasion to be celebrated. I’d decorate my house on fathers’ day and surprise my father early in the morning. I’d prepare him a musical card and fulfil his demands in whichever way possible. I’ll plan a day out with him. I’ll make a goodie of different accessories and bake a cake for him to make him feel more special.

A4.

1. a. Inversion: The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order of the words should be “He trembles coming out at the sink.”
   b. Alliteration: Repetition of ‘t’ sound
2. Example: “Man's estrangement from a man-made world.”
   Alliteration: Repetition of ‘m’ sound. “Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,”
   Inversion: The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order of the words should be “I see him drinking weak tea, home again.”

A5.

He will now go to sleep,
Listening to static on the radio,
While the eyes of the angels narrowly peep,
Blankly he stares at the afterglow.