Balbharati solutions for Integrated 8 Standard Part 3 [English Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 3.4 - Leisure [2023 edition]

Discuss in groups and share with one another.

The daily routine of your mother and father on working days.

Discuss in groups and share with one another.

How your family relaxes on weekends.

Discuss in groups and share with one another.

When you go for a picnic, what and how do you enjoy?

Discuss in groups and share with one another.

Do you spend time admiring and thinking over the beauties of nature? Elaborate on your response.

When a poet/writer attempts to describe something in words, so that it appeals to our five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste) he/she has used a device called Imagery.

For example: ‘a host of golden daffodils’.
‘to a chasm, deep and vast and wide’.

Go through other poems in your textbook or other books and find outlines that contain Imagery. Write them down along with the name of the poem and line/stanza number.

Prepare an Acrostic from the word ‘Leisure’. The words should be related to what one likes to do in free time.

L______

E______

I______

S______

U______

Reading stories

E______

Say where . . . . . . .

______ do the cows and sheep stand?

Say where . . . . . . .

______ do squirrels store their food?

Say where . . . . . . .

______ do stars shine in the daytime?

Say where . . . . . . .

______ does Beauty’s smile begin?

Think and answer in your own words.

What could have inspired the poet to compose this poem? Do you think it relates to our present-day life? Defend your choice. 

Think and answer in your own words.

Which line proves that in our busy lives we do not even have a fraction of a second to enjoy nature’s beauty?

Think and answer in your own words.

'Beauty' in stanza 5 to 6 can refer to a beautiful maiden as well as nature itself. Explain when and how nature ‘dances’ and also 'smiles'.

Think and answer in your own words.

Why does the poet call our life 'poor'?

Pick out two examples of Personification from the poem.

Pick out from the poem, two examples of the following Figure of Speech. 

Alliteration

Pick out from the poem, two examples of the following Figure of Speech. 

Simile

Pick out from the poem, two examples of the following Figure of Speech. 

Metaphor

The poet opens his poem with a question. Is the question asked to receive some answer? No. It is a question used to emphasize and stress upon the fact that modern man has no time to enrich his life from nature. 

Such a device used by poets falls under the Figure of Speech called 'Interrogation' or 'Rhetorial Question'. Refer to the poem 'The Pilgrim' and find examples of Interrogation. 

Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER

beneath the boughs

Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER

squirrel hide nuts in grass

Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER

streams in daytime

Say where the image from nature given in the poem exists.
AIR / LAND / WATER

stars / skies at night

Make a paraphrase of the poem ‘Leisure’ in your own simple words. Write it down in your notebook.