A1) Artisans are also called craftsmen. They are creators of diverse goods and use their hands to create unique, functional, and also decorative items using traditional techniques. Now complete the web given below:
Ans.
a) Goldsmith
b) Tailoring
c) Watchmaker
d) Sculptor
e) Potter
f) Carpenter
A2) Discuss with your partner the season/occasion when we need:
Ans.
a) Woollen clothes - are needed in the
cold weather and/or during
the winter to keep ourselves
warm .
b) Casual clothes
- are worn for informal occasions
such as
outings and parties
c) Rich silk
clothes - are worn, especially by
Indian women, at religious ceremonies and social gatherings such as wedding
functions and poojas.
d) Colourful, comfortable clothes – can be worn especially while at home and during travel.
A3) Let’s play a game. The teacher will ask the students some questions. Students will understand that there are some exceptions to the general rules. Let’s start.
Ans.
a) One who weaves is a weaver.
b) One who plays a
game is a gamer.
c) One who sings is
a singer.
d) One who dances is
a dancer.
e) One who teaches
is a teacher.
f) One who cooks is a cook.
A4) We have often seen the picture of Gandhiji spinning on his charkha. Discuss the reasons behind this. One has been given for you.
a) To give rural
people an opportunity to earn their livelihood.
b) To instil the
sense of swadeshi among the masses
c) To make India
self-dependent in producing cloth for its people
d) To promote the
cottage industry in the country.
A5) Name some tools used by the weavers:
Ans. a) Loom b) Weaving Comb c) Shed stick
A6) Name some types of yarns used by the weavers.
Ans. a) Linen b) Rayon c) Polyester d) Wool
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Appreciation
1)
Title of Poem - The title of the poem is self
explanatory and appropriate. It has symbolic and spiritual meaning. It is
expressed through the Indian weavers and act of weaving different clothes.
2)
About the Poet - Sarojini Naidu was a great patriot,
politician, speaker, poet and one of the most famous idols of the 20th century.
Her birthday is celebrated as "Women's Day". She is known as The
Nightingale of India (Bharatiya Kokila).
3)
About the Poem - Indian weaver is a short poem but it
has deep sense of human life. It conveys the journey from cradle to grave
through the use of colours and the stages of a day. The poem is about three
types of clothe that the weavers weave at three particular times of a day. Each
stanza of the poem represents the three important events of human life: birth
(childhood), adulthood (young) and death (old). The colours mentioned in the
stanzas are very significant as they indicate the moods related to the events.
4)
Theme or Central Idea of the Poem - The theme of the
poem is about spiritual implication. The theme of spiritual implication is
portrays through metaphorical symbols which carries eternal truth of human
existence. The central theme of the poem expresses through the weaving act of
weavers. They weave, at three specific times of the day, which are symbolic, of
the three stages of a person’s life. The central idea of the poem remarked that
all human being who are born on this earth, rise up, feel their joys, sorrows
and finally have to die one day. Everyone should be bearing in mind that death
makes equal for the rich and the poor. No one spare a drop of pity because I am
rich or poor. It is nature’s eternal law and the life of human-beings is
fragile. It is the completely instable and vulnerable. The human life fills
with happiness, enjoyment, excitement and sadness.
5)
Language and Style - The language texture of the poem
is simple yet profound. The poem appears rather simple in a literal sense, but
there are subtle expressions. This poem reflects Naidu’s deeply spiritual and
philosophical mindset. Her simplicity and strength of spiritual thoughts could
be seen between the lines of Indian Weavers. It might have a symbolic meaning.
It is a metrical short poem. It has three stanzas, of four lines each. The
stanza pattern of the poem is Quatrain. The first two line of each quatrain has
a question which is asked by poet or speaker and the last two lines of each
quatrain are answers to the questions. It creates a rhythm and musical effect
on reader.
6)
Poetic devices - The poetic devices of simile,
symbolism, metaphor and imagery, have been used here, by the poetess. Almost
all the lines exhibit alliteration: weavers-weaving, garment-gay, wing-wild,
plumes- peacock-purple, solemn-still, white-white, etc. Its rhyming scheme is
AABB. The poem has six rhyming couplets. The pairs of end rhymes in the poem
are day-gay, wild-child, night-bright, green-queen, still-chill, cloud-shroud.
7)
Message, values, morals - The poem give us spiritual and
philosophical message of life. Every man and woman who is born finally has to
die one day whether they are the rich or the poor. The poem reminds us the law
of the natures and eternal truth of human existence on the earth. The poem also
teaches the morals life that, life is so fragile and vulnerable.
8)
Why I like the poem - I like the poem for its images
and symbol used by poet. This poem is best to throw light on Indian philosophy
that is birth, youth and death are the ultimate truth of life.
Nice explanation sir
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