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7th Class English Chapter 2.5 Windy Lines Questions and Answers
This is a collection of quotations from famous authors on the subject of wind.
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Answer:
Here are a few lines by famous poets about ‘rain’.
i. “The sky seems to ride fast upon the madly rushing rain;
the water in the river is loud and impatient; women have hastened home ‘
early from the Ganges with their filled pitchers.
The evening lamps must be made ready.
O child, do not go out!
– From ‘The Riny Day’ by Rabindranath Tagore
ii. “The first rain reminds me
of the rising summer dust.
The rain doesn’t remember the rain of yesteryear.”
-From ‘The First Rain’ by Yehuda Amichai
iii. “And now the cordial clouds have shut all in,
And gently swells the wind to say all’s well;
The scattered drops are falling fast and thin, ’
Some in the pool, some in the flower-bell.”
-From ‘The Summer Rain’ by Henry David Thoreau
iv. “But oh, the hundred things and more,
That come in at the door!-
The smack of mint, old joy, old pain,
Caught in the gray and tender rain.”
-From ‘Oh, Gray and Tender is the Rain’ by Lizette Woodworth Reese
[Note: The above examples are given for reference. Students can collect other famous lines of their choice.]
Read the lines given on page 54 of your textbook and answer the following questions.
I. Answer the following in 1-2 sentences.
Question 1.
What is the common subject in all the quoted lines?
Answer:
The common subject in all the quotations is wind.
Question 2.
Pick out the adjectives used to describe the wind in the line “0 you that ……. loud a song!”.
Answer:
in the quotation, “O you that ……. loud a song!” The adjectives used to describe the wind in the quotation are strong, cold, young, old and beast.
Question 3.
What does the poet wish to know in the line “No one can wind goes.”?
Answer:
In the quotation, “No one can wind goes.” The poet wishes to know from where does the wind come and where does it go.
Question 4.
Look at the line “Who has seen …….. is passing by.” How does the poet know that the wind is passing by?
Answer:
In the quotation, “Who has seen is passing by.”, the poet knows that the wind is passing by when the leaves tremble or when the trees bow down.
Question 5.
“You throw …… back again.” What happens when you throw sand against the wind?
Answer:
When we throw and against the wind, it blows it back again.
Oral Work
Question 6.
Give as many examples of the following as possible within two minutes.
i. Trees
Answer:
asoka, neem, mahogany, banyan, sal, teak, mango, jamun, coconut, gulmuhar, banana, apple …
ii. Flowers
Answer:
rose, lotus, lily, marigold, daisy, orchid, sunflower, cherry blossoms, carnation, daffodil, gulmuhar, mogra, periwinkle…
[Note: Students can add more examples to the above list.]
Formative Assessment
Speaking Activity
Question 7.
Recite the lines in front of the class using gestures and expressions.
[Students are expected to attempt the above activity on their own.]
Windy Lines Glossary
| Words | Meanings |
| beast (n) | a huge, wild animal (प्रचंड अक्राळ-विक्राळ प्राणी) |
| blower (n) | here, it is the wind (वाहता, येथे अर्थ – वाहणारा वारा) |
| dawn (n) | the time of sunrise (पहाट, सूर्योदयाची वेळ) |
| spring (n) | here, the season after winter when flowers blossom on trees and everything becomes colourful (वसंत ऋतू) |
| trembling (v) | slightly shaking (थरारणे, हेलकावे घेणे.) |
Windy Lines Paraphrase
‘Windy Lines’ या पाठात प्रसिद्ध लेखक आणि कवींनी ‘वारा’ या विषयावर लिहिलेल्या अवतरणांचा संग्रह दिला आहे. अनेक वर्षापासून अनेकांनी वाऱ्यासारख्या नैसर्गिक घटकाबाबत लिहिले आहे. या अवतरणांमध्ये वाऱ्याच्या सौंदर्याचे वर्णन केले आहे.
No one can….. the wind goes. या ओळी ए. ए. मिलने त्यांच्या ‘A wind on the Hill’ यां कवितेतून घेतल्या आहेत. वाऱ्याच्या अनाकलनीय, गूढ आणि रहस्यमय उगमाबद्दल कवीला आश्चर्य वाटते. कवी म्हणतो, “वारा कोठून येतो आणि कोठे जातो हे कोणालाही ठाऊक नाही. ”
O you are that… loud a song. या ओळी आर. एल. स्टेवेन्सन यांच्या ‘ The Wind ‘ या कवितेतून घेतल्या आहेत. या ओळींमधून कवीला जाणवणारे वाऱ्यांचे प्रखर सामर्थ्यवान अस्तित्व व्यक्त झाले आहे. थंड आणि प्रखर सामर्थ्यवान अशा वाऱ्याला कवी विचारतो, “तू तरुण आहेस की वृद्ध आहेस? तू बलवान लहान मूल आहेस, की शेतं आणि झाडं यांना जोरजोराने हलवणारा प्रचंड अक्राळ-विक्राळ प्राणी आहेस.” मधुर गीतासारखा आवाज निर्माण करत दिवसभर वाहणाऱ्या वाऱ्याला पाहून कवी थक्क होतो.
Who has been…..is passing by. या ओळी ख्रिस्टीना रोझेट्टी यांनी लिहिल्या आहेत. जेव्हा थरथरणाऱ्या पानांमधून आणि शेंडे झुकवणाऱ्या वृक्षांमधून ज्याच्या सामर्थ्याची जाणीव होते अशा अदृश्य वाऱ्याचे वर्णन लेखिकेने केले आहे.
Rise, brothers, rise ……. cried all night. या ओळी सरोजिनी नायडू यांच्या ‘The Coromadel Fisher’ या कवितेतून घेतल्या आहेत. कवयित्रीने रात्रभर रडून पहाटे आईच्या कुशीत झोपून जाणाऱ्या बाळाशी वाऱ्याची तुलना केली आहे. बाळाप्रमाणेच रात्रभर वाहून वारा सौम्य होतो आणि पहाटेच्या कुशीत झोपून जातो.
You…throw….back again. या ओळी विल्यम बेक यांनी लिहिल्या आहेत. यामध्ये लेखक वाऱ्याच्या अजिंक्य शक्तिबद्दल बोलत आहे. वारा आपल्या मार्गामध्ये कोणालाही उभे राहू देत नाही. आपण त्याच्यासमोर वाळू फेकली, तर ती पुन्हा मागे ढकलून आपल्या मार्गावरून झटकून टाकतो.
O wind…..be far behind. या ओळी कवी पी.बी. शेले यांनी लिहिल्या आहेत. या ओळी वाचकाला अखंडपणे वाहणाऱ्या पश्चिमी वाऱ्यासारखे होण्यासाठी प्रेरित करतात.
कवी म्हणतो, “थंड आणि उदास अशा हिवाळ्यानंतर वारा स्वतः सोबत वसंत ऋतूसह आनंदाचे रंग घेऊन येतो.”