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13.Forest And River
– Jalaluddin Rumi
CLASS -12 HM
Q.1.some important meaning-
- word Syn/similar Ant/opposite
Pure – impure
Domain kingdom –
Turquoise a blue or greenish –blue semi precious stone –
Captive imprisoned –
Young – old
Wither a plant wither or something withersit ,it dries up and dies –
Die – live
Remain left –
Q.1.How does the forest grow ,wither and die?
Ans. The forest grows, withers and dies in silence.
Confusion bewilderment –
Ancient old new
Seclusion isolation –
Emerald a bright green precious stone –
Destiny fate / luck –
Bewilderment a feeling of being completely confused –
Q. Extract –
But what am I
Only a captive,
Chained to the earth,
In Silence I grow old
In silence I wither and die
Questions:
Q.(a).Who is ‘I’ in these lines?
(i)River (ii) Forest (iii) Sky (iv) Earth
(b) From these lines opposite of the word ‘free’ is :
(i) Captive (ii) old (iii) Silent (iv) Withered
(c) Write the name of the poem from which these lines have been taken.
(d) Write the poet name .
Answer :
(a) (ii) Forest
(b) (i) Captive
(c) Forest and River
(d) Jalaluddin Rumi
Q.2. Extract –
“ Your destiny a new life every year,
My life, running away, running in bewilderment.”
Questions :
(a) Find out a word from the above lines which :
(i) has the similar meaning to – ‘confusion’.
(ii) is the opposite of ‘ancient’.
(b) Why does the poet say that the forest has a new life every year?
Answer :
(a) (i) bewilderment (ii) new
(b)The poet says that the forest has a new life every year because every year the trees lose their old leaves and get new ones.
Q.3. Extract –
Who does care to ask
About a passer –by
If he really existed
Or was only a shadow?
Now a passer-by
Aimlessly walking in the shade
Comes to ask himself.
Questions :
(a) Find out the word from the lines given above which has the same meaning as ‘had one’s being’.
(b) What does the poet mean by ‘Who does care to ask’?
(c) Write the name of the poem from which these lines have been taken.
Answer :
(a) existed
(b) No one cares to ask whether a passer- by was there or not.
(c) Forest and the River.
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