Std. X English Poem - A Teenager's Prayer
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A)Answer the questions individually, orally.
* What do you do while taking an important decision?
* What does your friend do while taking an important decision?
* What does your sibling do while taking an important decision?
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B) In poetry very often there are lines in which the poet seems to talk directly to an absent person,an abstract idea or thing or object. This device used by the poet is the figure of speech - Apostrophe.
Would you like to tell any example of Apostrophe that you know?
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Complete the activity on textbook page number 2.
Do you remember Homograph?
Apostrophe is an example of Homograph.
1 The mark ( ' ) used before or after the letter -'s' to show that sth belong to sb.
Ex. Shriram's bow and Lakhsman's arrow
2 Apostrophe - the figure of speech that we learnt earlier.
Name some of the prayers you say in chorus in your school assembly.
Ex. 1 All this bright..............
2 शुद्धी दे, बुद्धी दे, हे दयाघना........
3 सत्य सुंदर मंगलाची नित्य हो आराधना
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Question
Why do we offer such prayers in school assembly?
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Refer dictionary and find the meaning of - teenager -
__________________________________________Now open the coursebook, page no. 3
Read the poem (Prayer).
Write the margin line activities with answers in your notebook.
(They are meant for group or pair discussion but in this lock down it is not possible)
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The speaker or the poet requests God that everyday should be started with sth new. He/She prays for strength to take the right decision and choose the correct path of life. It may be darkened. It is mostly with ful of hardships and extremities. It is full of distress.Therefore to overcome such odds, the teenager wants strong positive approach to turn down the temptations.
Rhyme scheme Stanza 1
Each day brings new beginnings,
Decisions I must make.
I am the only one to choose.
The road that I wil take.
Rhyme scheme of.stanza.one -
................beginnings a
................make b
................. choose c
.................. take b
* Now find the rhyme scheme of remaining 4 stanzas.
Figures of speech:-
Alliteration
✔️Each day brings new beginnings.
✔️I am the only one to choose
✔️
✔️
✔️
Inversion
✔️ Decisions I must make
(The correct sequence of words should be like this -
I must make decisions.
Metaphor
✔️ I can choose to take the road of life,
(Road and life are implicitly compared and considered one as a whole.)
Apostrophe
✔️ Please open up my eyes, desr Lord,
✔️
__________________________________________pairs of adj.(describing words and nouns)
1 new beginnings
2 great success
3 _______________
4 _______________
✒️ Write appreciation of this poem.
✒️ Complete the English workshop activities on coursebook page no. 4 and 5.
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Nice sirji
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