English POEM Uphill
Uphill
Date- 8/6/21
Topics Taught- Explanation of poem.
New Words
1.wayfares
2. travel-sore
Textual exercise
Q 1 |
Read
the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. |
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The speaker is the traveller. He/She is asking the question to the
guide. |
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ii |
The speaker wants to know if he/she will find a resting place for the night or will he/she miss it. |
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The guide answers
the
question
by
assuring the traveller
that
he/she will
get shelter
and will not miss the inn. |
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iv |
slow |
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b) |
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The speaker wants to
know if he/she will find comfort because he/she will be tired
and weak after travelling. |
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The speaker rests
in the one place and everyone gets
a resting place
in the journey of life. |
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At the end
of the journey, everyone gets a resting place
in the journey
of life. The sum
of labour means
that a person
will get rest
from the difficult labours of life. |
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iv |
seek |
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Q 2 |
Answer
the following questions in 30-40 words. |
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a. |
The speaker is a traveller who questions a guide about
the journey that he/she is on. He/She asks and receives answers about whether
the journey will wind up-hill all the
way and take all day long, whether he/she will recognise the place to rest, and will
there be others
on a journey and if a kind reception awaits him/her. |
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b. |
The inn stands
at the top of the hill and offers rest to those
who have spent the entire day climbing. It stands out
in the darkness of the night
and sheds a |
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powerful light. It represents security. |
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The traveller is reassured that
the door will
be opened upon his/her arrival and those who have gone before will
be ready to greet him/her. So the traveller won’t have to wait for long when he/she reaches the inn. |
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The traveller is promised ‘beds
for all who
come’ to the
inn. The image
of the beds indicates rest, comfort, shelter and security. After
a long struggle, the idea of
resting is all
that the speaker can look forward too. |
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Q 3 |
Answer
the following questions in 100-120 words. |
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The road
winds uphill all the way
because the road
of life is a continual journey upwards. In the
poem, the poetess draws on the
imagery of flames, mountains, stairs
and hills to emphasise on the upward progression of the spiritual journey. She suggests that the soul is
moved upwards away from the earth and its
pleasures as it
learns more of
God and heaven. The poetess emphasises on the idea
that the upward
progression of the
soul is not
a simple and
easy process. Lots
of distractions, concerns and doubts can
weigh a person
down and the upward movement can turn
into one of
a struggle instead one of joy. |
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b. |
The road
symbolises the journey the traveller takes
because instead of
being straight, the fact
that it is winding and uphill suggests that the path
is long and difficult. However, there is actually a road leading
up the hill
indicates that plenty
of others have
already taken the route that
the traveller is contemplating. The speaker will
not have to carve or find his/her own path since it has already been revealed to him/her. The road can be interpreted as literally as a long unseen
destination; metaphorically, as representing the path that life
takes; and a
pathway and journey of faith. |
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Q 4 |
Choose the synonyms that match the
words that are
in italics as
they are used in the original text: (a)
Does the
road wind uphill all the
way? Yes, to the very
end. (i)
difficult (ii) sloping
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