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Poem - 07, The song of freedom, 1. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets to make it more meaningful:, , In this poem, the poet celebrates the freedom of our nation. It is celebrated with, songs and dance Indians fought for the freedom unitedly leaving no chance to anyone., We are free from the tricks any trickster could play to divide us., , [trickster, freedom, dance, No chance], 2. This poem celebrates India’s freedom from the British rule., a. Quote the lines that refer to freedom., , Ans: The lines “For blissful freedom,” and “Freedom is our universal speech” refer to, freedom., , b. What according to the poet, is freedom?, , Ans: According to the poet, “Freedom is our universal speech”., , c. How does he want to celebrate it?, , Ans: Poet wants to celebrate it with songs and dance., , 3. What does the poet mean by ‘the universal speech’ and‘experienced grace’?, , Ans: “The universal speech” means that everyone should enjoys the freedom., “Experienced grace” means that experience made the people to get equality., , 4. This poem is not just a description of free India. It is also a description of a glorious, India. Do you agree with the stetement? If so, which are the undesirable elements that, the poet desires to free ourselves from?, , Ans: Yes. | definitely agree with that. That undesirable elements that we have to free, ourselves from are the caste system, passive obedience, from lies and deceits, ‘ giving, respect to the greedy and immoral people, working for idlers and swindlers., , Edit with WPS Office

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**(In textbook)**, Read and appreciate:, , 1. What images or pictures can you visualize when you read the following lines? You, can draw or mime or dramatize the action suggested in these lines., , a. This is the hour of song and dance:- image picture of dance, b. Well blow the conch of victory:- we can go for mimic, c. Now lie and deceit are dead:- we can dramatic it, , d. Honour to the ploughman and the worker. Image picture of farmer and social, workers, , 2. Look at stanza two. Which words are repeated? What effect does this repetition, have on the reader?, , Ans: The words ‘gone' is repeated. It is used for emphasis (stress given to a word or, words when speaking to indicate particular importance.), , co Edit with WPS Office