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Extended Activities STD. 9, , KITE VICTERS ONLINE CLASS SUPPORT MATERIAL, Class: 9 Subject: English Unit: 5, , Victers Class: 51 to 52, , Work Sheet: 33, , Topic: A Prayer in Spring, , Review and Assignments based on Victers Online Class 51 & 52, Previous Assignments, Dear students,, The previous assignments were dealt with in the last worksheet., Review of the class ‘A Prayer in Spring’ by Robert Frost – Episode 51 & 52, Dear students,, Hope you all watched the English class of the poem ‘A Prayer in Spring’ by Robert Frost. If not, click on, the images below to watch the videos of Episode 51 & 52. The class introduced the theme of the poem with, a video, the author Frost was introduced with slides. The poem was discussed in detail. The Assignments, were about writing about wish and appreciation of the poem. The figures of Speech Simile, Metaphor and, other poetic devices were introduced with ample instances from the text and outside., A Prayer in Spring, , A Prayer in Spring, , UNIT 5, The 5th Unit comprises of three literary pieces. The first one a story ‘The, Happiness Machine’ by Ray Douglas Bradbury, ‘A Prayer in Spring’ a poem by, Robert Frost and another story ‘The Trio’ by R.K Narayan. “The best way to love, someone is to let them reveal their inner beauty that will enlighten your soul and, the heart of the universe.” “Let the light of hope always enlighten your soul.”, Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment., A Prayer in Spring, ‘A Prayer in Spring’ by Robert Frost is a poem that asks for peace in the face of a busy, endlessly, stressful world. The speaker is looking for peace for himself and those around him. True happiness is, to enjoy the present without being too anxious about the future. When it comes to seeking happiness, in the present, can nature help us? Here is a poem where the poet urges the reader to experience joy, and pleasure that the natural springtime delights offer., , About the Author, Robert Frost, Robert Frost,(1874-1963) an American poet is much admired for his realistic verse that, depicts the rural life of New England. Some of his most notable works are ‘The Road not, Taken’, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’,’A Boy’s Will’ and ‘After ApplePicking’. He won Pulitzer Prize four times and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in, Literature 31 times., Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla, , 1

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Extended Activities STD. 9, , Let’s Read the Poem, A Prayer in Spring, Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;, And give us not to think so far away, As the uncertain harvest; keep us here, All simply in the springing of the year., , Robert Frost, , Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;, And make us happy in the happy bees,, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees., And make us happy in the darting bird, That suddenly above the bees is heard,, The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,, And off a blossom in mid air stands still., For this is love and nothing else is love,, The which it is reserved for God above, To sanctify to what far ends He will,, But which it only needs that we fulfil., , Glossary, The meaning of the new words will help you to comprehend the poem well., to-day, of the present / everyday (വർത്തമാന കാലം, കാലികമായ‍), uncertain, not able to be relied on; not known or definite (അനിശ്ചിതമായ), harvest, the process or period of gathering in crops (വിളവെടുപ്പ്, ഫലം കൊയ്യൽ), orchard, a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees (തോട്ടം), swarm, a large or dense group of flying insects (പ്രാണികളുടെ കൂട്ടം), dilating, make or become wider, larger, or more open (വിസ്തൃതമാക്കുക, വര്‍ദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുക), darting, an act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly (ഓടിപ്പോവുക‍), meteor, a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's surface (ധൂമകേതു), thrust, push suddenly (തള്ളുക), blossom, a flower or a mass of flowers (പൂവ്), reserved, kept specially for a particular person (നിക്കിവെയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ട), sanctify, free from sin; purify (വിശുദ്ധീകരിക്കുക), fulfil, gain happiness or satisfaction (സന്തോഷം, സംതൃപ്തിയടയുക‍), Let’s Recap the Poem (Read the explanations given along with the images), , 2, 2, 2, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla

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Extended Activities STD. 9, , ACTIVITY 1, Prepare a short profile of Robert Frost using the hints given below., Full Name, :, Robert Lee Frost, Born, :, 26 March 1874, Place of birth, :, San Francisco, California, United States., Occupation, :, Poet, playwright, Famous for, :, his realistic picturization of rural life and his command of American, colloquial speech., Major works, :, After Apple Picking, Mending Wall, The Death of a Hired Man, Birches,, The Road not Taken, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening etc., Awards and Honours :, American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry (1939),, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Nominated for Nobel Prize 31 times, Bollingen Prize, (1963) Congressional Gold Medal (1960), Death, :, 29 January 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, n, Robert Lee Frost (1874 - 1963), Robert Lee Frost,an American poet was born on 26 March 1874 at San Francisco,, California in United States. Besides a poet, he is also a playwright. He is much, admired for his realistic picturization of rural life and his command of American, colloquial speech. Some of his most notable works are ‘The Road not Taken’,, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’,’‘After Apple-Picking’, “Mending Wall’,, ‘Birches’, ‘The Death of a Hired Man’ etc. He won Pulitzer Prize four times and was, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 31 times. Also he received the American, Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry in 1939, Bolligen Prize in 1963, and Congressional Gold Medal in 1960. The great American poet and playwright,, Robert lee frost died on 29 January 1963 at boston, Massachusetts, United States., , ACTIVITY 2, Read the poem ‘A Prayer in Spring’ And answer the following questions., 1. Whom does the poet address to?, Ans: The poet addresses to the supreme power / God., , 2. What does he pray?, Ans: He prays to God to give them pleasures in the flowers today., , 3. Who are referred to as ‘us’ here?, Ans: People everywhere., , 4. Why does the poet use ‘to-day’ instead of ‘today?’, Ans: To mean everyday., , 5. Where does the poet find happiness?, Ans: The poet finds happiness in the orchard white and in the happy bees., , 6. Why does the poet compare flowers to ghost by night?, 3, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla

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Extended Activities STD. 9, , Ans: The poet compares flowers to ghosts because the white flowers are like ghost wearing white apparel., , 7. Which habit of human beings stands as an obstacle in enjoying the pleasures in nature? Pick out the lines, that indicate this habit., Ans: Thinking too much about the future, “And give us not to think so far away as the uncertain harvest.”, , 8. The poet says that bees are happy. How does the poet justify his claim?, Ans: The poet justifies his claim by saying that the bees swarm dilating round the perfect trees., , 9. The poet mentions love in the fourth stanza. Is it human love or divine love? Give reasons., Ans: It is divine love. Only divine love can bring in such beauty into nature. Such love is reserved for God., , 10. According to Robert Frost, what is man’s duty while living in this world?, Ans: Man’s duty while living in this world is to enjoy the divine beauty that God provides him with and share the, love of God with other fellow-beings., , ACTIVITY 3 (Refer to Activity 1 on Page No. 180), The poem ‘A Prayer in Spring’ depicts the beauty of nature in the Spring season. Fill in the bubbles with the, shades of nature that attracted the poet in the Spring time., Harvesting, , SPRING, SEASON, , Ans:, , Harvesting, , White Orchard, , SPRING, SEASON, , Swarming Bees, , Darting Bird, , The poet, Robert Frost, has treated nature in a slendid way in his fine poem “A, Prayer in Spring”. It is springtime. There are flowers everywhere. There is the, beautiful white orchard. There are many good-looking trees in it. The bees are, swarming about them as if they are singing and dancing in joy. A bird is flying about, chirping melodiously as if she is singing a lullaby. There are blossoms all around. God, in his divine love has made Nature so beautiful that we can enjoy its beauty to our, hearts’ content., , 4, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla

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Extended Activities STD. 9, , ACTIVITY 4, Write a brief note on any of your wish., My Wish, Hi Friends,, I wish to live a peaceful life in this world. I want to be happy. I want this world to be a perfect place for, everyone, a place everyone can live with freedom, equality and love. I wish all the discriminations of the world, would disappear and evry one could share love and compassion. The nature which offers us everything would, stay with all its purity, rivers flow as earlier. Instead of pollutants, let the air be filled with fragrance of flowers., We should never do any harm to nature and thus we can survive its beauty and happiness. I wish to live in a, world where everyone can live peacefully without any fear. We need freedom to express ourselves and to keep, our identity. I believe that people should not be discriminated on the basis of their caste, creed, colour, religion, or gender. Everyone should be provided equal opportunities to express themselves. Unfortunately all of us are, forced to stay away from our workplaces and schools due to this contagious disease. I wish, we could survive this, pandemic which had been holding us as a captive for a long time. I wish humanity could hold hands and walk, to a better tomorrow., Thank you., , ACTIVITY 5, Rhyme Scheme, Read the stanza given below, Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;, And give us not to think so far away, As the uncertain harvest; keep us here, All simply in the springing of the year., Look how the last sound of each line ends., The first and the second lines rhyme together. So mark it as ‘a, a’, The third and the fourth line rhymes together but different from the first two lines. So mark it as, ‘b, b’. Hence the Rhyme Scheme of the poem is ‘a, a, b, b,’. This Rhyme Scheme is followed, throughout the poem., Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; a, And give us not to think so far away, a, As the uncertain harvest; keep us here, b, All simply in the springing of the year., b, , ACTIVITY 6, Read the lines below, Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;, Here the poet makes a direct comparison of the ‘white orchard’ to the ‘ghosts by night.’ using the words, ‘like’, This figure of speech is called ‘Simile’, SIMILE, A figure of speech that directly compares two things using ‘as’ or ‘like’., e.g. He fought like a lion in the battle, ഉപമ: ഒന്നിനോടൊന്നു സാദൃശ്യം ചൊന്നാല്‍ ഉപമയാമത് ’. ഒരു കാര്യത്തെ മറ്റൊന്നുമായി, സാദൃശ്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന വാക്യപ്രയോഗങ്ങളെയാണ്‌ഉപമ എന്നു പറയുന്നത്. ‘പോലെ' എന്ന പദം, ഉപയോഗിക്കും., ഉദാ: മന്നവേന്ദ്ര വിളങ്ങുന്നു ചന്ദ്രനെപ്പോലെ നിന്‍മുഖം. (രാജാവിന്റെ മുഖത്തിന്റെ ശോഭയെ, ചന്ദ്രന്റെ ശോഭയോട് താരതമ്യം ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നു., Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla, , 5

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Extended Activities STD. 9, , Look at the images below, , Here the humming bird is compared to meteor. This figure of speech is called ‘Metaphor’., A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to, make a comparison between two things that aren't, alike but do have something in common. Unlike a, simile, where two things are compared directly, using like or as, a metaphor's comparison is more, indirect, usually made by stating something is, something else., e.g. He was a lion in the battle., , അവർണ്യത്തോടു വർണ്യത്തിന്നഭേദം ചൊൽക രൂപകം., ഉപമാനവും ഉപമേയവും രണ്ടു വസ്തുക്കളല്ല ഒന്നുതന്നെ എന്നു്, അഭേദം, കല്പിച്ചു്, ഉപമാന, ധർമ്മത്തെ, എടുത്തു്, ഉപമേയത്തിൽ വയ്ക്കുന്നതു് ‘രൂപകം’., ഉദാ- സംസാരമാം സാഗരത്തിലംസാന്തം മുങ്ങൊലാ സഖേ!, , ACTIVITY 7, IMAGES, , In poetry, imagery is a vivid and vibrant form of description that appeals to readers' senses and, imagination., There are five main types of imagery, each related to one of the human senses:, • Visual imagery (sight), • Auditory imagery (hearing), • Olfactory imagery (smell), • Gustatory imagery (taste), • Tactile imagery (touch), Pick out other images from the poem, Imagery, , Examples, , Visual Imagery, , orchard white, happy bees, darting bird, the meteor, blossom,, , Auditory Imagery, , bees is heard, , Olfactory Imagery, , -, , Gustatory Imagery Tactile Imagery, , -, , Look at the images below to get an idea of the Visual Images in the poem., 6, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla

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Extended Activities STD. 9, , O, R, C, H, A, D, , W, H, I, T, E, SWARM OF BEES, , M, E, T, E, O, R, , D, A, R, T, I, N, G, , B, I, R, D, , B, L, O, S, S, O, M, , ACTIVITY 8, Read the lines given below., , In the first line, do you notice any sound is repeated in the words?, Yes, the sound ‘s’ is repeated in the words ‘simply’ and ‘springing’. This is called ‘Alliteration’, In the second line the sound ‘h’ is repeated in the words ‘happy’, , ACTIVITY 8, Attempt an Appreciation of the poem ‘A Prayer in Spring using the details we have discussed., The poem “A Prayer In Spring” was written by one of the most prolific American poets, Robert Frost. The, theme of the poem is that we should live in the present and enjoy the moment without wasting life in the anxieties, about the uncertain future., The poet prays to God to give him and his fellow beings the strength to find pleasures in flowers today. The, spring season is the blooming season of every plant and tree and brings beauty and pleasure everywhere. The poet, exhorts his fellow beings to enjoy the beauty. He says that the harvest season is uncertain so it is foolish to wait for, such an uncertain harvest. That is, we should live in the moment and learn not to worry about the future. The poet, prays to God again to bring him and his fellow beings pleasures of the spring season into the orchard, where the, budding flowers now create beautiful sights in day time and “ghost – like” images at night. The swarm of bees is, happy and they widen their realm of happiness by visiting every tree and flower., The poem is composed in quatrains (four line stanzas) with the rhyme scheme aabb. The poem is rich in, images. The uncertain future of a man’s life is compared to the uncertain harvest and the appearance of plants and, flowers in the night are compared to ghosts. These wonderful examples of simile make the poem more interesting and, impressive. The beauty of this poem is also seen in the style and the figurative language that is used in this poem., , Write down these Assignments in your note book and send it to your Class’ Whatsapp Group., Stay T, Home, StayCMS, Safe.HGood, Luck, Prepared by Johnson, P, HST,, S, Mundiappally,, Thiruvalla, 7, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla