3.1 Coromandel Fishers.

Difficult Words

• Wakening sikes - the sun rises in the sky सूर्य उगवतांनाचे आकाश
• Catamarans - sailing vessels with two hulls तराफा
• Hasten - be quick to do something लगबगीने कृती करणे
• Comrade - friend साथीदार
• Breast - a person's chest छाती
• Glade - an open space in a wood or forest जंगलातील वृक्ष नसलेली मोकळी जागा
• Grove - a small wood or other groups of trees आमराई
• Spray - a shower of small drops of water तुषार
• Foam - a mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid, typically by agitation or fermentation फेस
• Sweeter - having a  pleasant feeling अधिक आनंद देणारे
• Glee - happinessआनंद, हर्ष
• Verge - horizon काठ
• Mates - meets एकत्र राहणे

Margin Questions.

Q.1. As the sea gull flies away calling it appears as though he is showing the way - What does the way lead to?

Ans. The way leads to the sea where lots of fish are available.

Q.2. Who holds the storm by the hair?

Ans. Gold holds the storm by the hair.

Q.3.What type of boat do the fishermen use?

Ans. The fishermen use catamaran boats.

ENGLISH WORKSHOP

Q.1. Answer the following questions.

(a) How many stanzas are there in the poem?

Ans. There are three stanzas in the poem.

(b) How many lines are there in the poem?

Ans. Twelve lines.

(c) List the rhyming words in each stanza.

Ans. Light- night, free- sea, call- all, drives- lives, grove- love, glee- sea

Q.2. You know that many poems have rhyming words or rhymes at the end of the lines in each stanza. The pattern of rhyming is usually shown with the help of small letters such as 'a', 'b', 'c' etc. This pattern of rhyme is known as the rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of each stanza in this poem is aabb Verify.

Ans. The rhyme scheme is aabb

.... light - a

..... night - a

..... free - b

..... sea - b

Q.3. What do the following expressions refer to? Write in a word or phrase.

(a) leaping wealth of the tide: fish

(b) kings of sea: The Coromandel Fishers

(c) at the fall of the sun: sunset

(d) the edge of the verge: horizon

Q.4. Match the following

Q.5. Find and write the lines in the poem refer to -

• early morning - the wakening skies pray to the morning light.
• evening - What though we toss at the fall of the sun.
• full moon light - sweet are the sands at the full o the moon.

Q.6. Write the lines that show that the fishermen are not afraid of the sea or of drowning.

Ans.

1. To capture the leaping wealth of the tide for we are the kings of the sea!
2. He who holds the storm by the hair will hide in this breast out lives.

Q.7. In the last stanza, two lines refer to landscapes, and two lines refer to a 'seascape' Which are they? Copy them from the poem correctly.

Ans.

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