English Workshop 1.3 Basketful of Moonlight,appreciation of the poem with questions and answers (10th English new syllabus)

English Workshop Basketful of Moonlight. Click  below to get EXPLANATION IN MARATHI 1. Complete the following sentence with the help of the poem. (a) The child wants to sow moons of light from the city to his village. (b) According to the child, the route of his village is tough and full of snakes and scorpions  (c) The child wants a basketful of moonlight on loan.  (d) The child wants to light the dark route so that his father comes early. 2. Write down the describing words used for the following nouns. small moons dark route  whole village (my village- here my is used as a demonstrative adjective) early  morning  3. The child in the poem wants to solve the problems in his village. How can the child solve them with the following wishes? Answer in your notebook. (a) Give me moonlight, basketful or two baskets full, with seeds of moonlight. Answer -    The child really wants to enlight the roads for the villagers and his father. The child's imagination goes everywhere, and he gets to moonlight as his solution with which he can light the road by sowing moonseeds on both sides of the road.  (b) I want to light the dark route so that my father returns early. Answer -    The child loves and cares about his father a lot he longs for his company but not getting it in the evening, so he wants to light the dark path which is dangerous too, which makes him think about the safety of his father as well as other villagers. 4. Pick out and write the lines from the poem that prove the following. (a) Father reaches home late, after dark............ (b) Eager to hear fairy tales from his father............ (c) Remove darkness and bring light among the darker paths.............. Answer-  (a) Father reaches home is home late after dark. I want to light the dark route so that my father returns early.  (b) Eager to hear fairy tales from his father I too want to hear fairy tales and stories from him. (c) Remove darkness and bring light among the darker path I want to light the dark route 5. Write as many words as you can using full as a suffix  basketful,          powerful,         bucketful,          mouthful,           handful,           helpful, painful,              tearful,             thoughtful, harmful,            shameful,         beautiful, useful,               rightful,            bountiful,   graceful,            spoonful,         boastful,  awful             disgraceful 6. Pick out the examples of alliteration and repetition from the poem. The following lines contain alliteration basketful or two baskets full, give me moonlight,  It becomes dark on its way back snakes and scorpions. Neither bus nor cart piles. small, small moons of light. Following lines contain Repetition   small, small moons of light. 7. Write an appreciation of the poem. Appreciation of the poem:  Title Basketful of Moonlight. Poet Sunil Sharma Rhyme scheme It is a free verse poem; there is no rhyme scheme in this poem.              Favourite line I too want to hear fairy tales and stories from him. The eager child wants to tell the difficulties faced by the people of his village and to pass quality time with his father as any other child would like to have.          Theme/       central idea The child, who loves his father a lot and longs for his company. He wants to have a lot of time with his father, but due to the darkness at night he is not getting it. So he imagines that he could illuminate the route at night with the small moon by sowing the seeds of the moon or moonlight to make his father’s travel easy, safe, and swift.  Figures of speech Alliteration – eg. 1 basketful or two baskets full      2 snakes and scorpions. Repetition  -  small, small moons of light.                                (repetition of the same word) Antithesis -  I want to light the dark route                (two opposite ideas came together) Tautology -           I too want to hear fairy tales and stories from him. (but this figure of speech is not included in the syllabus ) Special features- Type of the poem, language,  style, tone, Implied meaning etc This poem is an example of free verse.  The language of the poem is very simple and easy which focuses on the problems and difficulties of village folk as well as the parent-children relation which exactly matches today’s parents-children relation, especially in the city. the poem also turns the readers' attention towards some of the basic problems in the villages. Why I like the poem I like this poem because the language of this poem is very easy to understand. The poet has used very nice imaginary things as a child thinks. use of fingers of speech is excellent. And the love of a child towards his father is really a touching thing.  8. Write an imaginary letter to the moon to convey your feelings about it. Discuss it with your partner and draft a letter using the poem as a basis of or letter. Supporting points : (a) Sign of beauty (b) symbol of joy (c) infinite pleasure  (d) Urge to compose poems/songs/music. Dear Chandomama, You know how badly I miss you when you are not seen in the sky. I am watching you from my babyhood, you are the most favourite thing for me. I heard you in songs praising you, from my mother. You are the joy for children all over as well as for elders also, because of your beauty and the beauty you spread on the earth. And it makes, everything looks silvery and peaceful.  But mama there are few difficulties for us, many people from my village go to the city in the morning and come back late in the evening, in the darkness. And my father is also there. There are many difficulties in their way because your light does not reach there under the trees. So why don't you give us your moonseeds? I would sow them and there would be many small moons to light the route to my village. And my father will come early in the evening.  Don't you like me to become glad? Please, light the road or give me the magical light seeds.                                                                                                                   Yours lovingly,  Raju   Students may use their own ideas and should write it in their own words.  9. Discuss with your friend/brother/sister/your classmate and write your list of wishes to make your village town city people happy you can use the following words. great,          wish, share,       talk, help,          corporate, communicate Students should have a discussion in the classroom to get new ideas and make notes and get them checked by the teacher for Question 9. ____________________________________________________________________ वरील कवितेचे मराठीमध्ये स्पष्टीकरण पाहण्यासाठी क्लिक करा Explanation in Marathi