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1], Ans, , 2], , An, , B, , 3], , Ans, , 4], , An, , n, , 5], , Ans, , TEXTUAL EXERCISE, , : Ret BALA LS 198, my fe ee, , Whose is the voice of the poem?, , :The voice of the poem is that of the blind boy., , ‘The blessing of the sight’ - line 3. Can you list out, a few of them?, , : The beautiful nature with its flora, fauna, mountains,, , valleys and rivers, the seasonal changes, our family, and friends, our homes and all the man-made, structures on earth - these are the blessings of the, sight., , How does the blind person understand whether it, is day or night?, , :The blind person can only feel the warmth of the, sun, but cannot understand the appearance of day, , and night. The people around him make him know, when it is day and when it is night., , Read lines 13 and 14. Who is sympathizing with, whom?, , ‘In lines 13 and 14, the people with sight sympathize, with the blind people and feel sorry for their plight., , How does the blind boy pacify himself? Quote the, lines that suggest this., , :The blind boy says that he patiently bears his lack, of sight because he has not lost anything. He simply, does not know whatitis like to have si ght. He does, not want to brood over what he does not have and, destroy the cheer of his mind. Thus, he pacifies, himself., , The lines that suggest this are:, , “But sure with patience I can bear, A loss I ne’er can know, , Then let not what I cannot have, My cheer of mind destroy.”, , , , , , , , ee ESS. 2 Sure nw te, , 1] Whodoyou think is the person addressed as ‘you’, in the poem?, , Ans :The ‘you’ in the poem refers to all the people gifteg, with eyesight. It addresses the people who read, the poem., , a] Read the first stanza carefully. The tone of the, speaker is OME Of «.....seesssereeeeenes [Fill in the blank, with the correct option.], , a] surprise b] curiosity c] sadness, , Ans: c] sadness, , 2] The blind boy can feel ...............00eee of the sun., [Fill in the blank], , Ans: the warmth, , 3] | What a normal person can easily understand is, almost a riddle to the blind boy. What is it?, , Ans :The blind boy does not know the difference between, day and night. He can only feel the warmth of the, sun but does not understand how the sun causes, day and night., , 4] Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem., , Ans, , ‘AC/BD AC/BD AC/BD AC/BD AC/BD, , Match the following and fr, , ame appropriate, sentence for e, , ach phrase thus matched., , , , , blessing of, cheer of, talk of, , a] blessing of sight - The blind boy wants to know, what the blessings of sight are like,, , b] cheer of mind - The blind boy did not want to, brood over what he did not have and destroy, , over what he did noth :, 6f mind. momave and destroy his cheer, , c] talk of wondrous thin, , wondrous things, sight, mind, , , , , , gs~- The bling boy said that, , ©y see and he, , people talk of wondrous things th, hat they were., , wanted to know w