"TRY AGAIN"
By: W. E. Hickson
Q: What is the lesson taught in the first stanza?
Ans: The lesson taught in the first stanza is about striving and not to yield, the poet says that we should not be
afraid of any failure but continue our struggle till we get our target or be
successful in our endure.
Q: Give an example of struggle from your life?
Ans: Student will devise own answer that can vary from person to person.
Q: Why is the poet repeating the sentence 'try again'? OR Why is the poet repeating the sentence “Try Again” in the poem?
Ans: The poet is repeating the sentence 'try again' in third stanza to
emphasize and highlight the importance of trying again. He wants the readers to
have patience and not to give up as if someone else can do a thing then anyone
can do the same with patience. On other hand, it is also said that the reward
of patience is sweet.
Q: Why is trying again important in life?
Ans: Trying again is
important in life because it helps to lead a successful life. Mostly people
give up and quit right before their biggest discoveries are made. In that
moment when we want to quit, we must remember that the next attempt could be
the jack pot. Just keeping determination to complete the task, is the real name
of the game. An outstanding person keeps going on even in the most difficult
situations. Problem-free life never makes a strong person. Be strong to accept
the challenges of life and don't ask life “Why Me” instead say “Try Me”.
STANZA #: 01.
'Tis a lesson you should heed
Try again;
If at first you don't succeed,
Try again.
Then your courage should appear;
For if you will persevere,
You will conquer, never fear,
Try again.
QUESTIONS:
Q: What is the
name of the poet of the poem “Try Again”?
Ans: The poem "Try Again" has been composed by famous British
educational writer "W. E. Hickson”. W. E Hickson’s complete name was
William Edward Hickson and he is commonly known as Richman Hopson as well.
Q: What is the meaning of “heed”?
Ans: Word heed means “to keep in mind or to pay attention”.
Q: What is the result of perseverance? OR What will be the result of perseverance?
Ans: We will conquer our fears and be
successful in winning over the difficulties.
Q: What should you do in case of failure?
Ans: If we fail, we should not give up but
keep trying again and again.
Q: When should you show courage? OR When should courage appear?
Ans: Our courage should appear in times of
test.
Q: What does the word 'persevere' mean?
Ans: The word persevere means to persist or to continue. It also means to persist steadily in an action of belief.
STANZA #: 02.
Once or twice though you should fail,
If you would at last prevail,
Try again. If we strive, 'tis no disgrace
Though we did not win the race
What should you do in that case?
Try again.
QUESTIONS:
Q: What is the name of the poet of the poem “Try Again”?
Ans:
The poem "Try Again" has been composed by famous British
educational writer "W. E. Hickson”. W. E Hickson”s complete name was
William Edward Hickson, and he is commonly known as Richman Hopson as well.
Q: What can we learn from failure?
Ans: We can learn
about our weaknesses and shortcomings from the failure and can improve
ourselves to avoid repeating those. We also learn patience, gain experience and
develop our analytical skills through failure and looking into the reasons of
failure. We come to learn that what mistakes we have done and faults we
have in attempting for something. We can be a better and improved person by
overcoming our shortcomings and avoiding the mistakes we have done before.
Q: How many times should we try?
Ans: We should keep trying again and again till we achieve our goal.
Every time we try one thing, we always learn new things and overcome our
previous shortcomings.
Q: What is meant by “you would at last prevail”?
Ans: “You would
at last prevail” means that
you will be successful at the end.
Q: How is failure not a disgrace?
Ans: It is true that failure is not a disgrace because wise
men learn from their failures, they try again carefully and avoiding the
mistakes they committed before at last get success and become respectable.
Q: How many times should we try and why?
Ans: We should keep
trying again and again till we achieve our goal. Every time we try one thing,
we always learn new things and overcome our previous shortcomings.
Q: What should we do if we don't win the race?
Ans: If we don’t win the race we should not be hopeless and should not
give up hope but keep trying till we achieve our goal.
Q: "If we strive, it is no disgrace," explain this
sentence.
Ans: The expression
"If we strive, it is no disgrace" means that if we strive and fail,
try again after failure then there is no disgrace in it. Every successful man
has failed at least once in life and the failure has paved way for his / her
success.
STANZA #: 03.
If you find your task is hard.
Try again;
Time will bring you your reward.
Try again;
All that other folk can do,
Why with patience should not you?
Only keep this rule in view,
Try again.
QUESTIONS:
Q: What should we do if we find a task hard?
Ans: If we find our
task hard we should not give up hope and keep trying till we achieve our goal.
Q: What rule we should keep in view? OR Which
rule is necessary for success in life OR
What rule does the poet state in this stanza?
Ans: We must keep the rule of trying till we
achieve our goal in view for our success.
Q: What will one accomplish trying for a hard task?
Ans: One will achieve many things like patience, learning from own mistakes
and to overcome our fears from trying for a hard task.
Q: What kind of task demands patience?
Ans: Any and every kind of hard task demands patience.
Q:
What is the key to success mentioned in the stanza? OR How does patience help in hard tasks?
Ans: Patience and continuous effort is the key to success.
Q: What is the reward of time?
Ans: The reward of time is ultimate success.
Q: What is it that all other folk do?
Ans: All other folks can do anything with their will power and effort.
The Rain
By: Dr. Hartmann
POEM
COMPREHENSION:
Q: What does the poet hear?
Ans:
The poet hears leaves drinking rain.
Q: What according to the poet is a sweet noise?
Ans: According to poet, falling of rain drops
on the leaves drop after drop is a sweet noise.
Q: What will happen after the rain stops?
Ans: The sun will shine after the rain has
stopped. Sun will shed its light equally on all the leaves.
Q: How does sun come out after the rain?
Ans: The sun will come out with a wondrous
light that will fill each dark, round drop.
Q: How does the light fill the drops?
Ans: The sunlight will fill each dark, round
drop with a wondrous light.
Q: What makes the scene lovely?
Ans: The beauty of sun shining after the rain
and filling each drop with its wondrous light makes the scene lovely.
Q: Identify use of Metaphor in the poem and answer these questions.
Ans: The poet has used leaves, sun and
sunlight as metaphors. Rich leaves which symbolize rich people of the society,
poor leaves symbolizing poor part of the society and sun representing Nature
and its blessings for mankind.
Q: What do the rich leaves symbolize?
Ans: Rich leaves symbolize rich people of the
society.
Q: What do the poor leaves stand for?
Ans: Poor leaves symbolize poor part of the
society
Q: What does the sun symbolize?
Ans: The sun symbolizes nature and countless
blessings of nature in poem.
Q: Which object is being personified in the poem?
Ans: Tree leaves and Raindrops have been
personified in the poem.
Q: Which human traits are given to that object?
Ans:
The human traits “drinking” and
“quenching their thirst” have been given to the leaves in poem.
STANZA #: 01.
I hear leaves drinking rain;
I hear rich leaves on top
Giving the poor beneath
Drop by drop;
‘Tis a sweet noise to hear
These green leaves drinking water
QUESTIONS:
Q: Give the name of the poet. OR
What is the name of the poet?
Ans: This stanza has
been taken from the poem “The Rain” which is composed by “W. H. Davies.”
Q: What does the poet hear?
Ans: The poet hears
leaves drinking water and after quenching their thirst passing the remaining
water to lower leaves drop by drop.
Q: What do the rich and the poor leaves symbolize?
Ans: The poet has used leaves, sun and sunlight as metaphors. Rich and the Poor leaves symbolize both parts of human society. i.e
Rich leaves symbolize Elite Class that enjoys all the luxuries whereas the
lower leaves represent Poor class which has to suffer for even basic needs of
life at times.
Q: Which problem of society has been highlighted in the stanza? (2014-Annual-A)
Ans: Unfair distribution of assets and basic
needs of life in society have been discussed and highlighted in the stanza.
Q: What is the sweet sound for the poet?
Ans: The drinking of
water by green leaves is a sweet sound to hear for the poet.
Q: Why is the noise sweet to the poet?
Ans: The noise is sweet to hear for the poet
as he can imagine that the rich are taking care of the poor and though at last
yet poor are getting their due share in basic needs and blessings of life.
STANZA: 02.
And when the sun comes out.
After this rains shall stop,
A wondrous light will fill
Each dark. round drop;
I hope the sun shines bright
It will be a lovely sight.
QUESTIONS:
Q:
How does the scene look after the rain?
Ans:
The scene after the rain looks wonderful
as the sunlight fills each dark and round drop with its wondrous light.
Q: How is the poet hopeful? OR What is the hope of the poet?
Ans: The poet is hopeful that the sun will shine
rightly on the tree without any difference of rich or poor leaves and will
share its light equally with the whole tree. He is hopeful that there will be
equality in the society. The differences and injustice will be no more and
humans will live with equity.
Q: How does the scene look after the rain?
Ans: The Scene is
wonderful after the rain as a wondrous light will fill each dark, round drop of
water and will make it glisten.
Q: What will happen when the sun will come out?
Ans: When the sun
will come-out it will be a lovely sight to see everything fresh and washed by
rainwater.
Q: What will fill the drops after the rain stops?
Ans: When the rain
will stop each dark, round drop will be filled by a wondrous light.
Q: What is the hope of Poet?
Ans: The poet hopes
that the sun will shine bright to share its light with the world.
Q: What change in the weather does the poet expect?
Ans: The poet expects that the sun will come
out after the rain and there will be Brightness all around the world. Each dark
and round drop will be filled with wonderful sunlight to make the scene lovely.
Q: Enlist all the Adjectives and Adjective Phrases in the stanza.
Ans:
Adjectives and Adjective Phrases used in
the stanza are wondrous light, dark, round drop, shines bright and lovely
sight.