GRADE 7 A,B,C, POEM - THE VAGABOND

 Date-21-4-21

 Day - Wednesday

Topics Taught-  Poem The Vagabond  Pg. 6 Give to me the life I love…And the road below me

Learning Outcomes: The student will be able to: 

* Critically appreciate the poem

* Identify the theme of the poem 

* Identify and explain the figurative language used in the poem

HOME WORK- Recite and learn the poem 

 Date-22-4-21

 Day - Thursday

Topics Taught-  Poem The Vagabond Pg. 7 Or let autumn fall on me…And the road below me

Learning Outcomes: The student will be able to

*Analyse the theme of the poem 

* Identify and explain the figurative language used in the poem

HOME WORK-  Write new words. meaning and sentences and word galaxy in n.b

Poem 2

 The Vagabond

New words

1. Lave

2. Haven

3. Linger

4.Afield

 

Meanings and sentences.

1. Lave- Flowing water body.

Sentence- The nomads loves to have lave beside them

2. Haven- a safe or peaceful place:

Sentence- The garden was a haven from the noise and bustle of the city..

3.Linger- to stay in a situation or place

Sentence- After School some students always linger around the building to talk to their friends. .

4.Afield- far away from their comfortable environment.

Sentence- While working afield in a foreign country, the young businessman was completely lost as to how to communicate or act in this new place.

Word galaxy.-  Write from T.B

Date- 23-4-21

 Day - Friday

Topics Taught- Discussion of textual Question and answer was done .

Home Work- Complete your N.B work.

Textual Answers:

1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow

 a) Give to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me, Give the jolly heaven above And the byway nigh me.

Ans  i. The poet is asking for the life he loves.

Ans ii. The poet wants his bed in the bush so that he can see the stars.

Ans  iii. The poet wants to lead a humble life and is happy to dip the bread in the river instead of a cup of tea.

Ans iv. Night

 b) Let the blow fall soon or late. Let what will be o’er me; Give the face of earth round and the road before me.

Ans i. The line ‘let the blow fall soon or late’ means let death come whenever it has to come.

Ans ii. The poet wants to live the life of a vagabond wandering to different places as he wishes. He only wants the face of earth and the road before him.

Ansiii. The vagabond does not wish for wealth, hope, love or a friend.

Ansiv. Under/below

 2. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.  

Ans a) The poet chooses to be a vagabond because by being a vagabond he will be completely free and not have any restrictions. It is this care free life, without any aim or worries that makes him feel happy.

Ans b) The poet speaks of harsh conditions in autumn and winter that the vagabond may have to face while living in the open. However, the poet further states that even these harsh conditions will not stop a vagabond from living in the open because all he yearns for is freedom above everything else.

Ans c) The vagabond evokes images of clear skies, starry nights, dipping bread in the river, a long lengthy unending road, autumn leaves falling, vast open fields covered with leaves in autumn and snow in winter, fireside in some lonesome hut.

 3. Answer the following questions in 80-100 words.

Ans a) Robert Louis Stevenson's poem ‘The Vagabond’ represents the kind of life that the poet would love to live. All the narrator wants is, to live a life amidst nature surrounded by the heaven, the land, the birds and the river. A vagabond is a traveller and this poem describes a man filled with wanderlust for the open road. We know this through the lines that quote the poet’s thirst for travel.

Ans b) The poem celebrates a vagabond’s love for freedom and his love for outdoors. The vagabond loves his independence and is more than happy to spend his life in the open with grass for his bed and the stars for a roof. He is not interested in material possessions nor does he seek friends and family. The vagabond is aware of the harsh conditions in autumn and winter but that does not deter him from being out in the open. He knows that at some point of time he will have to face his Maker. But till then, all he asks is to be out in the open with the sky above him and the road ahead of him.