KSEEB Karnataka SSLC Solution Class 10 English Second Language – I am the Land
Board |
KSEEB (Karnataka Board) |
Exam |
SSLC (Class 10) |
Subject |
English |
Language |
2nd Language |
Chapter |
3 |
Chapter Name |
I am the Land |
Topic |
Solution of Question Answer/ Study Material and Notes |
I am the Land Class 10 English SSLC Study Material / Notes / Question Answer
Understand the poem
1.) Who do you think is the speaker of the poem?
Answer: The land is the speaker of the poem.
2.) “I wait,” in line one suggests the feeling of
a) annoyance
b) patience
c) disgust
(Choose the right mood of the speaker)
3.) In line 2 “you” is repeated. Do you think it refers to the same person? Who do you think that is?
Answer: Yes, “you” is the same person. I think it the man who destroys the land.
4.) Bring out the contrast between the reader and the speaker as suggested in lines 4, 5 and 6.
Answer: The contrast between the reader and the speaker is that the man says that he owns the land but the land waits. Man shouts but the land lies patiently. Man buys the land but the land waits. Man makes holes but the land just stare.
5.) “muddy holes” refers to
a) virtual holes in the land
b) intention of the speaker
c) commotion created by the reader.
6.) What does the phrase “car lot eyes stare” suggest? Try to imagine and draw, if you can, the picture suggested.
Answer: The above phrase suggests that the earth/land is staring its eyes at the lights of the cars.
7.) The poem introduces some types of people and things. Some actions associated with them are given below. Classify them appropriately as suggested in the poem.
Answer:
The land
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A common man/ a child | A war mongerer |
Waits
Rejoices Grows
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Sings
Dances Destroys Shouts Says he owns Tramples
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Chokes
Shoots Faces the challenge Kills
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8.) Pick out the line from the poem that expresses “self-assertion” of the speaker.
Answer: YOU CANNOT PUT A FENCE
AROUND THE PLANET EARTH
Read and appreciate
1.) “I wait,” is repeated five times in the poem. What quality of the speaker is highlighted with this repetition?
Answer: The quality of patience is highlighted here. Though man continues to destroy and exploit the land in his way, the earth/ land continues to bear with such cruelty with patience. No matter how hard the man is with the land, the land always has patience.
2.) The poem has figures of speech. One is given. “A chainlink necklace chokes me” is personification. Pick out one or two or more such figures of speech from the poem.
Answer: I am the land. I wait.
You shout. I lie patient
car lot eyes I stare…….
3.) The poem is not full of rhyming words. On the other hand, it makes us imagine some pictures like soldiers shooting, children dancing.
Pick out other images from the poem.
Answer: You shout. I lie patient
you buy me, I wait
car lot eyes I stare
4.) “YOU CANNOT PUT A FENCE
AROUND THE PLANET EARTH”
Is this a tone of weakness or self-assertion? Discuss.
Answer: The tone is definitely of self- assertion. Here the land suggests that despite man’s exploitation against it, it continues to bear patience. The land is sure enough that one cannot put a fence around the earth which is why the earth/the land is optimistic in attitude.
5.) Which line or lines do you enjoy reciting most? Give reasons for your choice.
Answer: YOU CANNOT PUT A FENCE
AROUND THE PLANET EARTH
I like the above lines the most. It shows that man is powerful enough to have fence around the earth. Though we have exploited the land in many ways, but still the earth is above us and nothing can make it weak.