KSEEB Karnataka SSLC Solution Class 10 English Second Language – Jazz Poem Two
Board |
KSEEB (Karnataka Board) |
Exam |
SSLC (Class 10) |
Subject |
English |
Language |
2nd Language |
Chapter |
5 |
Chapter Name |
Jazz Poem Two |
Topic |
Solution of Question Answer/ Study Material and Notes |
Jazz Poem Two Class 10 English SSLC Study Material / Notes / Question Answer
Understand the poem
1.) Read the first stanza and see how closely the description of the Jazz player is made and fill in the columns in the table.
1. Face | Wrinkled- face, full of worries, rough and unshaven face |
2. Eyes | Closed-eyes, still down eyes |
3. Ears | Still closed ears |
4. Shirt | Faded-blue old shirt, turns dark with sweat |
5. Collar | Frayed- collar |
6. Jacket | Worn out, old |
7. Shoes | Run-down shoes and has papers in them |
2.) Why do you think the Jazz player keeps his head down? [lines 1-6]
Answer: The Jazz player was an old man who had lost interest in his life. He was lonely and sad so he kept his head down.
3.) The word ‘old’ has been repeated several times in the first two stanzas. What does this suggest?
Answer: The word ‘old’ has been repeated to show that not only he was old in age, but all the things he possessed was also old.
4.) What description do the lines from 13 to 18 suggest about the Jazz player?
Answer: The lines 13 to 18 suggest that the old man had completely lost interest in his life. He didn’t care about his clothes or how he looked. He had pain that could be seen on his wrinkled face. He was lonely.
5.) a) Read the lines from 19 to 25 carefully. Is there any change in the stature of the Jazz player?
Answer: Yes, we do find some changes in the stature of the Jazz player. He has his head still down and eyes closed but ears opened up.
- b) Now read the lines from 31 to 35. Can you guess what he is meditating on?
Answer: He was mediating that he wanted to tell to the world loudly that he was the Black Man.
6.) How has he held his instrument?
Answer: He held his saxophone was hung from his neck by a wire coat hanger.
7.) Read the lines from 29 to 41. It gives a picture. Can you imagine that? Try to get that picture in your mind. If you can, draw the picture.
Answer: The old man undergoes a transformation when he plays the instrument. As he preaches his Black Gospel of Jazz though his music, he gets changed into a bird which soars high in the sky. This has a symbolic meaning as when the man is free; he is happy and no more alone. It shows that how magic has wonderful impact.
8.) ‘Preaching it with words’ (line 35). What does ‘it’ stand for here?
Answer: Black Gospel of the Jazz
9.) ‘He is no longer a man’, says the poet (line37).Who else is he supposed to be if he is no longer a man?
Answer: Had he been no longer a man, the black man would be a bird.
10.) Read the last ten words of the poem. You may observe a change in the tone. What is that about?
Answer: There is a depressed tone in the last ten words of the poem. When the old man again goes back to reality, he is no longer a bird and there is once again alone. He goes back to his original stage of sad life.
Read and appreciate
1.) Usually a poem is written in a stanza form with a rhyme scheme. Check and find out whether this poem follows any rhyme scheme. You may compare this poem with the poem, “Seal” given below.
Answer: The poem doesn’t have such rhyme scheme. It is a free verse.
2.) Refer to the last stanza of ‘Jazz Poem Two’. Do you find anything extraordinary in the shape of the poem? Check the length of each line carefully. Why do you think lines 41, 42 and 43 are different from others? What does it suggest?
Answer: The lines 41, 42 and 43 show the free spirit of the man when he got transformed into a bird. It stresses on the intensity of the emotions of the old man.
3.) The poem is full of images [word pictures]. Some examples are given. Now find as many images as you can in the poem.
a) wrinkled old face.
b) sagging stomach
c)still down eyes
d) rough down head
e) still down ears
4.) Is there a simile in the poem? If so, identify it.
Answer: There he stands, see?
like a black Ancient Mariner*
In the above lines, there is a comparison between the old man and Ancient Mariner . Both gave the message to the world through their music.