Maharashtra Board Class 12 English Solution Chapter 2.3 – The Inchcape Rock
Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 12 English Solution Chapter 2.3: The Inchcape Rock. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 12 get here The Inchcape Rock full Exercise Solution.
Std |
Maharashtra Class 12 |
Subject |
English |
Chapter |
2.3 |
Chapter Name |
The Inchcape Rock |
Ice breakers:
1.) Sailors, captain, ship, voyage, waves, ocean, rock, storm.
2.) The functions of a lighthouse are: to show the direction, to give warning about coming dangers in darkness, to send signals for the ships.
3.)
Famous rock | Place |
Balancing rock | Mahabalipuram |
The London stone | England |
Blarney stone | Ireland |
Plymouth rock | USA |
4.) Once we used to play with neighbour friends in our locality. Though we read in different schools still we used to share everything among us. One of those friends was very creative minded and made his all school projects by his own. We were surprised to view one of his specific school projects which he made from waste products like dust, dry leaves, branches and spices. We got inspired to see his beautiful work and encouraged him to do more. Then one day we had a fight during play time in ground for some trivial issue. But one friend hold grudges and disrupted the whole project to take revenge. After that day the friend did not talk with us for a long time and never came to play with us again. We felt very bad for such a juvenile action of that friend and apologised to him as well. But we still could not forget the incident and feel bad whenever we remember.
Brainstorming:
A1.) the scene described in the beginning of the poem is well-explained in the first two stanzas. The entire environment of the sea was so still and calm that the sound of waves was also not felt. The air, the sea and the ship all were in peaceful manner to adjust with the waves. The sea waves were so smooth and tamed that their sounds did not create any warnings. The rise or fall of sea waves did not make the Inchcape bell to ring and give signals.
A2.) i.)
a.) The Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape rock because in the storm it floated and swung to send warning ring over the waves.
b.) The mariners were grateful to the Abbot of Aberbrothok because the serge’s swell hid the rock and the mariners knew about perilous rock from the warning bell.
c.) The result of the thick haze that covered the sky was that they could not see the sun on high.
d.) The rover in frustration pulled his hair and cursed himself because the waves rushed in every side and the ship was sinking into tides.
ii.) b) the Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on a buoy on the rock.
a.) The waves were so small that they did not move enough to ring the bell at the Inchcape rock.
d.) Ralph bent over from the boat.
c.) There was a thick haze spread over the atmosphere.
e.) Sir Ralph cursed himself in despair and in his frustration tore his hair.
iii.) qualities of the abbot of aberbrothok- benevolent, big-hearted, self-less, caring, practical, compassionate.
iv.) Jealousy is one of the negative characteristic traits which calls other miseries with it. Sometimes jealousy even transforms good person in its worst state. In jealousy people tend to forget right and wrong things and make their opposite person enemies. They forget their own good and individual choices in the process of comparing themselves with others. Jealousy becomes the reason of conflicts between two friends which increases the distance too. When people are in jealousy they just focus on their own satisfaction of mind for which they do not think twice before doing any harm of others. In this ongoing harming no one can see growth neither in them nor in their relation with others.
v.) Sir Ralph was in happiness and chilling mood for his wicked plan which was related to harming someone else. He was satisfied with his plan which created immense joy in his mind.
A3.)
a.) Helps in steering the ship. – wheel
b.) The lowest part of the ship. – orlop
c.) Floating object that shows direction. – buoy
d.) Another name for a ship. – boat
e.) Sinking sound. – gurgling
A4.) ii.)
Examples | Figure of speech | Explanation |
1. Sir ralph the rover tore his hair | Alliteration | The close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
2. No stir in the air no stir in the sea | Alliteration, repetition | The repetition of the consonant sound ‘s’.
The word no stir has been repeated two times. |
3. On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung | Inversion, personification | The words have been arranged in poetic style.
The Inchcape bell has been given the animate image of floating and swinging. |
4. Down sank the bell with a gurgling sound | Inversion, onomatopoeia | The arrangement of words has been done in poetic order.
The word gurgling is used for giving the sound effect made by bell stunk in ocean. |
5. The devil below was ringing his knell | Onomatopoeia | The word ringing denotes the sound created by the bell. |
6. The ship was as still as she could be | Alliteration, personification | Repetition of ‘s’.
The ship is personified with the feminine pronoun she. |
7. On the deck the rover takes his stand | Inversion | The words has been arranged in a style to give poetic effect. |
8. Oh Christ! | Apostrophe | A direct address for an absent object. |
A5.) i.) the Inchcape rock is a poem written by Robert Southy which is a ballad of seventeen stanzas which are quatrains. The main aim of the poem is giving message that bad intentions always meet with bad endings through the string of fate. The entire followed significant poetic style which is followed by the rhyming scheme aabb. The poet has incorporated many figure of speeches like alliteration, metaphor, exclamation, personification, repetition, inversion etc. with the usage of many old English words. Using of words like steady ship, gurgling sound, hazy sky, light sky etc. which vividly expressed the theme of the poem. The perfect use of symbolism has been done through abbot and sir ralph which are good and evil respectively in the poem. Though the poem has been written long ago still it is relevant to understand the scenarios of present world. People often tend to come with evil plan for harming others where they themselves get harmed by the chance of fate. For the negative traits of jealousy human suffers for long which is depicted well in the poem.
A6.) a.) pride goes before a fall:
Pride goes before a fall is an English proverb which is proverb used for describing the consequences of unnecessary pride of humans. When people behave in pride and talk with others in arrogant manner that results in negative way. Those people will lose others and have to suffer in future for that as well.
b.) Time and tide wait for none:
Time and tide wait for none is an English proverb used for explain the value of passing time. Time is crucial thing of everybody’s life which cannot be taken back from life again. Once the time passed all its importance and actions are also gone with it. So, we all should not waste our valuable time and invest it wisely in important things without delaying anything.
c.) Man proposes, god disposes:
Man is the ultimate creator of his own life for which they need to plan and take actions accordingly. Though man goes through their plan and do hard work for achieving their goals still they fail sometimes. For that they become helpless and feel depressed in the difficult situation. But they forget that behind everything god has the superpower who planned everything according to his plan. Everything comes to us according to the universe and the god’s plan. Without it we can do nothing or expect anything different. Our responsibility is to give our best efforts behind every plan to meet our life goals and the rest is in god’s hand who is seeing everything. So, we must work effortlessly for making our plans successful.
d.) Look before you leap:
We must think well before taking any decision or doing any action as actions cannot be revert in same place again. Spoken words cannot be taken back too. We should think well about the consequences beforehand so that we do not have to regret later. We have to figure out all the possibilities first before taking any action which will make us mentally prepared eventually.
ii) The two sets of lines depicts two different mood in the poem. In the first two lines it has shown that the sea is completely calm and still. The sea waves could not manage the Inchcape bell to ring. The second part shows the vulnerable situation when Sir Ralph’s ship passed through it. The ship collided with the Inchcape rock and it became invisible for sudden rise of water level.