{"id":70,"date":"2021-05-30T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/class10.studyguruji.in\/index.php\/2021\/05\/30\/martha-walter-dala-mare\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T16:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:08:01","slug":"martha-walter-dala-mare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/class10.studyguruji.in\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"MARTHA \u2014 Walter Dala Mare"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

EXERCISE<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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A. Pre reading questions :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Answer the questions briefly :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Q.1. Do you have dreams ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Yes, I do have.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.2. When you wake up from sleep, do you find your dreams as real as events of life ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Sometimes the dreams do reflect the events and happenings of real life but sometimes those are fictitious too.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.3. Have you read any fairy tale ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Yes, I have read few fairy tales also.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.4. Do you find its events real as in life ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Most of the fairy tales are based on imagination and are away from real life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.5. Does it have any logical sequence of events ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Mostly it does not deside logical sequence of real life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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B. While reading Questions :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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B.1. Write [ T ] for true and [F] for false for the following sentences :<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Martha tells her stories over and over again. [T] <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

2. If one watches her eyes it seems story is told by her beautiful eyes. [T] <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Her stories were turbulent. [F] <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

4. She would sit with clasped hands round her neck .,[F] <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Martha would tell her stories in greenish brown valley.[T] <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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B.2. Answer the questions briefly :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Q.1. What does Martha do in the Hazel glen ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Martha would tell us her stories in the Hazel glen.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.2. What is the colour of Martha eyes?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The eyes are clear grey in colour.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.3. Who are stering at ease ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The poet says \u201d We on our elbows started at ease.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.4. How do they sit to listen Martha\u2019s story ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>They would sit with their elbows rolled .<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.5. How half at the stories were told?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Half of the story has been told by describing the features of the personality of Martha. The description of fairies matched with that of Martha, the story teller herself. So it gave an impression that a fairy was herself narrating the story.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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B.3. Fill in the blanks on the basis of your reading of the poem :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Like a dream you dream in<\/span><\/u> <\/span>the night.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Fairies and gomes stole out<\/span><\/u>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

In<\/span><\/u> <\/span>the leaf green light.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

And her beauty far a way.<\/span><\/u><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Would fade as her voice ran on<\/span><\/u>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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C. Questions with long answers :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Q.1. Describe Martha\u2019s physical features.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Martha\u2019s eyes were gray and clear. She was beautiful and had an effect of tranquility on her face. She would sit with her two Slim hands clasped round her bended knees.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.2. Do you find this poem like a dream ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Dream is a sequence story mostly based on imagination. In this poem too there is a description of fairies and gnomes which are not world by objects.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Hence it can be said to be a poem based on dreams.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.3. How this poem ends ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The poem ends with a note of quietness and giving a felling of traveling in the past age and time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.4. Do you think that Martha and children are enjoying stories ?<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Yes, they are. It is very much apparent from the posture of both the story teller and the listener.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Martha sits with her two Slim hands clasped round her bended knees while the children with their rolled elbows are staring with ease towards the story teller. It reflects that they are enjoying the stories..<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.5. Martha beings with happy and trenquil note and ends with sadness. Discuss it with reference to the poem.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Perhaps because the story stars in the present and ends in the past. The past gives a sense of sadness. The whole scene fades out as hazel and summer sun. all were gone.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q.6. Explain the mood of the poet when he says\u201d Our hearts stood still in the hush of an age gone by.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The mood is pensive and throughful. The poet feels some vacuum in heart as this memories have to a stand still position drawing a picture of age gone by.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Q .7. Describe poet\u2019s feeling when he started the poem.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The poet bears a romantic felling while describing the features of Martha. The poem takes a start with an optimistic note and feeling of happiness .<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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D. Word Study :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Ex. Use following words in sentences.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1. Slim = He looks quite slim.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Tranquil = Tranquility prevailed on the bank of the river.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Stare = He was staring with his big eyes.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Grave = Mohan bears a grave personality.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Clasp = He had clasped his hands round his knees.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ex. Rearrange the jumble words taken from the lesson.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Misl      <\/span>= slim <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Rou       <\/span>= our<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Nduro   <\/span>= Round <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Rdwo    <\/span>= word<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Denb     <\/span>= Bend<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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F.1 Grammar :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Auxiliary verbs are grouped in two categories : <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Primary auxiliary verbs and modal auxiliary verbs.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ex : Martha would tell us \u2014 here were would suggest insistence.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Now choose modal verbs used in the poem and the meaning they convey.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/span>She would sit with her two = suggest intention .<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/span>Would fade as her voice = suggests possibility.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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F.2. Figure of Speech :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Simile and Metaphor :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Similie<\/b> : Comparison between two dissimilar objects is called simile. It is usually compared by words \u2018like \u2018 and \u2018 as ,<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Find<\/b> out used by the poet in this poem :<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Tranquil as dreams.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Like a dream .<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

As her voice ran on.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

And like clouds.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Metaphor<\/b> : It is way of comparing things by attributing qualities to the subject.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ex: He is Shakespeare of his school.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Do you find any metaphor in the poem ? Pick out if any.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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G. Activities :<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Prepare a short speech on land sliding on hills.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ans.<\/span><\/b> <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Respected chairman , regarded guests , my class teacher and my friends.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

I am speaking to you today on the a very sensitive subject of land slides on the hills. This is passing a great problem for the debris may carry them away two hundred fact down the hills. So that people live in a mental state of panic every time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

So I appeal to the local administration to do something urgently to do something so that people are saved from this castatrophe. These land slides are posing a big problem on the hills.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Translation :<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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1. \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0917\u0940\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

My grandmother will tell some short stories.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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2.\u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0901\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0930\u0902\u0917 \u0939\u0932\u094d\u0915\u093e \u092d\u0942\u0930\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The colour of his eyes is light brown.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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3. \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u0914\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092e\u093e\u0917 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0941\u0915\u0942\u0928<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0926\u0947\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories provided peace and tranquility to our heart and mind or stories have soothing effect on our heart and mind.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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4. \u092a\u0939\u093e\u0921\u093c\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u093e\u0926\u0932 \u0925\u0947\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

There were clouds on the hills.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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5. \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u091c \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

He has a melodious voice or she has a sweet voice.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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6. \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093e\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

I had a dream.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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7. \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0947 \u2013 \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0947 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u091c \u0915\u092e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

He lost his voice slowly.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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8. \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u092c\u0948\u0920 \u0917\u092f\u093e\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

My heart drowned.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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9. \u0939\u092e \u090f\u0915\u091f\u0915 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0925\u0947\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

We kept gazing.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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10. \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0902\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0927\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0939 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

His eyes reveal half the truth.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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GLOSSARY AND NOTES<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Glen (noun): \u0938\u0902\u0915\u0930\u0940 \u0918\u093e\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0930\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Tranquil (Adj.) : \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924 , \u0928\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Slim (Adj.) : \u0926\u0941\u092c\u0932\u093e , \u092a\u0924\u0932\u093e\u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Clasped (verb): \u092a\u0915\u0921\u093c\u0928\u093e\u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Stared (verb): \u090f\u0915\u091f\u0915 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u093e \u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Grave (Adj): \u0917\u092e\u094d\u092d\u0940\u0930\u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Fairies (noun): \u0905\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e\u0964 <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Hash (noun): \u0936\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u0932\u0940 \u0964<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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