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Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 7th English Solutions Term 2 Poem Chapter 2 Wandering Singer
B. Pick out the rhyming pairs from the poem and fill in the table.
C. Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
Where the voice of the wind calls our wandering feet Whose ‘Wandering feet’ is referred to here?
Answer:
The feet of the wandering singers are referred to here.
With lutes in our hands ever-singing, we roam,
All men are our kindred, the world is our home.
(a) Who does ‘we’ refer to? What do they have in their hands? What is its name?
Answer:
‘We’ refers to the wandering singers. They have a musical instrument in their hands. Its name is ‘lute’.
(b) How are the men in the world related to the singers?
Answer:
All the men in the world are considered to be relatives by the singers.
Question 3.
Our lays are of cities whose lustre is shed,
Here ‘Lays’ means ________
(a) lying down
(b) stories
(c) to keep
Answer:
(b) stories
Question 4.
The laughter and beauty of women long dead
Explain the meaning of the above line.
Answer:
The wandering singers sing about old kings and old cities. These kings and their people are dead now. The women were dead now. Their laughter and beauty are dead.
Writing
D. Answer in a paragraph.
What does Sarojini Naidu say about the Wandering Singers? Write in your own words. (in about 60 words)
Answer:
The wandering singers are in a group. They are poor and homeless. They do not stay in a particular place. They wander from place to place singing songs. In their songs, they tell stories about old wars, old kings, and old cities. They say that they have no hope or dreams. They see no love or joy.
E. Think and answer.
Question 1.
Are the singers homeless travellers? Why do you think so?
Answer:
Yes, they are homeless travellers because they wander from town to town and from village to village to spread the message of love through their singing.
Question 2.
Do the singers have hopes and dreams? if not, why?
Answer:
The wandering singers have no dreams or hopes of their own. They go wherever the wind calls them.
Wandering Singer Additional Questions
I. Poem Comprehension:
Question 1.
Our lays are of cities whose lustre is shed,
The laughter and beauty of women long dead;
The sword of old battles, the crown of old kings,
And happy and simple and sorrowful things.
(a) Whose lustre is shed?
Answer:
The cities lustre (glory) is shed (lost).
(b) Whose laughter and beauty had the poet mentioned here?
Answer:
She had mentioned the laughter and beauty of the women in the past.
(c) What do you mean by the word ‘lustre’?
Answer:
It means ‘the glory’ of the cities.
(d) Do they also sing of sorrowful things?
Answer:
Yes, they do sing of sorrowful things.
II. Poetic Devices:
Question 1.
Where the voice of the wind calls our wandering feet,
Through echoing forest and echoing street,
Pick out rhyming words in these lines.
Answer:
The rhyming words are ‘feet – street’.
Question 2.
And happy and simple and sorrowful things.
Pick out the alliterated words.
Answer:
‘Simple – sorrowful’ are alliterated words.
III. Short Questions and Answers.
Question 1.
What is wandering singers about?
Answer:
Wandering singers are a band of folk singers who wander from place to place according to the call of the wind. It can either be a town, village or forest.
Question 2.
How do the singers sing?
Answer:
The singers sing songs with lutes, in their hands and travelling from place to place.
Question 3.
What has happened to the cities?
Answer:
It has been seized by wars, famine, etc., so the beauty is gone.
Question 4.
What does, “The laughter and beauty of women long-dead” mean?
Answer:
The laughter and beauty have died because of wars or because of famine.
Question 5.
What songs do the singers sing about the sword of old battles?
Answer:
They sing about the brave warriors who fought bravely with the sword.
Question 6.
Why do the singers feel nostalgic for the crown of old kings?
Answer:
They feel nostalgic because, during the king’s period, these singers used to get rewards, which made them lead a comfortable life.
Question 7.
‘What hope shall we gather, what dreams shall we sow’? Explain these lines.
Answer:
The poetess tells us that the wandering singers cannot have any hope or dream of a bright future because of their wandering nature.
Question 8.
Do the singers stay in one place or do it they?
Answer:
They wander about from one place to the other. The call of the wind determines where they go.
IV. Paragraph Questions with Answers.
Question 1.
What is the song of the wandering singers about?
Answer:
The song is about a band of folk singers who wander from town to town and from village to village to spread the message of love through their singing. They play the lute, a musical instrument as they roam from place to place.
The theme of the song is about the swords of old battles and the crowns of old kings. They are also of the laughter and beauty of women in the past.
Question 2.
‘What hope shall we gather, what dreams shall we sow’ Explain this line in detail.
Answer:
Here the poetess seems to tell us about their sadness and about their future. They do not stay at one place. So they cannot gather hope and have dreams about their bright future. Their movements depend on the call of the wind. No love can make them go slow or no joy can bid them wait.
Warm-up
Discuss in pairs, circle the names of musical instruments from the grid. One is done for you.
Wandering Singer Summary
The poem “Wandering singers” by Sarojini Naidu is about a band of Folk singers who wander from town to town and from village to village to spread the message of love through their singing. They play the lute (a musical instrument) as they roam from place to place. The voice of the wind symbolizes the welcoming tone of the song that echoes through the forests and streets. To the wandering singers, all mankind are like their extended family and the world is their home. The theme of the songs that they sing goes back to stories of ancient battles or of old kings. They also have songs about the beauty of women and about happy and sad things.
The wandering singers have no dreams or hopes of their own; they go wherever the wind calls them. No love can make them go slow or no joy can bid them wait. The voice of the wind is the voice of their life and also their destiny.