STD 9 ENGLISH POEM – 1 THE RIVER આ મટીરિઅલ તૈયાર કરવામા શહેરી વિદ્યાર્થીઓની સાથે સાથે ખાસ કરીને ગ્રામ્યવિસ્તારના છેવાડાના વિદ્યાર્થીઓને વિષયવસ્તુ સમજવામાાં અને તૈયાર કરવામા સરળતા રહે તેનુ ખાસ ધ્યાન રાખવામા આવ્યુ છે.
સૌ પ્રથમ કાવ્યમા આવતા કેટલાક મહત્વના શબ્દો અને તેના અર્થ તૈયાર કરી લેવા જોઈએ, જેથી કાવ્ય સમજવામા સરળતા રહે.
Introduction of Unfamiliar words
to sparkle – ચમકવુ
pebble – કાંકરો
foliage – પાંદડા
to glance – જોવુ
to swell – મોટુ થવુ, વધવુ, ઉછળવુ
to rush – દોડવુ
rough – ખાડા ટેકરાવાળુ
smooth – ખાડા ટેકરા વિનાનુ, સમતલ
to brawl – ખળખળ વહેવુ
to leap – કૂદવુ
rock – પથરો
bank – કિનારો, કાંઠો
to sweep – ઝડપથી પસાર થવુ
Impetuous – અવિચારીપણે વર્તતુ, ઉન્મત્ત
youth – યુવાન, યૌવન
brimming – ભરેલુ, છલકતુ
broad – વિશાળ, પહોળૂ
deep – ઊંડુ
still – ગતિ વિનાનુ, શાંત, સ્થિર
to seem – લાગવુ
in motion – ગતિમાં
to tend – અમુક દિશામાં જવુ
Onward – આગળ
ocean – સમુદ્ર
mortal – માણસ
prime – શ્રેષ્ઠ ભાગ, શ્રેષ્ઠ સમય
headlong – એકદમ ઉતાવળથી કરેલુ
to dash – માં ધસી જવુ
hath – હોવુ
to sound – દોરી નાંખીને દરિયાની ઉંડાઇ માપવી
sail – દરિયાનો પ્રવાસ
to round – વાળવુ, પૂર્ણ કરવુ
eternity – અનંતકાળ
Read the stanza and answer the questions given below :
Stanza 1
River, river, little river!
Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Like a child at play.
1. What does the river do over the pebbles?
Ans. The river goes dancing over the pebbles.
2. Through what does the river glance?
Ans. The river glances through the flowers and foliage.
3. To who is the river compared?
Ans. The river is compared to a playful child.
4. Write the rhyming words in the stanza?
Ans. way-play, dancing-glancing
stanza 2
River, river swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Louder, faster, brawling, leaping,
Over rocks, by rose-banks sweeping
Like impetuous youth.
1. What does ‘swelling river’ mean?
Ans. ‘Swelling river’ means a growing river.
2. How does the river flow over the rocks?
Ans. The river flows louder, faster, brawling and leaping over the rocks.
3. How does the river flow by the rose-banks?
Ans. The river is sweeping by the rose-banks.
4. To who is the river compared?
Ans. The river is compared to a careless youth.
5. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.
Ans. smooth-youth, leaping-sweeping
stanza 3
River, river, brimming river!
Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion,
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prince.
1. What does ‘brimming river’ mean?
Ans. ‘Brimming river’ means an overflowing river.
2. Towards what is the river flowing?
Ans. The river is flowing towards the ocean.
3. To who is the river compared?
Ans. The river is compared to a middle-aged man.
4. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.
Ans. time-prime, motion-ocean
5. Explain ‘Seeming still, yet in motion’.
Ans. ‘Seeming still, yet in motion’ means the river appears to be
motionless, but still it is flowing quietly.
stanza 4
River, river, headlong river!
Down you dash into the sea,
Sea that line hath never sounded, Sea that sail hath never
rounded,Like Eternity.
1. Where does the river dash into?
Ans. The river dashes into the sea.
2. To what is the sea compared?
Ans. The sea is compared to Eternity.
3. Why does the poet compare the sea to Eternity?
Ans. The poet compares the sea to Eternity because the depth of the sea
can never be measured and it keeps on flowing endlessly.
4. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.
Ans. Round-sounding
Rhyming Words:
way – play
dancing – glancing
smooth – youth
leaping – sweeping
time – prime
motion – ocean
sea – eternity
sounded – rounded
Give the opposites:
1. louder – softer
2. faster – slower
3. broad – narrow
4. deep – shallow
5. Wider – narrower
Add a rhyming word:
1. dancing, glancing, prancing
2. leaping, sweeping, reaping
3. motion, ocean, commotion
4. Arrow, narrow, borrow
5. time, prime, lime
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Std-9 English Poem-1 The River :- MCQ