1.1 A Teenager's Prayer
Chit Chat
1) Give a rating of 1 to 5, to each of the
following.
खालील पर्यायांना १ ते ५ क्रमांक दया.
When you have to take important decisions what
do you generally do?
महत्वाचा
निर्णय घेत असतांना तुम्ही खालीलपैकी काय करतात?
Answer:
a) Consult parents/elders - 1
b) Contact friends for advice - 1
c) Pray to God for guidance- 4
d) Think deeply in silence - 2
e) Ask your teacher for help - 3
f) Toss a coin to decide – 5
2) In poetry, very often, there are lines in
which the poet seems to talk directly to an absent person, an abstract idea or
thing/object.
Such a tactic/device used by the poet is the
Figure of Speech 'Apostrophe'.
For example,
1) Twinkle, twinkle little star...............
2) Death! Where is thy sting?
3)
O Cave man! I wish I could live with you.
Now, complete the
following, creating examples of Apostrophe of your own.
खालील वाक्यात Apostrophe वापरून तुमची
वाक्ये बनवा.
Answer:
a) O, Life! How
challenging and joyful it is.
b) Dear God, Please help
me!
c) Books! You are my
true friends.
d) Exams! I am ready
to face you.
e) O, You beautiful
sky! Send the rain today.
Learn
more about Apostrophe:
Apostrophe-
a Figure of speech
When
in a sentence a direct address is made to the dead, lifeless objects, plants,
animals, birds, absent persons, God etc., it is the use of apostrophe.
एखादया अनुपस्थित व्यक्ती, निर्जीव वस्तू, मृत
व्यक्ती, वनस्पती, पशू, पक्षी, देव इत्यादिंना उद्देशून संवाद साधला असेल किंवा
संभाषण केलेले असेल तर तेथे 'Apostrophe' हे Figures
of speech असते.
Apostrophe-
a Punctuation Mark
The apostrophe is a
punctuation mark. In English it is used as follows.
1) The marking of the
omission of one or more letters.
e.g. do
not - don't, it’s - it is, the’re – they
are etc.
2) The marking of possessive case of nouns.
e.g. the
Raju's books, in one month's time, workers’
rights etc.
विराम चिन्ह म्हणून apostrophe चा वापर होतो.
एखादे लेटर वगळले आहे किंवा मालकी दाखवण्यासाठी apostrophe वापर होतो.
1) Choose the correct alternative and complete the given sentences.
a) According to the
poet, ------------------ are brought by each new day.
(new beginnings / new endings)
Answer: new beginnings
b) We must decide to take the road which leads to
------------------.
(great distress / great
success)
Answer: great success
C) The poet prays to the Lord to help him stand for what is ------------------.
(might / right)
Answer: right
D)
The poet wants to see
that his teenage
years have been
the ------------------ years of his life.
(worst / best)
Answer: best
2) Find and write the
pairs of rhyming
words from the
poem.
Answer:
1) make - take
2) success - distress
3) see - me
4) way - day
5) see - me
i) a a b b
ii) a b c d
iii) a b c b
iv) a b b a
Answer: a b c b
|
Column 'A' |
Column
'B' |
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i) Decisions, I must make |
a) Apostrophe |
|
ii) Please open
up my eyes,
dear Lord |
b) Inversion |
|
iii) Travel down the darkened road |
c) Metaphor |
|
iv) I can
choose to take
the road of
life |
d) Alliteration |
Answer:
|
Column 'A' |
Column
'B' |
|
i) Decisions, I must make |
Inversion |
|
ii) Please open
up my eyes,
dear Lord |
Apostrophe |
|
iii) Travel down the darkened road |
Alliteration |
|
iv) I can
choose to take
the road of
life |
Metaphor |
Alliteration:
Alliteration
is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase,
sentence etc.
जेव्हा एखादया वाक्यात
वेगवेगळ्या शब्दांच्या सुरुवातीला समान ध्वनी पुन्हा पुन्हा आलेले असतील तर तेथे Alliteration
असते.
e.g.
a) That life is lived its very
best.
b) Raju brings himself to the bank
of a bay.
c) He holds his head
high.
d) काकूने काकाचे कामाचे कागद कात्रीने कापून
काढले.
Find out
more examples of Alliteration from other poems in your book.
Answer:
e.g.
1) Each day brings new
beginnings.
2) Decisions I must
make.
3) Bring out the best
in me.
4) That I might keep my
body clean.
1.1 A Teenager's Prayer. (My English Coursebook Standard Ten.)
This video is the explanation of the poem A Teenager's Prayer by J. Morse. It is the poem from 10th standard English course book. This video explains the poe...
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Title |
‘A Teenager’s Prayer’ |
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Poet |
J. Morse |
|
Rhyme Scheme |
The rhyme scheme of the poem is
‘a b c b’ |
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Figures of Speech |
Inversion: Decisions I must
make. The words are not in a correct
prose order. The correct word order is ‘I must make decisions’. Alliteration: Travel down
the darkened road. The sound of letter ‘d’ is
repeated. Metaphor: I can choose to take
the road of life. The ‘road of life’ is compared
with ‘journey of life’. |
|
Theme/ Central Idea |
It is a Prayer by Teenager.
Teenage is a very important age in everyone's life. The poet tells that God
can show him the proper way. God in the poem is the symbol of the person's
inner mind, family or society. Here he learns to differentiate the right or just
things with the wrong or the worst. |
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