CBSE Class 7 English Unseen Poem

INDIAN WEAVERS
Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay?
Blue as the wing of a bluebird wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright?
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.
Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill?
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
                                      -Sarojini Naidu

Q: Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.

(a) What do the weavers weave in the early morning?
 (i) a bright blue cloth
 (ii) a dull grey cloth
 (iii) a soft white cloth
 (iv) a red coloured veil

(b) The __________ is purple and green coloured.
 (i) dress of the weavers
 (ii) dress of a newborn child
 (iii) the queen's marriage veil
 (iv) the robe of a king

(c) Whom does the poet address in the poem?
 (i) weavers
 (ii) children
 (iii) queens
 (iv) all the above

(d) What do the weavers weave in the chilly moonlight?
 (i) a garment light as a feather
 (ii) a garment meant to cover a dead man
 (iii) a garment to keep away the chill
 (iv) a garment to wrap a newborn child in

(e) The three stages of life mentioned in the poem are _____________________
 (i) infancy, childhood and senility
 (ii) infancy, youth and death
 (iii) infancy, adolescence, middle age
 (iv) childhood, adulthood and senility

Answers:
(a)  (i) a bright blue cloth
(b)  (iii) the queen's marriage veil
(c)  (i) weavers
(d)  (ii) a garment meant to cover a dead man
(e)  (ii) infancy, youth and death

Question: Read the poem carefully and answer the questions by choosing the correct option:

  Beggarly Heart

  When the heart is hard and parched up,
  come upon me with a shower of mercy.
  When grace is lost from life,
  come with a burst of song.
  When tumultuous work raises its din on 
                all sides shutting me out from
  beyond, come to me, my Lord of silence, 
                with your peace and rest.
  When my beggarly heart sits crouched,  shut up in a corner,
          break open the door, my King, 
                 and come with the ceremony of a king.
  When desire blinds the mind with delusion and dust, 
                O you holy one,
  You wakeful, come with your light 
                 and your thunder

      Rabindranath Tagore



(a) Through this poem, the poet begs God to
 (i) end the famine.
 (ii) come to his help in times of need.
 (iii) punish the offenders.
 (iv) forgive the sinners.


(b) He prays that when his heart becomes dry, He should
 (i) punish him.
 (ii) send a doctor to him.
 (iii) use magic to cure him.
 (iv) shower mercy on him.


(c) He asks God to come with a burst of song when
 (i) the grace is lost from his life.
 (ii) the people ask for it.
 (iii) the singers disappear from the earth.
 (iv) he feels bored.


(d) When he faces loud or uproarious noise all around him, he wants God to give him
 (i) peace and rest.
 (ii) courage to complain against it.
 (iii) sense to enjoy it.
 (iv) ways to avoid it.


(e) The poet addresses the God as his
 (i)   friend
 (ii)  foe
 (iii) king
 (iv)  enemy


(f) The poet says that when desire blinds his mind, he hopes God to come to help him with
 (i) His forgiveness.
 (ii) provision of more desires.
 (iii) His light and thunder.
 (iv) fulfillment of all the desires.


(g) The synonym of ‘chaotic ’as given in the passage is:
 (i) crouched
 (ii) tumultuous
 (iii) parched
 (iv) delusion