NCERT Solutions Kaveri Chapter 5 Nine Gold Medals — Check Your Understanding

Work in pairs. Match the words and phrases in Column 1 with their meanings in Column 2. You may read the poem again and infer the contextual meaning. Check your answers with the teacher.

Identify the gist of each stanza. Write the number of Spectators cheered participants of different events and waited enthusiastically for the final event to start.

All runners dashed ahead as soon as they heard the gun shot; suddenly, one of the athletes tripped and fell on the ground.

The race finished with nine athletes holding hands and winning the well-deserved gold medals; their smiles, and spectators standing up to applaud, conveyed everything.

Participants got ready at the starting line and nine determined athletes waited for the sound of the gun.

Athletes from various parts of the country had gone through months of training; had big dreams of winning a medal.

The eight athletes stopped to help the young fallen athlete stand up, forgetting that they were competing.

Nine athletes held the banner and walked hand in hand; this gesture represented the ethos of Special Olympics.

The young athlete felt his dreams were shattered and cried in pain and disappointment, but something unique happened.

Let us appreciate the poem. Two examples of alliteration from the poem are (i) ______________ and (ii) _______________.

Give three examples of visual imagery from the poem. (i) ______________ (ii) _______________ (iii) _______________

Give an example of auditory imagery from the poem. (i) _________________

How does the use of imagery make the poem more appealing?

How does the poet’s tone change from the beginning to the end of the poem?

What is the overall mood created by the poem?

What is the message being conveyed by the poem?