NCERT Solutions Kaveri Chapter 7 Words — Check Your Understanding

Fill in the blanks with one word from the poem. One example has been done for you. In this poem, the poet reflects that words fail to truly satisfy what the heart wants to convey. are compared to summer birds who 1. __________, leaving nothing behind. The heart, is equated to a 2. __________ who finds that words are as worthless as 3. __________ when needed. He feels that a few sincere words can bring more 4. __________ than many meaningless ones. He adds that a voice that brings happiness to a 5. __________ place does not say much, but the few words it does, are very precious. Moreover, if words could satisfy us, the 6. __________ would celebrate but words often fail to do that. The poem ends on the note that empty words may look impressive with lots of flowers, but they cannot produce anything valuable, like a 7. __________.

Let us appreciate the poem. Read the poem again. Find any four sets of rhyming words and also write the rhyme scheme of the poem.

Read the following phrases and sentences taken from the poem. Identify the poetic device in each of them and explain what the poet wants to communicate through their usage. (i) But words, like summer birds, depart… (ii) heart, a pilgrim upon earth… (iii) words are of as little worth As just so many weeds (iv) If words could satisfy the chest … Oft satisfy the least! (v) The world might hold a feast… (vi) Like plants that make a gaudy show All blossom to the root (vii) But whose poor nature cannot grow One particle of fruit!

Which words are repeated in the poem? Why does the poet use repetition? 4. The stanzas 4, 5, and 6 end with exclamation marks. Choose the option that displays the emotions being expressed through them. (i) 4. disillusionment

admiration and 6. frustration (ii) 4. frustration 5. admiration and 6. disillusionment (iii) 4. admiration 5. frustration and 6. disillusionment (iv) 4. frustration 6. admiration 5. disillusionment and

Identify examples of hyperbole from the given lines. I have ______________ things to do on this weekend. (lots of/tonnes of)

The player missed the basket by ______________. (a mile/ an inch)

My mother is so tired that she can sleep for a ______________. (night/decade) 4. I will be back in ______________. (five minutes/two seconds)

Rhythm gives a lyrical quality to a poem. The rhythm (pattern of beats) in a line of poetry is described by a metrical form. A metre is formed by a stressed and an unstressed syllable. Syllable is the name given to a single unit of speech/beats of spoken language. The metrical form in the first four lines is given below. The stressed syllables have been underlined. If words could sa tis fy the heart, The heart might find less care; But words, like sum mer birds, de part, And leave but emp ty air. Now, listen to the teacher read the poem. As you listen, underline the syllables that are stressed in all the lines of the poem. Share your answers with the teacher.