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D. Refl ect and answer.

Find out the connection between:

1. ‘break of day’ and birth
2. ‘fall of night’ and marriage

3. ‘moonlight chill’ and death

Appreciation

Look at the following expression from the poem.

blue as the wing of a halcyon wild

The blue colour of the robes has been compared to the wings of a halcyon. Such a
comparison makes our understanding easier. This is known as a simile. A simile is a figure
of speech that compares two different things that have a general quality using the words as
or like.

A. Find two more examples of simile in the poem.

B. Complete the following list of comparisons. There may be mul ple answers.
One has been done for you.

1. as clever as ______________ 2. as brave as ______________
a fox
3. as sweet as ______________ 4. as proud as ______________

5. as cold as ______________ 6. as bright as ______________

7. as cunning as ______________
8. as clear as ______________
9. as busy as ______________
10. as white as ______________

Activity

Enact the poem ‘Indian Weavers’ in class. Divide the class into two groups.
Group A can ask ques ons and Group B can answer them, as weavers.

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