Practice Time : Marching Song

Read the extract and do all the activities that follow.
Activities based on First Two stanzas Marching Song by Nazrul Islam.
A1 Complete the following statements supplying the suitable words from the extract
1. The status on the earth is in ....................
2.The poem (extract)is addressed to...........
A1. Complete the listing of the ‘Do’s ‘The youth should do.
1.usher in glorious morn
2.fight all barriers
3._____________
4._________
A2 “Of the fresh and the new we shall sing . Name the figure of speech in the above line and find another example of the same from the extract and write it down.
A2 Find out an example of each following figures of speech 1. personification 2.transferred epithet
A2 “Storming the doors of the dawn” Name the figure of speech in the above line and find another example of the same from the extract and write it down.
A3. The song arouses the feeling of patriotism. Write your views. A3. The patriotic songs helped to win the battle. Support the statement with your views
A3. The youth should take up responsibility of the development of the nation. Explain.
A4 We shall usher in the glorious morn . We shall destroy the darkness of the night.Compose poetic lines by inversing word order.Rhyming words not necessary.
A4 Compose two lines on patriotism.
A4. Of the fresh and the new we shall sing, The dead to life shall we bring . Arrange the word order differently to make poetic rhetoric questions