Activities On The Person I Am Looking For

Read the extract and fill in the blanks .
1. You should be cautious of......... when raising yourself in the ...... of others.
2. You should not surrender to ......... and .... .
3. The poet is looking for the ....... .
4. You should not expect praise when you....
5. You should not look for......... while you ....... .
6. Cheers should not let your head ........ or ....... .
7. You should not offer........ after a failure.
Ans : 1. not getting lowered, eyes 2. gossips, lies , 3. ideal person 4. win 5. sympathy, loose 6. toss , spin State whether the following statements are true or false.
1. The poet is looking for the ideal person.
2. The poet expects the person should accept advice as a bad pill.
3. The person should be stubborn.
4. He should meet with love and care.
5. He should be courageous enough to die.
6. He should serve as a beacon light.
Match the following.

Column A	Column B
1. Will	a. Die
2. Courage	b.jeer
3. Ignore	c. Lie
4.Expose	d. Live

Poetic Devices
1. "If you do not give in to gossips and lies." Name the figures of speech and explain. Find one more example of this kind.
2. " If you have the will to live and courage to die."Name the figures of speech and explain. Find one more example of this kind.
3. "You are a beacon light for people far and wide."Name the figures of speech and explain. Pick out a line of refrain
4. The poet has used rhyming words for giving a musical quality to the poem. Pick out rhyming words and write down rhyme scheme.
A3. Personal Response / appreciation.
• Write do's and dont's about an ideal person.
• ‘That virtue and success do not go side by side.’ Give your opinion.
• An ideal person is a beacon light for people. Explain

Poetic creativity.
• Arrange the lines of third stanza with different rhyme scheme
If you crave not for praise when you win
And cheers let not your head toss or spin
If you look not for sympathy while you lose
And after a set-back you offer no excuse.
You may be the person I am looking for.