2.3 The Inchcape Rock

Activity 1

Q.3 (A) Read the given extract and complete the activities given below: (10)

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,

The Ship was still as she could be;

Her sails from heaven received no motion,

Her keel was steady in the ocean

Without either sign or sound of their shock,

The waves flow’d over the Inchcape Rock;

So little they rose, so little they fell,

They did not move the Inchcape Bell.

The Abbot of Aberbrothok

Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock;

On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung,

And over the waves its warning rung.

When the Rock was hid by the surge’s swell,

The Mariners heard the warning Bell;

And then they knew the perilous Rock,

And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok.

A1 Complete the web. (02)

Ans : 

A2 Give reasons. (02)

Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape rock

because………………………………………………………………………………..

Ans: Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape rock

because the Inchcape rock is a dangerous rock. When the waves swell, the rock is hidden. Mariners fail to identify the existence of the rock and fail to avert the accident. Abbot of Aberbrothok  placed the bell to warn the people about the Inchcape rock. 

A3 If you were Abbot of that era, what would you do to make the ship safe from crashing at

Inchcape rock. (02)

Ans: If I were Abbot of that era, I would have spread floating object around the Inchcape rock. I would have arranged warning message to be delivered as soon as a ship arrives in the vicinity of the rock. 

A4 Complete the table. (02)

Examples	Figure of Speech	Explanation
1.The Ship was still as she could be.	-----------------	---------------
2. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea	----------------------	------------------------

Ans:

Examples	Figure of Speech	Explanation
1.The Ship was still as she could be.	Alliteration	The consonantal sound 'sh' is repeated pleasingly.
2. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea	Refrain	The line is repeated effectively.

A5 Compose a short poem. 

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,

……………………………………

…………………………………….

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Ans: No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,

Cloud clean and clear seen by me

The ship was on her mission 

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Activity 2

A1 True/False

1. The ocean was silent.

2. The ship was sailing fast.

3. The waves were rising high.

4. The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on the Inchcape Rock.

A2. State the importance of the bell on the Inchcape Rock.

A3. Suggest solution to warn people about the dangerous place in the ocean.

A4. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea. Name and explain the figures of speech. Find a similar

example.

A5. Write four lines about the benevolent deed of your friend.

B. Read the extract and complete all the activities given below.

Extract : The buoy of the Inchcape………….. for Scotland's shore.

A1. Narrate the scene in the first stanza of the extract.

A2. ' A darker speck on the ocean green.' Analyse.

A3. Convince Sir Ralph the Rover not to cut the bell on the Inchcape Rock.

A4. Find out two examples of inversion from the extract.

A5. Write four poetic lines on 'boat'.

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Answers :

A1.

1. The ocean was silent. True

2. The ship was sailing fast. False

3. The waves were rising high. False

4.The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on the Inchcape Rock. True

A2. The bell on the Inchcape Rock turned to be a savior. The Inchcape Rock is a perilous rock

hidden at rising waves. The Abbot of Aberbrothok placed the bell on it to warn the mariners. The

bell would ring at high rise and mariners would know about the dangerous rock.

A3. Dangerous places in the ocean should be identified and marked. Sensors should be placed

near such places to give alarm. The ships also should have a gadget to know the nearby

dangerous place.

A4. Repetition: The words "No stir" are repeated in the line. Another example of repetition is '

so little they rose, so little they fell'

A5. My friend

Corona cases here

Corona cases there

My buddy sew mask.

Sanitizing was his task.

Answers:

A1. A tiny floating object was visible. It was the Inchcape bell placed to warn the mariners about

the Rock. Sir Ralph the Rover saw it from far and fix his eye on it out of jealousy.

A2. The Inchcape Rock in the ocean was dangerous. It was all submerged. Mariners could not

know its presence. Warning bell was placed on it. Darker speck refers to Inchcape Rock. Green

refers to safety due to bell.

A3. Hey, Ralph, do not cut the Inchcape bell. It had saved many lives so far. It warns everyone

about the rock. It will save your life one day. If you cut the bell, on the rock your ship may wreck.

A4. Examples of inversion

1. And to the Inchcape Rock they go

2. Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound.

A5. Boat

Row, row your boat.

Take me with my goat

To farm across the river

Have some favour

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