1.1 START WHERE YOU STAND
Start
where you stand and never mind the past
The
past won’t help you in beginning new,
If
you have left it all behind at last
Why,
that’s enough, you’re done with it, you’re through;
This
is another chapter in the book,
This
is another race that you have planned,
Don’t
give vanished days a backward look,
Start
where you stand.
The
world won’t care about your old defeats
If
you can start anew and win successes;
The
future is your time, and time is fleet
And
there is much of work and strain and stress;
Forget
the buried woes and dead despairs,
Here
is a brand-new trial right at hand,
The
future is for him who does and dares,
Start
where you stand.
Old
failures will not halt, old triumphs aid,
To-day’s
the thing; to-morrow soon will be;
Get
in the fight and face it unafraid,
And
leave the past to ancient history;
What
has been, has been; yesterday is dead
And
by it you are neither blessed nor banned;
Take
courage, man, be brave and drive ahead,
Start
where you stand.
Berton Braley
A. Choose the appropriate alternative
1. The
poet advises not to think of present/ past.
2. The past does not assist in beginning / ending new
venture.
3. People do not think about your success / defeats.
4. You can start anew and win successes / get failed.
B. Say whether the following
statements are true or false.
1. You should wait to start.
2. Do not think of past.
3. What you have left is enough.
4. Starting anew is the last chapter in the book.
5. Do not remember past woes and despairs.
6. You should concentrate on work in hand.
7. One who does and dares will lose the future.
8. Failures do not last forever.
Ans : 1 False 2. True 3. True 4. False 5.True 6. True 7. False 8. True
C. Web chart
1. Complete the web chart by pointing out
the poet’s advice
Ans :
Poet's advice 1. Start at any age , time and plight 2. Concentrate on work 3. Forget the failures 4. Be brave ( Drive ahead, Be courageous, Do not remember woes and despairs )
Ans :
Qualities for life 1 Daring 2. Working spirit 3. Courage 4. Fearlessness 5 Fighting spirit 6. Bravery 7. Perseverance ( any four)
D. Poetic
Device:
1.
This is another chapter in the
book. Name and explain the figures of speech. Find one more example .
2. Forget the buried woes and dead
despairs. Name and explain the figures of speech. Find one more example .
3.
Old failures will not halt, old
triumphs aid. Name and explain the figures of speech. Find one more example .
E. Poetic Creation
1. Add suitable poetic lines of your own to rhyme with the last two lines of the extract.
2.Write few poetic lines by using words " failures , triumphs "