JSC Seen📖Class VIII

Activity 1.4.1& 1.4.2; Beauty in Poetry

1.4.1 Read the following situations and make comparisons using similes.

Situation: 1

My little sister, Sarah is the heart of our family. She is super busy and doesn’t have a moment to rest.

Now, describe her using an appropriate simile.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

Answer:

(i) She is as busy as a bee

(ii) She is busy like a bee.

Situation-2

We live in a busy area. Here, there is hardly any open space to play or walk. Each afternoon a group of young boys play cricket in the narrow space beside the road. One day while they were playing, suddenly, a speedy bike ran over one of the players. It was so sudden and unexpected that everyone forgot to move for the moment.

Now, describe the intense situation using an appropriate simile.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸. āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ°ā§‹āĻœ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻŸ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ“āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§€āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

Answer:

(i) The became speechless as a stone.

Situation -3

Rima seems tensed. Next week, she will anchor the school’s annual cultural program. Performances like singing, dancing, recitation and many more are to be performed in that program. She prepared scripts for some of the events but could not organise her scripts for recitation and drama. She couldn’t understand what she would do. Just then, her cousin has come to visit them. Her cousin is well known for her anchoring. So, she is like a blessing to Rima, sent by the creator.

Now, describe her cousin using an appropriate simile.

āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ¨āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¨āĻžāĻš, āĻ†āĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻŸ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻŸāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

Answer:

(i) He cousin is like an angel.

Situation- 4

Today is my birthday. I was so excited about all my plans that I couldn’t sleep well last night. I got up early in the morning. Everything seems refreshing and different. I planned to take a little walk and say hello to the rising sun. As I stepped out of my room, I was amazed to see a huge bouquet waiting for me. I have never seen such a big bouquet in my whole life!

Now, describe the bouquet using an appropriate simile.

āĻ†āĻœ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨. āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ¤āĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĻā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§‡ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ˜āĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ!

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

Answer:

(i) The bouquet was as big as a house.

Situation- 5

My father is a teacher in a government college. Recently, he has been transferred from Sylhet to Faridpur. Accordingly, we shifted to Faridpur. Within a few days, I got admitted to Faridpur Government High School. When I entered the class, everything was new. I felt so unfamiliar and uncomfortable in this new situation.

Now, describe the uncomfortable situation using an appropriate simile.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻŸ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§€ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĢāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ­āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĸā§āĻ•āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

Answer:

(i) He felt as uncomfortable as a rooster in a pond.

1.4.2 It’s a group work. In groups, choose a poem from your books (Bangla or English). You are free to choose any poem from any source. Now,find out the similes, and Rhyme Scheme used in the poem. Write the images that come to your mind while reading the poem.

Now, discuss and write how all these three things (use of similes, rhyme scheme and imagining the pictures/images) help you understand/ feel a poem and be a poem lover. Finally, make a presentation and present it to the class.

 

Answer:

We are ware working in a group of 10 students. We select a poem written by Robert Burns 91759-1796) to identify similes.

A Red, Red Rose

A  O my love is like a red, red rose

B That’s newly sprung in June;

C O my love is like the melody

B That’s sweetly played in tune â€Ļâ€Ļ.

Here in the poem, the first line use the first person to compare the cheeks of a beautiful woman to a rose using ‘like’ as an example of simile. And the comparison repeated in the third line is also an example of smile.

The ending sounds of the poem look like:

A  O my love is like a red, red ros———e

B That’s newly sprung in June————-e

C O my love is like the melod————- y

B That’s sweetly played in tun————-e

 

Verse/ Line 1————–e

Verse/ Line 2————–e

Verse/ Line 3————–y

Verse/ Line 4————–e

 

Now notice ——— at the beginning of the verse, the name of the rhyming pattern is written.

Verse 1 is named A (ending sound e)

Verse 2 is named B (ending sound e)

Verse 3 is named C (ending sound y)

Verse 4 is named D (ending sound e)

Finally, we can say the rhyming pattern of the poem is ABCB.

We can easily visualize the red rose and its tune awakes our sense of hearing.