Samacheer Kalvi 6th English Book Back Term 3 Unit 2 Poem

6th English Book Back Answers Unit 2: A Tragic Story

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Term 3 – Poem

Unit – 2 A Tragic Story

A Tragic Story Poem Overview:

Line No.	Poem Lines	Explanation
1-2	‘There lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore;	Long ago, there lived a sage and he had a beautiful pigtail.
3-4	‘But wondered much a sorrowed more, Because it hung behind him.	He wondered much about his pigtail’s position and was worried more, as it hung behind him.
5-6	‘He mused upon this curious case, Ands wore he’d change the pigtail’s place,’	He thought about this curious case and promised that he would change the position of the pigtail.
7-8	‘And have it hanging at his face, Not dangling there behind him.’	He would like to have it at his face and not swinging loosely behind him.
9-10	‘Says he, “The mystery I’ve found- Says he, “The mystery I’ve found! ’	The sage insists that he has found a solution to change the position of his pigtail.
11-12	‘I ’ll turn me round, ’’ he turned him round; But still it hung behind him. ’	He said that he would turn him round and so he turned him round. But still it hung steadily throughout the day.
13-14	‘Then round and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin;’	The confused sage turned round and round, out and in continuously throughout the day.
15-16	‘In vain-it mattered not a pin- The pigtail hung behind him.’	Even though he turns continuously the whole day, it still hangs firmly behind him.
17-18	‘And right and left and round about, And up and down and in and out ’	He turned to his right and left and round about again. He turned up and down and in and out.
19-20	‘He turned; but still the pistoil stout Hung stmdily bihind him’	He turned and turned, but still the pigtail remained thick and hung steadily behind him.
21-22	‘And though his efforts never slack, And though hi twist and twirtl and tack’	Though his efforts were not slackened and though he twisted, twirled and tacked.
23-24	Alas! still faithful to his back The pigtail hangs behind him’	The poet expresses his sorrow in a humorous way and says that though he tried his best to change the position of his pigtail, it remained faithfully behind him.

A. Answer the following.

1. What made the sage upset?
Answer:
The sage was upset, as his pigtail hung behind him.

2. Why did the sage spin all day?
Answer:
He spinned continually all day to change the position of his pigtail.

3. What solution did he arrive at for the mystery that he found?
Answer:
He thought that if turned him round, he can change the position of his pigtail.

4. Was he finally successful in changing his pigtail’s position? Support your answer with a line from the poem.
Answer:
No, he was not successful in changing his pigtail’s position. The line ‘Still faithful to his back, the pigtail hangs behind him’ supports this answer.

5. Did something dreadful happen? How would you describe the events in the poem- comedy or tragedy?
Answer:
No, nothing dreadful happened. The events in the poem are humorous. The illogical behaviour of the sage creates humour throughout the poem.

B. Read the poem lines and answer the questions given below.

1. But wondered much and sorrowed more
Because it hung behind him.

a. What was he wondering about?
Answer:
He was wondering about why his pigtail is behind him and how to change its position.

b. What does the word ‘it’ refer to here?
Answer:
It refers to the pigtail.

2. And though his efforts never slack
And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back
The pigtail hangs behind him.

a. Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines and give the rhyme scheme for the same.
Answer:
The rhyming words are slack – tack – back. The rhyming scheme for this stanza is ‘a a a b’.

b. Did he quit his trying? How can you say?
Answer:
No, he did not quit his trying. The lines ‘Though his efforts never slack and though he twist and twirl and tack’ indicate that he kept on trying.

3. ‘He mused upon this curious case ’

a. What is the figure of speech used in this line?
Answer:
The figure of speech used here is hyperbole, as it exaggerates a simple foolish thing of changing the position of his pigtail to a curious case.

4. Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality.

Can this poem be called an ironic poem? Justify your answer.
Answer:
Yes, this poem is ironic poem because the word ‘sage’ is used in an ironic sense to refer to a person who is dull-witted. It insists on how learned men lack practical common sense.

C. Fill in the table with the appropriate poem lines. A few lines may be used more than one time.

D. The summary of the poem is given. But there are some words missing. Fill in the blanks with the help of the box given below.

faithfully, change, pigtail, round, sage, down, slack, out, hung, place, behind, wain, face

Once upon a time there lived a sage. He had a handsome pigtail. He was worried and pondered over his pigtail’s place. He wanted to change its place. He wanted it hanging at his face. He didn’t like it hanging there behind him. So he turned right and left and round about, up and down, and in and out but it still hung behind him. However he tried, his efforts were in vain. But he didn’t slack in his efforts. Nevertheless his pigtail hung faithfully behind him.

E. Role Play.

Work with a partner. Let one student read the poem and the other to pantomime (communication by means of gesture and -facial expression) the poem as he or she reads.
(To be done by the students)

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24 May 2022