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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :Full are my pitchers and far to carry,Lone is the way and long,Why, O why was I tempted to tarryLured by the boatman’s song ?Swiftly the shadows of night are falling;Hear, O, hear! is the white crane calling,Is it the wild owl’s cry?There are no tender moon beams to light me,If in the darkness a serpent should bite me,Or if an evil spirit should smite me,Ram Re Ram ! I shall die.My brother will murmur, “Why doth she linger ?”My brother will wait and weep,Saying, “O safe may the great gods bring her,The Jamuna’s waters are deep”.[The soul travels on, but the wayside sights and sounds (wordly greed and relationship) lure her and hinder her progress in journey. The idea has been described through a gopi who is delayed in reaching home. Her anxious brother prays to God for her safe return.]1. What difficulties does the gopi feel in her homeward journey ?2. What does her brother pray to the great gods ?3. What fears come to the gopi’s mind ?4. What has tempted the gopi to linger in the dark night?5. Write down two pairs of words rhyming together.

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1. The pitcher is filled with water and the way homeward is long, lonely and dark.

2. Her brother prays to the gods for her safe return.

3. The gopi fears that in the darkness a serpent might bite her or some evil spirit might attack her.

4. A boat-man’s song has tempted her to linger in the dark night.

5. (i) carry & tarry, (ii) falling and calling.



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