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Unit 02 Still We Rise
Still, We Rise - Woman Work - Questions and Answers
Woman Work
Let’s revisit the poem
1. Who is the speaker of the poem?
Answer: A woman is the speaker of the poem
2. Is the woman really happy to do her household chores? Mention the lines from the poem which support your answer.
Answer:
I think the woman is not happy about doing the household chores
Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
Till I can rest again
3. Why does the woman ask the storm to blow her from there?
Answer: She is very tired after the works. She wants to take rest. So the
woman asks the storm to blow her from there.
4. Look at the lines given below.
‘Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.’
Here the woman seeks relief from her busy world of household chores. She requests the snowflakes to help her. Here, snowflake is considered as her friend and a human being.
Can you find out similar examples from the poem? Pick out the lines.
Answer:
Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone
Star shine, moon glow
You’re all that I can call my own
5. ‘You’re all that I can call my own.’ Why does the woman say so? Which among the following is not a possible answer?
a) It is only nature that gives her company and refreshes her mind and body.
b) She claims that they always remain beside her as life-giving friends.
c) She has no other true companion in life.
d) Nature is the only enemy that she has in her life.
Answer: d) Nature is the only enemy that she has in her life.
Activity i
The woman in the poem ‘Woman Work’ has no time to rest amidst her various domestic chores. Likewise, Cinderella had to do all the work at home. What are the household works that the woman, Cinderella and you do at home? List them down.
Read the following lines from the poem ‘Woman Work’.
I’ve got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I’ve got shirts to press
The tots to dress
The can to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
And the cotton to pick.
The word ‘tend’ in line 1 and ‘mend’ in line 2 end with the same sound. They are rhyming words.
Pick out other pairs of rhyming words from the above lines.
Answer:
mop - shop
fry - dry
feed - weed
press - dress
cut - hut
sick - pick
Activity iv
Read a few lines from the poem ‘Amanda’ by Robin Klein.
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!
Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda!
Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!
What do these lines remind you of?
Answer: these lines remind me of the words of my parents.
Don’t your parents give you a lot of instructions?
Answer: Yes, My parents always give me a lot of instructions.
Write down a list of things that your parents/elders ask you to do/not to do.
Answer:
Study well
Don't make noise.
Wash your hands
Be always neat
Do your homework
Both the women in Angelou’s ‘Woman Work’ and Robin Klein’s ‘Amanda’ lack freedom. Comment on this statement.
Answer:
That comment is somewhat true. But the two characters are entirely different. In the poem, 'Womanwork’ the woman lacks freedom because of her duties. She struggles with those duties. But in ‘Amanda’ the girl gets instructions from her parents on how to behave in society. These help her to lead a good social life.
One Child, One Teacher, One Pen and One Book can Change the World
Activity 1
Each sentence given below is followed by three statements. One of them is directly related to the sentence. Put a tick mark ( ) against the appropriate statement.
1. Malala Day is the day of
a) Malala herself.
b) United Nations Organization (U N O).
c) every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
Answer: c) every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
2. According to Malala, one of our powerful weapons is
a) the sword.
b) the pen.
c) the gun.
Answer: b) the pen.
3. Malala is focusing on women’s rights and girls’ education because
a) they are suffering the most.
b) they are very powerful.
c) they are the major group in the society.
Answer: a) they are suffering the most.
4. Malala speaks
a) for herself.
b) not for herself, but for all boys and girls.
c) for her country.
Answer: b) not for herself, but for all boys and girls.
Activity 2
Read the following famous quotes.
Look at the picture given below. How can you reach Malala? You can reach Malala, only if you go through the correct statements from her speech. Find your way.
Answer:
Answer:
I. We realise the importance of light when we see darkness
ii. Peace is necessary for education
iii. A deal that goes against the dignity of women and their rights is unacceptable
iv. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world
Editing
Read the passage given below. There are a few errors in it. They are underlined.
Once upon a time there lived a lovely prinsess with fair skin and blue eyes. She was so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother dies when Snow White was a baby and her father married again. This queen was very pretty but she was very cruel also. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the more beautiful lady in the kingdom and she would often ask her magic mirror, ‘Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest of them all.’ And the magic mirror would say, ‘You are, Your Majesty!’ But one day, the mirror replied, “Snow White is the fairest of them all!’ The wicked queen was very angry. ‘What a fair lady is Snow White!’ She became jealous of Snow White and ordered her huntsman to take Snow White to the forest and kill her. ‘I want you to bring back her heart,” she ordered. But when the huntsman reached the forest with Snow White, he took pity on her and set her free. He killed a dear and took its heart to the wicked queen and told her that he had killed Snow White. Snow White wandered in the forest all night, crying.
Edit the passage and rewrite it.
Answer:
Once upon a time there lived a lovely princess with fair skin and blue eyes. She was so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother died when Snow White was a baby and her father married again. This queen was very pretty but she was very cruel also. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the most beautiful lady in the kingdom and she would often ask her magic mirror, ‘Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest of them all?’ And the magic mirror would say, ‘You are, Your Majesty!’ But one day, the mirror replied, “Snow White is the fairest of them all!’ The wicked queen was very angry. ‘What a fair lady Snow White is!’ She became jealous of Snow White and ordered her huntsman to take Snow White to the forest and kill her. ‘I want you to bring back her heart,” she ordered. But when the huntsman reached the forest with Snow White, he took pity on her and set her free. He killed a deer and took its heart to the wicked queen and told her that he had killed Snow White. Snow White wandered in the forest all night, crying.
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