Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks)My father travels on the late evening trainStanding among silent commuters in the yellow lightSuburbs slide past his unseeing eyesHis shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoa…

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Q.3 (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks) My father travels on the late evening train Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed by age Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night. Now I can see him getting off the train Like a word dropped from a long sentence. He hurries across the length of the grey platform, Crosses the railway line, enters the lane, His chappals are sticky with mud, but he hurries onward. A1. Identify the lines from the extract that indicate the father’s ‘dull, monotonous routine’ and ‘his least value for other.’ (2) [Table : Dull, monotonous routine — (1) ____ ; Least value for other — (1) ____ ] A2. The passengers are described as ‘silent.’ Give reasons. (2) A3. Write the difficulties you face while commuting to and from the college by public transport. (2) A4. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line : (2) ‘Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes.’ A5. Compose four poetic lines on the title ‘My Father.’ (2)

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Answer: A1 — routine : ‘My father travels on the late evening train / Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light’; least value : ‘Like a word dropped from a long sentence.’ A4 — Alliteration. Full answers are given below. A1. Dull, monotonous routine“My father travels on the late evening train / Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light.” Least value for other“Now I can see him getting off the train / Like a word dropped from a long sentence.” A2. The commuters are silent because they are tired and exhausted after a long day’s work. They are strangers to one another and are lost in their own thoughts and worries. Life in a big city has made people self-centred and alienated, so there is no communication between them. A3. While commuting by public transport, I face heavy crowds, especially in the morning and evening rush hours, and often have to stand all the way. Buses and trains are sometimes late or cancelled, which makes me late for lectures. In the monsoon, waterlogging and muddy roads add to the trouble, and the long journey leaves me tired before I even begin to study. A4. Figure of speech : Alliteration. The consonant sound ‘s’ is repeated at the beginning of the closely placed words ‘Suburbs’ and ‘slide’ (and is echoed in ‘past’ and ‘his’). This creates a musical effect and suggests the smooth, swift movement of the train. (The expression ‘unseeing eyes’ also shows that the father is so tired and absorbed that he does not notice the passing suburbs.) A5. My Father He wakes before the morning light, And toils for us from dawn till night; His quiet smile hides every care, My father’s love is always there.

Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks)My father travels on the late evening trainStanding among silent commuters in the yellow lightSuburbs slide past his unseeing eyesHis shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoa…

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Dull, monotonous routine	“My father travels on the late evening train / Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light.”
Least value for other	“Now I can see him getting off the train / Like a word dropped from a long sentence.”