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BY RABINDRANATHTAGORE
TAJMAHAL
Tajmahal
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS PICTURE?
Shahjahan Mumthaz
RENOWN -FAME PRESERVE -KEEP FROM SPOILING FADE -DISAPPEAR CRIMSON -DEEP RED ETERNAL -SEEMING TO LAST
FOREVER
WORD
S• RENOWN - FAME
• PRESERVE -KEEP FROM SPOILING• FADE -DISAPPEAR• CRIMSON -DEEP RED• ETERNAL -SEEMING TO LAST FOREVER
Pearls Emeralds
Rubies
Appreciation of the poem
The poet says, the emperor knew that in the stream of life everything, including life, youth and wealth would float away. Shah jahan’s only dream was to preserve his heart’s pain forever. The harsh thunder of imperial power would fade away as the crimson splendor of sunset fades. But Shah jahan hoped that atleast a single eternally heaved sigh would remain consoling the sky.Instances of simily used in this poem 1. The fading of imperial power is compared to the climpson
splendor of sunset2. The glitter of rainbow tricking out empty air is compared to the
splendor of emeralds , rubies an pearls.
1.What, in the poet’s view, are the things that would float away down the stream of time?2. What do you think was Shah Jahan’s ‘heart’s pain’?3. Why is ‘imperial power’ compared to the splendor of sunset?4. Pick out the lines which mean emeralds, rubies and pearls are transient.
SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
1.‘All float away down the stream of time’. What image do you get from this line?2. Pick out instances of similies from the poem.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Pick out instances of visual and auditory (sound) images from the poem.
ASSIGNMENT
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