2.2 Indian Weavers
2.2
Indian Weavers – Sarojini Naidu
ICE
BREAKERS
*Artisans are also called craftsmen. They are creators of diverse goods and use their hands to create unique, functional and also decorative items using traditional techniques. Now complete the web given below:
Different types of artisans-
a) Goldsmith b) Tailor c) Weaver d) Carpenter e) Baker
f) Shoemaker
g) Potter h) Blacksmith i)Stonemason/
Bricklayer
*Discuss with your partner the seasons/occasions when we need :
(a) We need woolen clothes in winter season from saving the cold and to warm our body.
(b) We need casual clothes in daily life at home, for picnic, shopping rest and relaxation etc.
(c) We need rich silk clothes in festivals and marriage ceremonies.
d)We need colourful , comfortable clothes in various functions, ,special programmes
, occasions and in parties etc.
One who weaves is a weaver. -
One who plays a game is a gamer/player -
One who sings is a singer -
One who dances is a dancer -
One who teaches is a teacher
-One who cooks is a cook
*We have often seen the picture of Gandhiji spinning on his charkha. Discuss the reasons behind this. One has been given for you.
(a) To give rural people an opportunity to earn their livelihood.
(b) To develop the skills of people and make them self-reliant.
(c) To create the emotions of freedom.
(d) To promote / propagate local products.
e) To make able to weave their own clothes.
*Name some tools used by the weavers.
(a) Loom (b) Needles (c) Scissor d) Bobbin and Shuttle e) Dowels
f) Scale / Tape g) a sketch pad h) Shade stick i) Weaving yarn
*Name some types of
yarns used by the weavers.
(a)
Linen (b)
Polyester (c) Acrylic d) Silk
e) Nylon f) Cashmere
Figures
of speech
1. Weavers, weaving at
break of day,
Alliteration - The sound/letter ‘w’ is repeated
twice so this is Alliteration.
2.
Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Metaphor- childhood
is implicity/indirectly compared with a break of day.
3.
Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Climax -
The words are arranged in ascending order.
4. Why do you weave a garment
so gay?
Alliteration - The sounds ‘w’ and ‘g’ are repeated
twice here so this is Alliteration.
5. Why do
you weave a garment so gay?
Interrogation - A
rhetorical question is used for poetic effect so this is Interrogation.
6. Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild.
Inversion - The words are not in correct prose
order. The correct words prose order is - The wing of a
halcyon wild as blue.
7. Blue as
the wing of a
halcyon wild.
Alliteration - The sound ‘w’ is repeated twice so
this is Alliteration.
8. Blue as the wing of a halcyon
wild.
Simile - The blue colour garment is directly
compared with the wing of wild halcyon by using the word ‘as’.
9. We weave the
robes of a new-born child.
Alliteration - The sound ‘w’ is repeated twice so
this is Alliteration.
10.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night.
Alliteration - The sound of ‘w’ is repeated twice
so this is Alliteration.
11.Weavers, weaving at fall of night
Metaphor – Adulthood/young is implicity compared with fall of night.
12.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night.
Climax - The words are arranged in ascending
order.
13. Why do you weave a garment so bright?
Alliteration - The sound ‘w’ is repeated twice so
this is Alliteration.
14. Why do
you weave a garment so bright?
Interrogation - A rhetorical question is used for
poetic effect.
15. Like
the plumes of a peacock, purple and green.
Simile - The garment/clothes is compared with
purple & green colours plumes of peacock.
16. Like
the plumes of a peacock, purple
and green.
Alliteration - The sound ‘p’ is repeated three
times so this is Alliteration.
17. We weave the
marriage-veils of a queen.
Alliteration - The sound of ‘w’ is repeated twice
so this is Alliteration.
18. Weavers, weaving solemn and still.
Alliteration – The sounds ‘w’ and
‘s’ are repeated twice
so this is Alliteration
19. Weavers, weaving solemn and still.
Tautology - ‘solemn’
and ‘still’ have same meaning words so this is tautology.
20. What
do you weave in the moonlight chill?
Interrogation - A
rhetorical question is used for poetic effect.
21. What do you weave in the
moonlight chill?
Inversion – The words are not arranged in
correct order. The correct word prose order is – What
do you weave in the chill moonlight?
22. What do you
weave in the moonlight chill?
Alliteration – The sound of ‘w’ is
repeated twice so this is Alliteration.
23. What
do you weave in the moonlight chill?
Interrogation- A
rhetorical question is used for poetic effect.
24. White as a feather and white as a cloud,
Simile – The white garment is directly compared with a feather and a cloud.
25. White as a feather and white as a cloud,
Repetition – The words ‘white’
and ‘as’ are repeated.
26. White as a feather and as a cloud,
We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
Simile- funeral shroud is directly compared
with a white feather and a cloud.
27.We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
Allieteration - The sound ‘w’ is
repeated twice so this is Alliteration.
Rhyming pairs 1ststanza:- day-gay, wild-child
2ndstanza:- night-bright , green-queen
3rdstanza:-
still-chill , cloud-shroud
Rhyming Scheme - 1ststanza/2ndstanza/3rdstanza- AABB
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