18062023113127worksheet 2 - Coromandel Fishers
18062023113127worksheet 2 - Coromandel Fishers
18062023113127worksheet 2 - Coromandel Fishers
English Literature
Worksheet 2- Coromandel Fishers
Class: 8 Completion time: 30 minutes
Date 19/06/2023
Question 1
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
What though we toss at the fall of the sun
Where the hand of the sea –god drives?
He who holds the storm by the hair, will
hide in his breast our lives.
a) Who does ‘we’ refer to? Where are ‘we’ planning to go?
b) When do ‘we’ set out to work? How does the poet describe that part of the day in the
poem?
c) Which qualities of ‘we’ are reflected in the above extract? Why do you think these are
important ?
d) Explain the last two lines of the above given extract.
e) What did you personally learn from the lives of ‘we’?
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