2.4 Have you earned your tomorrow – Activity 1
Read the extract & complete the activities given below. [10]
Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?
This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?
Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?
Or a churlish sort of “Howdy” and then vanish in the throng?
Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,
Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?
Can you say tonight, in parting with the day that’s slipping fast,
That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;
Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day, or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say,
You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?
A1] Global Understanding [2]
State whether the following sentences are true or false.
- The people whom we communicate with, should remember us.
- We should be polite to all while leading our everyday life routine.
- We should not bother to encourage anybody for his hopeful future.
- The good we do today will earn us our tomorrow.
A2] Interpretation [2]
‘As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say,
You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?’
-Elaborate the idea expressed in these lines in your own words.
A3] Personal Response[2]
Write an incident about your good gesture to somebody.
A4] Poetic Devices [2]
- Write the rhyming pairs of I & II stanza.
- Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.
A5] Creativity [2]
Compose four rhyming lines on the topic – ‘Being Kind’
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