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Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Solutions Prose Chapter 1 - My Hobby: Reading  - Text Book Back Questions and Answers

My Hobby Reading Poem Explanation of poetic lines

Summary GLOSSARY
ajar - slightly open breeding - procreation cackle - informal laugh constructing - establish / create hobby - leisure time activity
rational - intelligence read - educated vigorous - powerful without wings - without limits
1. Comprehension Questions.

Question 1.
What is the hobby of the poet?
Answer:
Reading is the hobby of the poet.

Question 2.
What does 'ajar' mean?
Answer:
'Ajar' means slightly open door.

Question 3.
Can the poet fly without wings?
Answer:
No, the poet cannot fly without wings, but- his thoughts and imaginations can fly everywhere without wings.

Question 4.
What can children do to society if they read?
Answer:
If all the children could read, they could construct a dynamic society.
Question 5.
What is theme of the poem?
Answer:
The theme of the poem is, 'Reading hobby'.
2. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, tick the most suitable option to complete the statements.

3.Complete the table given below in order to understand the poem better.

Answer:

Figure Of Speech
a. Rhyming words :

A Tiny Little Plant
Deep in the heart of a little seed,
Lay buried so, so deep,
A tiny little plant fast asleep.
Out came the bright Sunshine,
Down crept its light,
Into the seed, too bright.
A little plant woke up to see,
How bright the world might be.
Answer the following:
Question 1.
List the rhyming words in the first three lines.
Answer:
The rhyming words - deep - asleep.
Question 2.
Which line in the poem rhymes with 'Down crept its light'?
Answer:
Into the seed, too bright.

b. Rhyme Scheme:

Answer the following:
a. Identify the rhyme scheme of the given short poem.

My dog likes bones,
He eats them up,
He's very sweet,
He's just a pup.
Answer:
$a b c b$.
b. Complete this rhyme on your own with a abab rhyme scheme.

Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold,
Answer:
Peas porridge in the pot Nine days old.
Additional Questions
I. Poem Comprehension - Additional

Question 1.
My hobby is reading
It helps me
In thought breeding.
It takes me to places
Near and far,
It keeps my rational
Doors ajar.
(a) What does the word 'rational' mean?

Answer:
'Rational' means intelligence.
(b) Pick out the rhyming words in these lines.

Answer:
The rhyming words : Reading - breeding; far - ajar.
(c) How does reading help the poet?

Answer:
Reading helps the poet to grow and cultivate good thoughts.
(d) Whose hobby was reading in the poem 'My Hobby' ?

Answer:
Reading was the hobby of the poet Arunachalam Chandrashekaran.
(e) What does the term 'thought breeding1 mean?

Answer:
The term 'thought breeding' means cultivating many good thoughts in a person whose hobby is reading.
(f) How does reading take the poet near and far?

Answer:
When the poet reads about a content related to something near him and when he reads a content of something far, it takes him near and far.

(g) What are 'rational doors'?

Answer:
The poet compares his mind to a room and reading habit are the doors of his mind.
2. It teaches me

To cackle and cry
Without wings
It lets me fly.
(a) Why should reading teach us both to laugh and cry?

Answer:
Life is made of both joy and sorrow. Reading helps us to take both equally.
b. How does the poet fly?

Answer:
The poet does not fly physically in the air. His thoughts expand and fly in all directions.
3. I wish

If all the children could read,
In constructing a vigorous society,
Then we shall succeed.

(a) Who can build a vigorous society?

Answer:
The children can build a vigorous society.
(b) How can we succeed?

Answer:
We can succeed, if we can build a dynamic, strong and powerful society.
(c) Pick out the alliterated words.

Answer:
'shall - succeed' are the alliterated words.
II. Short Questions and Answers.

Question 1.
How does his hobby help him?
Answer:
His hobby helps him to cultivate many good thoughts.
Question 2.
Where does the reading take him?
Answer:
Reading takes him to the nearby as well as to the far and remote places.
Question 3.
What does reading teach him ?
Answer:
Reading teaches him to laugh loudly and at the same time even to cry.
III. Paragraph Questions with Answers.

Question 1.
What are the five ways in which reading helps us?
Answer:
Reading hobby helps us to grow and cultivate many good thoughts. The content we read not only takes to nearby places but also to the remote and far areas according to what we read.
Reading habit enables to keep the doors of our mind unlocked and half open to permit intelligent and logical reasoning at the same time to prevent unwanted entry of bad and wrong things. Reading practices us to take in both happiness and sorrow in the same spirit. It teaches us to laugh loudly during happy times and to cry and let out sorrow during painful times.
Reading does not restrict or control our thoughts. Without wings it allows our thoughts to soar high and fly.

Question 2.
How can we form a 'vigorous society' according to the poet Arunachalam?
Answer:
According to the poet Arunachalam we can form a vigorous - active, strong, healthy and a dynamic society if all the children cultivate a reading habit, go to school, study and are educated. In such a society the people will be successful, prosper and flourish.

Poetic Devices in this poem.
The poet uses the following poetic devices in his poem, 'My Hobby: Reading
1. Imagery: The poet weaves the advantages of reading hobby in his imagination.
a) The poet does not physically travel 'near and far', only his thoughts travel.
b) There is no literal door, the poet imagines his mind's entrance as 'door',
c) The poet does not fly in the air. His thoughts, imaginations and ideas only made to 'fly' by his ' reading hobby.
2. Rhyme: This short poem has rhyming ending at every alternate line. Reading and breeding; far and ajar; cry and fly; read and succeed.
3. Couplet: It is a fifteen-line poem. Each couplet .after the first line presents a different thought concept.

Example: Line 2, 3 tells about thought breeding, line 4,5 speaks of 'rational door'. Line 6,7 about joy and sorrow, lines 8,9 flying without wings.

Pick out the rhyming words from the poem and write them in the table.

Warm up
Question 1.
What are your leisure time activities? Why do you do them?
Answer:
My leisure activities are watching television and singing. I do them because they relax my soul and body.

Question 2.
Do you read books? What types of books do you read?
Answer:
Yes, I read books. I read books of Enid Blyton, Ruskin Bond and Comic books.
My Hobby: Reading Summary
The poem is written in 2010 by Arunachalam Chandrashekharan, a professional in library and information sciences. His long term deep association with the books in his library has made him to script this poem on reading as a great hobby.

The poet declares in the first line itself that reading is his hobby. He says his reading hobby helps him to grow and cultivate many good thoughts. Those thoughts take the poet not only to the nearby places but also to the remote and far areas.

The poet compares his mind to a room and expresses that reading habit enables him to keep the doors of his mind unlocked and half open to permit intelligent and logical reasoning. At the same time, it prevents the unwanted entry of bad and wrong things. Reading practises the poet to take in both happiness and sorrow in the same spirit. It teaches him to laugh loudly during happy times and to cry and let out sorrow during painful times.

Reading does not restrict or control the thoughts of the poet. Without wings it allows his thoughts to soar high and fly.

The poet aspires that all the children should go to school and study, there should be no illiterates. He believes that if all the children are well educated, then they can build a dynamic, strong and powerful society. If such a society is created, we shall succeed and reach the pinnacle in our lives.