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Kerala Plus Two English Board Model Paper 2022 with Answers.
Time : 2 1/2 Hours
Maximum : 80 scores
Part – I
A. Answer any four questions from 1 to 6. Each carries 1 Score. (4 × 1 = 4)
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
In 2006, an Indian TV show called Business Bazigar launched an entrepreneur hunt and solicited ideas for new businesses. I entered this contest with a business proposal. My idea was to organize the rickshaw sector and make it a profitable venture. According to my proposal, rickshaws were to be redesigned so that the spaces on the vehicles could be sold for the pufposes of advertising and brand promotion. Also, I indicated that additional revenues could be made by selling products like water, juice, biscuits, mobile-cards and newspapers, to the passengers. I won the show and was offered the seed money of Rupees 150 lakhs.
Question 1.
Which Indian T.V. show in 2006 launched an entrepreneur hunt?
Answer:
The Indian TV Show called Business Baazigar launched an entrepreneur hunt.
Question 2.
What was Irfan’s business proposal?
Answer:
Irfan’s business proposal was to redesign rickshaws so that the space on the vehicles could be sold for advertisements and brand promotion.
Question 3.
According to Irfan, how could rickshaw pullers make additional revenues?
Answer:
According to Irfan, rickshaw pullers could make additional revenues by selling products like water, juice, biscuit, mobile cards and newspapers to passengers.
Question 4.
Why did he want to redesign the rickshaws?
Answer:
He wanted to redesign rickshaws so that the space on the vehicles could be sold for advertisements and brand promotion.
Question 5.
Which word in the passage means ‘to ask for information’?
Answer:
The word is “solicited”.
Question 6.
Why didn’t he accept the Seed money?
Answer:
He did not accept the seed money because he was not willing to accept the conditions laid down by the Organizers of the TV Show.
B. Answer all questions from 7 to 10. Each carries I score. (4 × 1 = 4)
Imagine that you are a colleague of the teacher in the story ‘Crime and Punishment’. The teacher has been continuously threatened by the boy. He shares his worries and requests for your advice. Write four pieces of advice using the following expressions.
Question 7.
You’d better _____
Answer:
You’d better tell the boy’s parents about his misbehaviour.
Question 8.
Why don’t you _____
Answer:
Why don’t you ask him some other question?
Question 9.
If I were you, _____
Answer:
If I were you, I would stop teaching such a boy.
Question 10.
I would advise you ____
Answer:
I would advise you to treat the boy with more compassion.
Part – II
A. Answer any three questions from 11 to 15. Each carries 2 scores. (4 × 1 = 4)
My father says, With obvious Pride:
‘Son, we’ve stopped working on all the rice.
It was quite inconvenient. The farmer gained nothing
only fools turn to rice farming for gain;
This is better money. What good times I
The government gives rice to those who don’t have paddy fields.
Question 11.
Why did father stop working on ail the rice?
Answer:
Father stopped working on all the rice because it was quite inconvenient and the farmer gained nothing.
Question 12.
What is the better money mentioned in the Stanza?
Answer:
The better money is the money that comes from the rubber. Instead of cultivating rice, the father has planted rubber in his paddy field.
Question 13.
Write two suggestions to promote rice farming.
Answer:
i) Indian agriculture is called “a gamble on monsoon”. Governments must ensure that the rice farmers do not suffer any loss because of crop failure.
ii) Governments must give the rice farmers all kinds of assistance so that they can make rice farming a profitable profession.
Question 14.
Pick out an instance of satire in the poem.
Answer:
“What good times! The government gives rice to those who don’t have paddy fields.”
Question 15.
“Only fools turn to rice-farming for gain.” Elaborate the idea contained in this lin.
Answer:
The father is of the opinion that only fools turn to rice farming for gain. Rice farming involves a lot of hard work. The farmers run a lot of risk because of the unpredictability of the weather.
B. Answer any two questions from 16 to 18. Each carries 2 scores. (2 × 2 = 4)
Question 16.
Read the following passage and fill In the blanks choosing appropriate phrasal verbs from those given in brackets.
Nomita and Ajit have _____ (go out with/split up) their relationship. She said that she could not ____ (put up with/put up) Ajit anymore.
Answer:
split up, put up with
Question 17.
An extract from the conversation between Mrs. Smith and Mr. Brown in ‘Post Early for Christmas’ is given below. Report the conversation.
Mrs. Smith : Could you really manage a turkey for Christmas, Mr. Brown?
Mr. Brown : Yes, I think I can spare one.
Answer:
Mrs Smith asked Mr. Brown if he could really manage ‘ a turkey for Christmas. Mr Brown thought he could spare one.
Question 18.
Rewrite the following as directed:
a) We started the Green Belt Movement in 1977. (Begin the sentence with ‘The Green Belt Movement)
b) Two major incidents of forest fire were reported by the firemen.(Begin with’The fire men)
Answer:
a) The Green Belt Movement was started in 1977.
b) The fire men reported two major incidents of forest fire.
Part – III
B. Answer any three questions from 19 to 23. Each, carries 4 scores. (3 × 4 = 12)
Question 19.
The English club of your school has decided to stage the play ‘The Hour of Truth’. As the director of the play, prepare a script of an introductory announcement.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers, parents and my dear students, We are going to present before you the famous play “The Hour of Truth” by Percival Wilde. It tells the story of Robert Baldwin, his wife Martha, his son John and his daughter Evie. John Gresham owns a bank. Baldwin is the governor of the bank. John Gresham misappropriates a huge sum from the bank and is arrested and is in jail. If Baldwin can say “I don’t remember” in the court, Gresham will be acquitted. To say those three words, Gresham offers Baldwin $100,000. Baldwin’s family members need money for different reasons. Will Baldwin say those three words? Watch and see!
Question 20.
A debate is conducted by the NSS unit of your school on the topic ‘Women Empowerment is the only weapon to abolish dowry system,. Imagine that you are one of the debaters favouring the topic. Write your arguments in a paragraph. There should be at least four points.
Answer:
I strongly say that women empowerment is the only weapon to abolish dowry system. If women are empowered the greedy husband or his parents and relatives will not dare to demand dowry. Women empowerment gives women the power to manage their things without depending on their husbands. Women empowerment will increase their sense of self-reliance. Women empowerment will teach them the mantra of “T rust Thyself. Physically man may be stronger, but mentally women are not inferior to men. We have women like Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, and Kalpana Chawla who were in no way inferior to men.
Question 21.
“I wish there were more Horegallus in this world.’ – Sudha Murty. Prepare a paragraph on the relevance of Horegallus in this world.
Answer:
A hbregallu.is a stone bench on which tired people can rest and regain their energy. Such stones are usually undpr shady trees. Tired travellers unburden themselves, sit, and talk to some sympathetic listener. Life is & journey and we all are travellers. Each one of us carries burdens of various sorts. If there is some patient and sympathetic listener, we can unburden ourselves and feel relieved. The horegallu will not solve your problem but it gives you a temporary relief. The author expects each of us to be a horegallu.
Question 22.
‘I have got only a few years to live, but I’ll live those as I’ve lived the rest of my life. I’ll go to my grave clean!’ Robert Baldwin never comprised with the corruption and the corrupted. Prepare a character sketch of Robert Baldwin.
Answer:
Robert Baldwin is the protagonist of this play. He lives in a trim little cottage with his wife Martha and his son John and daughter Evie. He is working as the governor of a bank owned by John Gresham. His salary is very low, 60 dollars a week. His son John earns only 30 dollars a week. With this limited income they live reasonably happily.
Suddenly there is a problem in their lives. John Gresham has misappropriated bank money and he is in jail. The bank is closed and Baldwin will have no job. Only Baldwin is the witness for the misappropriation. If he gives his true testimony, John ;1^pE8sham will definitely go to jail for a long period. Baldwin is honest and he has taught his family the importance of honesty.
When Baldwin returns home after the arrest of John Gresham, his wife and children rush to him to know the latest news. Initially his wife and the children tell him that he should say the truth during the trial even if it means jail term for Gresham. But when they come to know that Gresham has offered him a bribe of 100,000 dollars just to say‘I don’t remember1 when some incriminating questions are asked in the court, they change their stance. They try to find out all kinds of loopholes to make Baldwin accept the bribe. Martha, John and Evie do their best to make Baldwin change his mind. But he asserts that he wants to go to his grave clean.
He does love Gresham. He even named his son after him. Even now he remembers how he worked with him for so long. They were boys together. They worked side by side. All this is true, but he is not willing to tell a lie to save his friend and employer even when he is offered a cofossal sum of 100,000 dollars.
Baldwin’s honesty is repaid abundantly. Even Gresham is proud of him and he recommends him to Mr Marshall, the President of the Third International. At the end of the play we see Marshall coming to the house of Baldwin and offering him a job at the Third International. We see Baldwin crying in the end. He must have been crying for two reasons – his friend Gresham has confessed his guilt and he will surely be punished. Secondly he is shedding tears of joy in gratitude to God who has amply repaid his honesty. Honesty, Baldwin proves, beyond an iota of doubt, is the best policy.
Question 23.
Adolescents are falling victims to substance abuse and drug abuse cases are growing in larger proportions. Draft an email to the Editor of a National Daily highlighting the abuse of drugs among adolescents and children.
Answer:
editorindianexpress@hotmail.com
These days more and more adolescents and yovng children are falling victims to substance and drug abuse. I am writing this letter to inform people about the possible risks they run because of drug abuse. Drug abuse has both mental and physical impacts. The drug addict experiences sensory deprivation. He has a general feeling of physical discomfort and there are personality changes in him. The addict feels depressed. He fails to respond either to his environment or to other people. His mental disturbance can be like paranoia.
The addict knows he has a problem. But he does not know the source of his problem and he looks for its cause in everything but himself. He looks upon external objects with suspicion. Anything outside scares him and he draws further and farther into himself. There are also drug related physical disorders. Dirty needles and solutions used for injecting drugs can cause abscesses in the arms and veins. They can cause liver disease, venereal disease and infection of the kidney and brain. Sniffing cocaine and amphetamines can damage the tissue of the nose.
Marijuana and tobacco smoking can cause lung diseases. Babies of women addicted to opiates are likely to be born addicted and to suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Cocaine and amphetamines cause hair fall. Marijuana can damage cells. A drug addict can easily get pneumonia, tuberculosis, mal-nutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.
Mehboob Saithu, Irinjalakuda
B. Answer any one question from 24 to 25. Carries 4 scores. (1 × 4 = 4)
Question 24.
Edit the passage given below:
It was 1983, we live in Jakarta, in a lovely, white colonial home bn a street that was quiet. It was a pleasant, almost perfect life, until the day I was taken to visit a orphanage in the city. I do not remember the orphanage how looked, but I vividly remember the children.
Answer:
In was 1983. We were then living in Jakarta in a lovely, white, colonial home on a street that was quiet. It was a pleasant, almost perfect life, until the day I was taken to visit an orphanage in the city. I do not remember the orphanage or how it looked, but I vividly remember the children.
Question 25.
Prepare a profile of Shaheen Mistri using the hints given below:
SHAHEEN MISTRI
Birth : 16 March, 1971, Mumbai, India.
Education : BA, M.A. St. Xaviers College (University Mumbai) University Manchester
Occupation : CEO, Teach For India
Books : Redrawing India, The Teach For India Story, Muglie Goes to Mumbai
Known for : Social Activist, The founder of Akanksha Foundation
Answer:
Shaheen Mistri was born on 16 March’1971, in Mumbai India. She did her B.A. from St. Xavier’s College, affiliated to University of Mumbai. She did her M.A. from the University of Manchester. She is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of “Teach for India”. She has written a number of books including “Redrawing India”, “The Teach for India Story”, and “Miss Muglie Goes to Mumbai”. She is a very famous social activist and is the founder of “Akanksha Foundation”.
Part – IV
A. Answer any three questions from 26 to 29. Each carries 6 scores. (3 × 6 = 18)
Question 26.
Inspired by Christine Legarde’s Speeqh on The 3Ls of Empowerment, Sowhrida club of your school has decidecf to conduct a Seminaf on International o atsWomen’s Day (March 8). Prepare a report of the
Answer:
SOWHRIDA CLUB
G.S.S.S. IRINJALAKUDA
REPORT ON THE SEMINAR CONDUCTED ON
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ON 8 MARCH 2022
The Seminar began at 10.00 a.rri; in the School auditorium. It was presided over by Miss Liz Kumari, the Chairperson of the Local Women Empowerment Wing. In her inaugural address she said the Seminar was inspired by the speech of Christine Legarde on the 3 Ls of Empowerment. Three speakers presented each of the 3 Ls, Learning, Labour and Leadership. The first speaker was the local MLA Mrs. Kunjumol Beeran. She said that education is the foundation on which any change is built. She said there is a proverb in Africa which says that “If you educate a boy, you train a man. But if you educate a woman, you train a village.”
The second speaker was Geeta Nandakumar, Principal of PG Centre, where only women are admitted for the various regular courses it offers. She said the 2nd L, Labour, helps a woman to achieve her true potential. She also insisted that society must . follow the principle of “equal pay for equal work”. The 3rd speaker Biwi Suleiman said that the 3rd L, Leadership, enables women to rise and fulfil their inborn abilities and talents. Then they become ready to “dare the difference”.
The listeners had some doubts to ask and the speakers clarified their doubts. The principal Ammini Rajan thanked everyone for their cooperation. The seminar came to a close by 1.00 p.m.
Lilly Joseph
Secretary
9.3.22
Question 27.
In connection with the inauguration of the Entrepreneurship club, Irfan Alam, the founder of Sammaan Foundation visits your school. Imagine that you get an opportunity to interview him. Write the likely interview questions and the possible answers.
Answer:
I: IrfanAlam, Please say a few words about yourself. Irfan Alam: I am a simple human being but a big dreamer. I come from a village. I love ideas and innovation.
I: Irfan, When and how did yougetthis idea of the 3-wheeled revolution?
Irfan: I was 17 then. I was travelling in a rickshaw and I was thirsty. I asked the” Hfckshaw puller if he had any water. He did not have any. The next day I gave 8 bottles of water to 5 rickshaw pullers. For a bottle the profit would be 2 rupees. We shared the profit 50-50.
I: How did you get this idea of redesigning the rickshaws?
Irfan: In 2008, an Indian TV Show called Business Bazigar wanted ideas for new. businesses. I suggested that rickshaws should be designed in such a way that the spaces on the vehicle could be sold for advertising and brand promotion.
I: Why did you refuse the seed money offered by the Organizers of the TV Show?
Irfan: I refused the seed money offered by the Organizers of the TV Show because I was not willing to accept the conditions laid down by the Organizers. I: Can you describe the operation model of SammaaN?
Irfan: When a rickshaw puller approaches SammaaN he is given training on basic etiquette and traffic rule. Then we help him to get a bank loan for a new rickshaw. We stand as guarantors.
I: What are the benefits of SammaaN?
Irfan: Rickshaw pullers feel empowered. Their wives and children attend free evening classes, it is profitable. Last year it made a profit of 8 lakhs.
Question 28.
The neighbour justified the need for wall by stating ‘Good fences make good neighbours’. Comment on the statement and prepare a write up.
Answer:
Good fences make good neighbours means it is good to have some limits between neighbours so that their relations will remain healthy at all times. If there is unlimited freedom between neighbours, trouble will soon start. Suppose you grow goats in your house. Your neighbour has a vegetable garden. If there is no fence your goats will go and eat up the vegetables of your neighbour. Will he like it? Suppose your neighbour’s children come and open your fridge and eat up all the good food you have kept there. Will you like it? So there must be some boundaries between neighbours and only then there will be good relations.
Question 29.
Prepare a blurb of “Oru Sankeerthanam Pole’ making use of the hints given below:
• Perumbadavam Sreedaran has written several novels and short stories.
• The novel revolves around the life of Dostoyevsky from the time of his meeting with Anna till their union.
• It won numerous awards, the most prestigious one being the 1996 Vayalar Award.
• The novel depicts the string of failed relationships, poverty and diseases haunt the gambler.
• The masterpiece was published by Samkeerthanam plications in 1993.
• Notable works by Perumbadavam – Narayanam, Asthapadi.
Answer:
Perumpadavam Sreedharan is a great writer from Karala and he has written several novels and short stories. Some of his most important works are “Narayanam”, Asthapadi” and his masterpiece “Oru Sankeerthanam Pole”. It won a number of Awards, the most prestigious being the 1996 Vayalar Award. It was published in 1993 by Sankeerthanam Publications. The novel revolves round the life of Dostoevsky from the time of his meeting with Anna till their union.
Dostoyevsky had promised his editor Stellovsky that he would complete the novel “The Gambler” within a few months, but he had not yet written a single page. On the advice of a friend, he recruits a stenographer, Anna, to speed up the completion. Anna had great respect for the novelist. But he was nothing like she imagined. On the surface, Dostoyevsky was an alcoholic, gambler and epileptic who could evoke revulsion in anyone. But Anna slowly discovers the deeper characteristics in his personality, which slowly progresses into the emotion of Love.
B. Answer any two questions from 30 to 32. Each carries 6 scores. (2 × 6 = 12)
Question 30.
Read the following headlines:
Effect of this lockdown on a student – Times of India:
Impact of Lockdown on the mental health of students – India Today:
Lockdown has worsely affected the mental health and happiness of our students. You have decided to arouse public opinion on this matter via a blog entry. How could it be?.
Answer:
The effect’lockdown is worst for the mental health ansHwippiness of a student. The student is unable to meet his/her friends and enjoy what they used to do in the pre-COVID days. The enormous potential that they used in their daily life is now blocked. The on-line classes are not a proper substitute for live classes where there is interaction between teachers and students.
Sitting in a room looking at your TV or your mobile phone and listening to the teacher is a really boring experience. It takes the fun out of learning. The students don’t have the chance of talking together, playing together and mingling with one another for any kind of social activities. This seclusion makes them mentally weak. When you go to school or college you are not learning just from the lectures you hear from your teachers or the notes you take down.
When you travel to college and when you return hgme after classes you see so many things, you meet so many people and you imbibe so many ideas. In the college you have so many different activities – games, sports, debates, discussions and so on. All this helps in making you into a knowledgeable and wise person. Education is not just some facts, figures and formulae, but it is training for life. This training we can’t get when we are locked down within the 4 walls of our room.
Question 31.
Imagine that you are a lady assistant in the play ‘Post Early For Christmas’. You decide to write a letter of apology to the Post Master General stating your innocence and requesting him to reinstate you on duty. Write the likely letter.
Answer:
From
Catherine Barkley
Postal Assistant master
Kansas.
To
The Post Master General
Central Post office
Washington DC.
29 December 2021
Sub: Confusion over the Ticking Parcel
First of all I want to apologize for what happened during the previous week of Last Christmas. I was too busy with work and different people were coming to the post office with strange requests. Somebody wanted a pint of beer. A man who was partially deaf was going on irritating me as he could not understand my questions and was giving me wrong answers. And then came this foreign tourist with a packet. I weighed the packet and told him the amount he should pay. He gave me the amount and went away. When I put the parcel away, there was some ticking noise coming from it. The people around thought it , was a time bomb. Somebody wanted me to bring a bucket of water.
The police was called in. The police also thought it was a time bomb. So the policeman put the parcel into the bucket of water. The foreign tourists returned because he had forgotten his gloves at the post office counter. He was upset to see his parcel in the bucket of water. It was actually an expensive clock which he bought from Switzerland and now it is spoiled and he is very angry.
I am sorry that I was the cause for all this trouble. I should have been more discreet in my actions. In my confusion I just did things as I was told by the worried people around. My sincere apologies.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Catherine Barkley)
Question 32.
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist always nurture^ >a( sensitive and reverential love of nature. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. Prepare an article about her to be published in your school magazine.
Answer:
WANGARI MAATHAI
Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan. She is an environmental and political activist. She was born on 1 April 1940. From her very childhood she developed a love for Nature and the Environment. Alarmed at the way deforestation was taking place in Kenya and the world at large, she founded the Green Belt Movement. She wanted people to plant trees and protect them and not to destroy them. She thought that trees are the umbrellas that shaded the earth from the scorching heat of the sun.
She advocated environmental conservation and she fought for women’s rights. She propagated sustainable development. She won many Awards. In 1986 she was given the Right to Livelihood Award. In 2004 she received the Nobel Prize. She was the first African woman go get a Nobel Prize. She did a lot for environmental protection. She breathed her last on 25 Septem ber 2011.
Part – V
A. Answer any two questions from 33 to 35. Each carries 8 scores. (2 × 8 = 16)
Question 33.
Read the following advertisement:
|
MAXWEALTH AND COMPANY 133 MARINE STREET MUMBAI REQUIRE OFFICE ASSISTANTS We, the leading Logistics Company invites application from eligible candidates for Eligibility :
Age : Below 30 yrs. Telephone : 0141 – 4222709 Fax : 01678 – 467346 Email : hrmaxwealth.co,in A renowned Logistics company has invited application for the post of Office Assistants. Imagine that you are a graduate and would like to apply for the post. Prepare a job application letter and resume. |
Answer:
From
Maggie Hayden
39 Milton Drive
Aluva, Kerala
To
Maxwealth and Company
133 Marine Street
Mumbai.
24 April 2022
APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF AN OFFICE ASSISTANT
Dear Sirs.
This has reference to your advertisement dated 20 April 2022 in “London Times” calling applications for the posts of Office Assistants. I have a Master’s Degree in Commerce and I have a Diploma in Computer Programming. I have worked as an Asstt. Manager in a Software Development Company for 3 years.
I bring along with me the willingness to work hard and do my best for the company that employs me.
I assure you full satisfaction if I am given a chance to work in your prestigious company. Copieš of all my documents and my detailed Resume are enclosed, Hoping to hear from you soon, Yours faithfully,
(Maggie Hayden)
Encl:5
RESUME OF MAGGIE HAYDEN
| Name and Address: Maggie Hayden 39 Federal Avenue Aluva 683101 Kerala.
Mobile NO.: 8647028828807 e-mail : maggiehayden@hotmail.com Date of birth : 11 January 1996 Nationality : Indian Marital Status : Single Qualifications :
Technical Quals : Diploma in Computer Programming with Specialization in Java, SQL, and C++ Experience : WorKeda an Asstt. Manager in GJ Infotech, Palarivattom, Kochi, for 3 years from April 2018 to February 2021. Special Abilities : Excellent Communications Skills with IELTS. Hobbies : Travel and Reading Languages Known : Malayalam, English, Hindi References :
I hereby certify that all the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Sd/ |
Question 34.
On Anti Drug Day, you are to deliver a speech on “Drug Abuse : A Social Menace.” Draft the script of the speech.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teacher and my dbar students, Today is theAriti-Drug Dayof this year. I am asked
to speak about the subject “Drug Abuse: A Social Menace”. Every day we, hear youngsters getting caught for crimes connected with drug abuse. Drug abuse haS;both mental and physical impacts.
The drug addict experiences sensory deprivation. He has a general feeling of physical discomfort and there are personality changes in him. The addict feels depressed. He fails to respond either to his environment or to other people. His mental disturbance can be like paranoia. The addict knows he has a problem. But he does not know the source of his problem and he looks for its cause in everything but himself. He looks upon external objects with suspicion.
Anything outside scares him and he draws further and further into himself. There are also drug- related physical disorders. Dirty needles and solutions used for injecting drugs can cause abscesses in the arms and veins. They can cause liver disease, venereal disease and infection of the kidney and brain. Sniffing cocaine and amphetamines can damage the tissue of the nose. Marijuana and tobacco smoking can cause lung diseases. Babies of women addicted to opiates are likely to be born addicted and to suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Cocaine and amphtetamines cause hair fall. Marijuana can damage cfeflsf. A drug addict can easily get pneumonia, tubeifdulosis, mal-nutrition and weight loss. An overdose of any sensual drug can cause respiratory or cardiac failure and death.
Question 35.
Read the poem given below. Compare the poem with ‘Any woman’, written by Katheriene Tynan.
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine
Rudyard Kipling
If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O, mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O, mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother O’mine, O mother O’mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother O’ mine, O mother O’ mirae!
Answer:
In the poem “Mother O’Mine, O Mother O’mine” by Rudyard Kipling shows the close relationship of a mother and her daughter. The love that the mother has for her daughter is very deep. The daughter feels that even if she were hanged on the highest hill, her mother’s love would follow her. If she were drowned in the deepest sea, she knows whose tears would follow her th§re. If her body and soul were damned, she knows whose prayers would make her whole again, The aughter has such faith in her mother. The poem is short and sweet. It is in rhyme and there is a lot of repetition.
“Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan is about “Mother’s Love”. There is a saying that since God could not be everywhere at the same time, he created mothers. It shows the importance of mothers. Mother is a synonym for love. Their love is unconditional. The expect nothing in return for the love they give you. That is the most important thing about a mother’s love.
Right from a child is formed in the womb, the mother starts loving her baby. Once the baby is born, its entire care is done by the mother. Feeding it, cleaning it, nursing it, making it sleep, making it comfortable all this is done by the mother. When her child is sick, the mother keeps awake the whole her child. She knows without her the child will not live and grow comfortably. That is why we see her praying, “God don’t take my life away until my children grow up!” Mother’s love is unique and there is nothing that can be compared to it. What we are today is the result of our mothers’ love.
The poem is in simple language. The entire poem is an exquisite metaphor. It is in rhyme. Except the first stanza, the rhyming scheme is abab. Between the two poems, I prefer the poem “Any Woman” by Katharine Tynan.