sympathy
ACTIVITIES-
1. Read the poem and choose the correct options to complete the
sentences.
(a) The poet was in deep sorrow. A proud man came and helped him by
(i) offering him kind words
(ii) ignoring him
(iii) giving him gold
(iv) giving him pleasant company
Answer: - (iii) giving him gold
(b) When the poet lay in want and grief, the one who helped him was
(i) a rich man
(ii) a poor man
(ii) a proud man
(iv) a holy man
Answer: - (ii) a poor man
(c) The poor man gave the poet
(i) a cold look
(ii) sympathy
(ii) gold
(iv) not a kind word
Answer: - (ii) sympathy
(d) When the poet's sorrow passed, he went to the proud man and
(i) gave him back the gold
(ii) ignored him
(ii) didn't give back the gold
(iv) helped him
Answer: - (i) gave him back the gold
(e) The poet refers to sympathy as 'heavenly' because sympathy
(i) is a feeling found in proud people
(ii) is found only in rich people
(iii) is an ordinary human feeling
(iv) is a blessing from God
Answer: - (iv) is a blessing from God
2. (a) Here are some questions to help you find out how much you have understood
the poem:
(i) How did the proud person help the poet when the poet was unhappy?
Answer: - The proud person helps the poet by giving some
gold when he was unhappy.
(ii) What did the poor man do when he found the poet lying in pain and
sadness?
Answer: - When the poor man found the poet lying in
pain and sadness, then the poor man gave him bread and took care of him day and
night.
(iii) Why does the poet think that he cannot help the poor man back in the
same way?
Answer: - The poet thinks that he cannot help the
poor man back because the poor man gave him sympathy and sympathy cannot be returning
the same way.
(iv) Why is the poor man's help
greater than gold?
Answer: - The poor man's help greater than gold
because the sympathy is greater than gold. The gold can be returnable but
sympathy cannot be return.
(v) "Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy."
Why does the poet think so?
Answer: - "Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy."
The poet thought so because heavenly sympathy
cannot be returnable, it touches mind and heart. Gold cannot do that and it can
be returned.
(b) Find in the poem lines that match the meaning of the following sentences.
(i) I was sad and very unhappy.
Answer: - I lay in sorrow, deep depressed.
(ii) I was in need and was sad and hurt.
Answer: - I lay in want, and grief and pain.
(iii) He fed me and took care of me.
Answer: - He bound my head, he gave me bread.
He watched me night and day.
(iv) Gold is valuable but sympathy and love are far more valuable.
Answer: - Oh gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy.
(c) Make sentences with the following phrases:
(i) looks were cold :- The proud mans looks
were cold.
(ii) night and day:- I read before exam night
and day.
(iii) pay him back :- I will pay him back what he gave me.
3. Below are some lines from the poem with some words underlined. Choose
the correct meanings of the words from the options given in brackets.
(a) I lay in sorrow, deep distressed
(tired/unhappy/angry).
Answer: - I lay in, unhappy deep unhappy
(b) He gave me gold
(money/jewellery/sheets)
Answer: - He gave me money
(c) And blessed his charity
(money/kind help/pride)
Answer: - And blessed his kind help
(d) A poor man passed my way
(to move past/stopped me)
Answer: - A poor man to move past my
way
(e) Is heavenly sympathy
(Selfishness/godly goodness/pride)
Answer: - Is godly goodness sympathy
(f) Greater far is heavenly sympathy
(the feeling of being sorry at another's sadness/the feeling of pain/a superior
feeling)
Answer: - Greater far is heavenly the feeling of being sorry at
another's sadness
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