Thursday, 27 November 2014

Class 5 English

                                  Indian Weavers
1.At the break of day the weavers weave robes for a newborn child.
2.At the fall of night , the weavers weave purple and green marriage veils for a queen.
3.In the moonlight chill , the weavers weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
4.The phrases that tell us the colour of the garments being woven are:- Blue as the wing of a halcyon , purple and green as the plumes of a peacock and white as feather and white as a cloud.
A2. 1. The poem describes the different stages of human life :- birth, marriage and death. When asked the weavers say that they are weaving the garment of a newborn child. This relates to the childhood of a person.
2.At night they are weaving the veils of a queen. This suggests the youth of a human being.
3.This refers to the last stage of a man's life.
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