Class 12: 2.2 'Indian Weavers'; Brainstorming
Hello scholars, welcome to the HSC exam guide. This post will definitely be helpful to you for the study of class 12th English poem, ‘Indian weavers'. All the questions and answers (brainstorming) are given here. But before that make sure that you have visited the post to learn the summary of the poem, If not please click here for the summary of the poem.
Brainstorming
Activity 1
Discuss with your partner about the following vocations:
(a) Weaving:
Answer:
Weaving is a craft in which a person forms the fabric by interlacing or knitting the threads. In India, various types of clothes are made by using different threads like cotton, linen, and Resham. It needs skill and creativity. India has a great tradition of weaving industries. In Maharashtra, the cities like Ichalkaranji still find home-based weaving.
(b) Tailoring
Answer:
Tailoring is also a skill where the garment is shaped according to the needs of the person. In the old days, it only was limited to homemaker females. But nowadays tailoring has not only become a wild industry of fashion but also created lots of career opportunities in this industry. One can become a professional tailor by doing courses in fashion designing.
(c) Knitting:
Answer:
It is also a craft of weaving but mostly using needles. swatter, scarf, caps, hand gloves these types of clothes are knitted by using yarn or wool. Besides it, knitting is also used to make different types of decorative items like hangers for planters, knitted wall hangings. It also required hand skill and imagination. One has to learn the pattern of knitting to create knitted items.
(d) Embroidering:
Answer:
This is the art in which different stitches and weaning methods are used to make the cloth more beautiful. It makes the garment very rich and precious. Embroidery work is known by the city where it has been created. It has special features. The work made in Kashmir is known as Kashmiri work the embroidery of Lakhnavi city known as Lakhnavi Chikankari. Similarly, Zardosi work and Kantha work are also popular. This industry is supplementary to the fashion designing industry and has enough career opportunities.
Activity 2
(i) Discuss the various products made by the weavers in the poem.
Answer:
Weavers had made different types of clothes in the poem.
- The weavers had made the robes for the newborn child.
- They had made marriage veils for a bride.
- They had made whitish cloth to wrap the body of the dead person.
(ii) The words in the three stanzas of the poem mention different times of the day. Complete the table.
Answer:
(iii) The poem reveals three phases of life. Fill in the blanks with feelings and
colors appropriate to the phases of life. One is done for you.
(iv) Complete:
The weavers weave in the chill moonlight______________
Answer: The weavers weave in the chill moonlight Dead man’s funeral shroud.
(v) Pick out two words used to describe the weavers in the last stanza. Also
state their importance.
The words that describe the weavers - Solemn and still
- They are serious as they know that they are weaving cloth for the event that is the end of life.
- They are still that show the motionlessness of the event.
(vi) Express your views about the present condition of weavers.
Answer:
India has a vast history of the weaving industry. It adds value to Indian tradition. But the weavers didn't get that much appreciation.
- The weavers get lower wages for their efforts. One has to be patient for this work it takes too much time to make precious clothes
- The weavers are mostly affected by the Industrial revolution. The handwork of weavers is replaced by machines.
- They have to work for more hours than any other workers.
- Some weavers like Paithani weavers have taken it as an inherited business but due to lack of sufficient knowledge of marketing, they can't stand as an individual businessman.
- This field has lots of opportunities for a career. Just it has to be updated with the modern period.
- Changing trends of dressing have also affected them.
(vii) Describe in your own words the steps or measures that can be taken to solve the problems of the weavers.
Answer:
- This field has lots of opportunities for a career. Just it has to be updated with the modern period. To solve their problems following steps will be helpful.
- Firstly they have to acquire some basic knowledge of marketing.
- They can be entered into digital marketing for the growth of business and don't rely upon the dealers.
- Government can make this task easy by providing them finance (loan) at a lower cost or subsidy.
- They had to update their design and patterns according to new trends in the market.
(viii) Express your own views and opinions from the weavers’ point of view and complete the following table.
Answer:
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Activity 3
(i) Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Answer:
(ii) Give antonyms and synonyms of the following and make sentences of your own.
Answer:
(iii) Make a word register for clothes/attire/dress.
Answer:
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Activity 4
(i) Complete the following table.
Answer:
(ii) The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is 'aabb'. Find rhyme schemes in
the second and third stanzas.
Answer:
Activity 5
(i) The poet has asked a question at the beginning of every stanza. Explain the effect it creates on the reader.
Answer:
At the beginning of every stanza, the poetess asks the question about the garment that weavers are weaving. Through this question, readers get lots of information about the weaving, the purpose of weaving garment, its type, and color. Besides that, the use of questions creates excitement among the readers about the work of weavers.
(ii) Write an appreciation of the poem.
Answer:
About the poet:
“Indian weaver'' is a short, meaningful poem written by famous Indian poetess Sarojini Naidu. The poem has been taken from her first collection of poems; “The Golden Threshold”, published in 1905.
About the poem:
Indian weaver in this poem, the poetess talks about three types of garments that the weaver waves at particular times of the day.
Title:
The title of the poem is apt for the theme as it dedicates to the hard work of Indian weavers. Indian tradition is closely related to fabric. The poetess highlights it through this poem.
Theme:
The theme of the poem is the life cycle of human beings. The poem represents three stages of life; childhood, adulthood, and old-age (death) all three stages are indicated by the events of weaving a garment. In the first stanza, the morning indicates the new beginning of life, that is birth. In the second stanza, The evening (marriage) indicates adulthood. Finally, in the last stanza, dark night indicates old age.
Poetic style:
The poem is divided into 3 stanzas and each stanza denotes a particular time and garment; the morning, the evening, the moonlight night. The poem is in the form of a discussion where the poetess is asking questions and the weaver is answering. The language used in the poem is highly figurative. Many poetic devices like figures of speech, imagery, symbols are used in the poem.
Poetic devices:
Symbolism :
The particular time of a day metaphorically symbolises human life.
The colors mentioned in each stanza have significance. The colour of clothes indicates the mood of that particular stage.
For example, White color indicates colorlessness in the life of old age.
Imagery:
The plumes of a peacock, purple and green,’ creates a beautiful picture of a peacock.
Alliteration:
'Weavers, weaving at fall of night,'
'We weave the robes of a new-born child.'
Simile:
'Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,' The blue coloured cloth is directly compared with a wing of wild halcyon.
Metaphor:
The weaving time of weavers in the poem is a metaphorical representation of the life cycle of human beings.
Special features:
The poem is in discussion form. It is a fine example of figurative language and use of poetic devices. The poem dedicates the hard work of the craftsmen.
Message of the poem:
The poem shows that life is full of ups and downs. Everyone has to go through these stages for their final destiny, which is salvation.
The poem also highlights the hard work of Indian weavers and forces us to think about their condition. Though they make clothes for every event of life they are neglected.
Opinion:
The poem is short and simple but meaningful. I like the theme of the poem that presents the important events of life.
(iii) Compose four lines on 'Importance of clothes.'
Answer:
Yellow brown pink and blue,
Colorful cloth covers you.
Saves us to shiver from cold,
Makes us look beautiful and bold.
Activity 6
(ii) Find various career opportunities in Small Scale Industries like Handloom, Art, and Craft, Block Printing, etc.
Answer: Though Handloom, Art, and Craft, Block Printing, has small scale industries, there are many career opportunities to succeed. these are the artistic works. Few examples are stated below:
- Handloom Technologist:
- Fabricator Designer:
A fabricator designer is a person, who inspects the fabric and uses it according to its comfort.
- Embroidery and needleworker:
- Pottery making :
(iii) Find out information about the Mahavastra of Maharashtra- Paithani.
Paithani ( a type of traditional saree) is the identity of Maharashtra. Yewala, Maharashtra is noted for the making of Paithani. Making Paithani is the traditional work of community known as 'Kosti Samaj'. Almost at every home, Paithani is created with skill and creativity. it takes almost 1 to 3 months to form an original Paithani, according to its design and pattern. Some types of paithani take almost a year to be a creative piece. In the design of Paithani plumes of a peacock is the base. the bright colors add charm to the garment. Wearing the Paithani signifies royalty. It is the dream of every Maharashtrian lady to have a precious, original Paithani in her trunk ( closet).
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