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1. 1.

   WEAVERS, weaving at break of day,
   Why do you weave a garment so gay?...
   Blue as the wing of a halcyan wild,
   We weave the roles of a new-born child.

   1. What does the poet mean by the phrase 'garment so gay'?
   2. What is the colour of the cloth being compared to?
   3. For whom is it being woven?
2. 2.

   White as a feather and white as a cloud

   1. What does the colour white symbolize in this line?
   2. For whom is the white cloth being woven?
3. 3.

   Identify the words or phrases from the poem that indicate the different times of the day.

4. 4.

   How does the poet draw parallelism between the three stages of human life and the work of the weavers?

5. 5.

   1. Can you identify the simile here?
      White as a feather and white as a cloud,
      We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.
   2. Use the following words in sentences of your own using appropriate similes.
      1. weather
      2. wall
      3. lamp
      4. boy
      5. road
6. 6.

   Identify the alliterative sound in the line, Why do you weave a garment so gay?