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Paper Boats
Rabindranath Tagore
About Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a famous writer, singer and painter. He composed the National Anthem of two countries (Bangladesh and India). He was the first indian to be awarded the Noble Prize.
Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with shiuli flower from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams.
Available Answers
- 1.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
- What does 'them' refer to?
- Why does the persona write his name and the name of his village?
- What does this tell you about the persona?
- 2.
Does the persona float his boats often or does he rarely do this? Which words in the poem give us the answer to this question?
- 3.
At night, what dreams does the persona have about his boat?
- 4.
Complete the following sentences.
- The person speaking in a poem is called the persona. I think the persona is about ____________ years old because ____________________________.
- The persona floats paper boats filled with ________________, in the ___________ stream.
- The persona imagines that the clouds are _____________________ sent by an unknown ___________________ in the sky to race with the paper boats.
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