Appreciation questions :-
1. Who does 'we' refer to in first stanza'?
We' refer to the 'Machines'.
2. Who are the speakers and listeners of this poem?
Machines are the speakers and Men are the listeners.
3. What metals are obtained from ores and mines?
Iron, Gold, Zinc, Copper.
4. Mention a few machines which are hammered to design
1) Mill Machine 2) Feed Pelletizer Machine
5. Mention the names of a few machines that run on water, coal or oil.
Steam - engine; Washing machine; Energy expeller oil machine.
6. Mention a few machines used for pulling, pushing, lifting, driving, printing, ploughing, reading and writing
1. Bulldozer
2. Crane
3. driller
4. Printer
5. Tiller
6. Scanner
7. Typewriter
7. Are machine humble to except the evolution of human brain
yes, machines are humble to accept the evolution of human brain because the chines are the brain - children of human beings
8. What feeling one evoked in us by the machines in this poem ?
Pride and Prestige are the feelings evoked in us by the machines in this poem
9. "And a thousand of an inch to give us play"
Which of the following do the machines want to prove from this line?
a. Once machines are fed with fuel, they take a very long time to start b. Once machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly
The Answer is (b) - Once machines are fed with fuel, they start quickly
10. "And now, how will set us to our task
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
a. Who does the pronoun You' refer to here?
The pronoun You' refers to the human beings.
b. Whose task is referred to as our task here?
The task of the machines is referred here.
c. Open conditional clause is used in the given line. Why is the future tense will set' and 'will serve' used both in the if clause' and in the main clause?
The future tense is used to denote the "Surety of the statement
d. Do the machines serve us twenty four hours a day?
Yes, the machines serve us twenty four hours a day.
e. Rewrite the given lines with the ending 365 days a year.
And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you sixty five and three hundred days a year.
1. if you make a slip in handling us you die' What is the result of 'mishandling the machine.
The mishandling of the machine results in losing one's precious life.
2. We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine,
We were melted in the furnace and the pit
a. Where is the metal taken from?
The metal is taken from the ore-bed and the mine.
b. What is the process carried out?
It is melted in the furnace and the pit.
3. We were cast and wrought and hammered to design,
We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit.
a. How are they designed?
They are cast, wrought and hammered to design.
b. When are they ready to be fitted?
After they are cut, filed, tooled and gauged they are ready to be fitted
4.We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,
We can print and plough and weave and heat and light,
a.What can a machine do?
They can pull, haul, push, lift and drive.
b. What do they give us?
They give us heat and light.
5. We can neither love nor pity nor forgive,
If you make a slip in handling us you die
a. What can a machine not do?
They can not love, pity or forgive.
b. How should we handle a machine?
We should handle it with care.
6. Because, for all our power and weight and size,
We are nothing more than children of your brain!
a. What are the qualities of a machine?
It has power, weight and size.
b. Whose child is a machine?
The machine is the child of the human brain.
7. We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,
a. Name the figure of the speech implied.
Oxymoron / Personification
8. We can see and hear and count and read and write!
a. Name the figure of the speech implied,
Imagery
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