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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 7 English Prose Chapter 8 The Convergence of the Twain
The Convergence of the Twain Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
C. Come, let us talk about this poem:
Take turns with your partner to ask or , answer the questions given below. Explain to him or her why you think your answer is correct. Quote from the poem if necessary. Write down your answers.
Question 1.
In the first three lines the poet speaks of two things. What are they?
Answer:
The ship and the iceberg.
Question 2.
The poet uses the word “grew” twice. What does the mean in each case?
Answer:
- And as the smart ship grew – As the ship was being built.
- grew the iceberg too – iceberg was also getting larger.
Question 3.
What does he say about the ship’s qualities?
Answer:
The smart ship in stature, grace, and hue.
Question 4.
What is mysterious and fearful? What phrase expresses this idea?
Answer:
In the shadowy silent distance.
Question 5.
In what way are the ship and the iceberg “alien”? Explain.
Answer:
Both the ship and iceberg are so different as to be the opposite of one another. The ship is for sailing its passengers to their destination and an iceberg is a large mass of ice floating in the sea.
Question 6.
When you are playing with a top, you spin it and make it spin on the floor. The force of spinning also makes it go round and round in a circle. Now, our earth also does the same. It goes round and round the sun, spinning. So, who is “The Spinner of the years”?
a. the earth?
b. the sun?
c. the almighty?
d. the fate?
Answer:
The spinner of the year – The sun.
Question 7.
Two things became historical facts in navigation. What were they?
Answer:
Iceberg, Titanic
Question 8.
The Atlantic Ocean is v a s t. The i c e b e r g and the s h i p are mere sp e c k s in it. Yet, one obs t a c 1 e s the other in its course. There was a head-on collision. This was the a u g u s t event. (Supply the missing words)
Question 9.
The iceberg and the ship were alien. They were like the two hemispheres. Explain what this means.
Answer:
The two hemispheres stay at the opposite points of the earth and they never meet. Here the iceberg and titanic were like two hemispheres before the starting of the voyage and there was no chance of them meeting.
Question 10.
The event that brought death and destruction was like play to someone. Which two lines say so?
Answer:
Said “Now!” And each one hears, And consummation comes and joins two hemispheres.
Question 11.
Consider the words – “ ………. And each one hears ………. .” This means there were two/ three/many who heard. (Underline the correct word)
Answer:
many
Question 12.
Consider the word “consummation”. What point of time in the short life of the ship was the consummation?
a. When the ship stood in the dock in all its glory.
b. When it began to leave and the passengers on the deck were cheered by the people on the ground.
c. When it reached its maximum speed in the open sea.
d. None of the above.
Answer:
d. None of the above.
Question 13.
In describing the collision the poet has used three phrases and one word. Scan the poem and find them.
Answer:
- twin halves,
- paths coincident.
- joins two hemispheres – phrases.
- Consummation – word.
D. Write a short summary of the poem in your own words:
As the ship was being built, the iceberg was also getting larger – far away where no one would suspect the two would soon meet.
No human would have suspected the two would evermelt, much less striking against each other. The Titanic and the iceberg were both halves of a single event. One that could not have happened without both existing. It was God who decided their fate.
In this poem, God intended Titanic to hit the iceberg. The iceberg was the intended mate of the Titanic. In this poem, God is presented as vengeful, unkind, and cruel to bring about such a disaster.
A Puzzle: Imagine – you are standing in a room in a big house. You see three electric switches on the wall. You expect to see three lights also. But the bulbs are not in this room. They are in another distant room. So you don’t know which switch lights up which bulb in that room. You must find out which switch lights up which bulb by going into that distant room only once. How can you do this?
You are not allowed to stay in this room for more than three minutes. You mark the three electric switches as A, B and C with a sketch pen. Now first operate switch and keep it on it for 5 minutes. Switch it off. Now operate switch B and immediately go to the room. Where the bulb will be burning.
The bulb that is burning now belongs to switch B. Now put the stool and touch both the bulbs. The bulb which is not or slightly hot belongs to switch A and the bulb which is cold belongs to switch C.
The Convergence of the Twain Summary in English
As the ship was being built, the iceberg was also getting larger – far away where no one would suspect the two would soon meet.
No human would have suspected the two would ever melt, much less striking against each other, the Titanic and the iceberg were both half of a single event. One that could not have happened without both existing. It was God who decided their fate.
In this poem, God interned Titanic to hit the iceberg. The iceberg was the intended mate of the Titanic. In this poem, God is presented as vengeful, unkind and cruel to bring about such a disaster.