Telangana SCERT 7th Class English Government Textbook Answers Telangana Unit 3B Honey They Brought Her Warrior Dead Textbook Questions and Answers.
TS 7th Class English Guide Unit 3B Honey They Brought Her Warrior Dead
Home they brought her warrior dead
She nor swooned, nor uttered a cry;
All her maidens, watching, said.
‘She must weep or she will die’.
Then they praised him, soft and low.
Called him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place,
Lightly to the warrior stepped,
Took the face cloth from the face;
Yet she neither moved nor wept.
Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set her child upon her knee –
Like summer tempest came her tears –
‘Sweet my child, I live for thee’.
-Alfred Lord Tennyson.
I. Answer the following questions :
Question 1.
How do you think the warrior lost his life ?
Answer:
The warrior lost his life while fighting a battle in the battle field.
Question 2.
What was unnatural with the warrior’s wife ?
Answer:
When the warrior’s dead body was brought home his wife neither swooned nor cried.
Question 3.
What did the maidens do to make her cry ?
Answer:
The maidens praised the dead soldier as worthy to be loved, the truest friend and noblest foe. Yet she neither cried nor uttered a word. A maiden removed the cloth from the face of the dead body. Yet she neither moved nor cried.
Question 4.
Why did they want her to cry ?
Answer:
The wife of the believed soldier sat like a rock in deep shock looking at the dead body of her husband. All her maidens were afraid that she would die if she did not cry. They wanted her to cry.
Question 5.
Who succeeded in making the woman cry ?
Answer:
A ninety year old nurse brought the warrior’s child and kept upon the lady’s lap of dead soldier’s wife. When she looked at the child, tears rolled down her cheeks like a summer tempest. . The ninety year old maiden succeeded in making the woman cry.
Question 6.
Look at the word order in the title. Normally we say “They brought her dead warrior home.” Why do you think the poet changed the word order ? Is it beautiful ? Discuss. Find other lines with a similar order in the poem.
Answer:
The poet focussed on the concept of bringing the dead body home. The poet changed the word order to give emphasis to ‘home’ which is supposed to be the best place in the world. When the warrior went for fighting in the battle field, his wife must have been eagerly waiting for him. The word order is beautiful symbolising the pathetic condition of the warrior’s wife. The other similar lines are ‘nor swooned, nor uttered a cry”.
PROJECT:
Here is a list of a few states in India. Collect the information about the heads mentioned below in the table. After collecting this information present it before the class and display it in “Our Reading Corner” (ORC).
Answer:
Honey They Brought Her Warrior Dead Summary in English
Alfred Lord Tennyson, who concentrated much on war and war heroes, wrote this above poem.
In the poem, ‘Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead’ the poet depicted the feelings of a warrior’s wife who was eagerly awaiting the arrival of her husband who went to the battle field. Instead of the arrival of the warrior, his dead body was brought home. The wife of the warrior was frozen with deep shock. She neither cried nor lost her consciousness. All her maidens were worried. They said within themselves, she must cry, otherwise she would die.
They started praising the dead warrior. They called him a lovable person, a true friend and a noble enemy. Yet, there was no response from her. She was like a statue.
Meanwhile one of her maids slowly moved from that place and unveiled the cloth from the face of the dead warrior. Even though they were anxious, the warrior’s wife neither move nor she rolled down a tear drop. She was standstill. Then a nurse, who was in her nineties, slowly got up and brought the warrior’s child. She rested the baby on her knees. Then the wife of the dead warrior burst into tears. Tears! which were like summer tempest. She took the child into her arms, and told that she would live for her/him.
Glossary:
warrior = a soldier good at fighting
swooned = became unconscious
maiden = lady of a high rank
stole = moved silently
like summer tempest = suddenly and forcefully
uttered = said
praised = flattered
worthy = fit
tempest = storm in the ocean
foe = an enemy