ICE BREAKERS
Prepare a word register related to marine life.
Sailors
The functions of a lighthouse are -
Lighthouse
to show the direction
Discuss in pairs the various famous rocks in the world and mention the places
where they are.
Famous Rock Place
Balancing Rock Mahabalipuram
Narrate in the class a story about someone who destroyed or spoilt someone
else's good work.
Discuss in pairs and groups the following expressions. Take the help of your
teacher.
(a) As you sow so shall you reap
(b) Crime gets its own punishment
(c) What goes around comes around
(d) Tit for tat
(e) Evil digs a pit for others but falls into the sameRobert Southey (1774 to 1843) He was born in Bristol, England. He
was the son of a draper, educated at Westminster School and Balliol
College, Oxford.
He was a Poet Laureate of England from 1813 to 1843. Some
of his short poems like ‘The Scholar’. ‘The Battle of Blenheim’,
‘Bishop Hatto’, ‘The Inchcape Rock’ etc. are very popular with
the school children.
‘The Inchcape Rock’ is a ballad. It’s the story of the 14th century
attempt by the Abbot of Aberbrothok to install a warning bell on
Inchcape, a notorious sandstone reef about 11 miles (18km) off the
east coast of Angus, Scotland, near Dundee and Fife, occupied by the
Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Southey was inspired by the the legendary story of a pirate who removed the bell on the
Inchcape Rock placed by the Abbot of Aberbrothok. The poem gives us a message that those
who do wrong things will meet with due punishment.
No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,
The ship was as still as she could be,
Her sails from heaven received no motion,
Her keel was steady in the ocean.
Without either sign or sound of their shock
The waves flow’d over the Inchcape Rock;
So little they rose, so little they fell,
They did not move the Inchcape Bell.
The Abbot of Aberbrothok
Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock;
On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung,
And over the waves its warning rung.
Abbot : head of Abbey of
monks (Abbey : a building
where monks or nuns live or
used to live)
buoy : floating object
anchored in the sea to mark
dangerous placesWhen the Rock was hid by the surge’s swell,
The mariners heard the warning bell;
And then they knew the perilous Rock,
And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
The Sun in heaven was shining gay,
All things were joyful on that day;
The sea-birds scream’d as they wheel’d round,
And there was joyance in their sound.
The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen
A darker speck on the ocean green;
Sir Ralph the Rover, walk’d his deck,
And he fix’d his eye on the darker speck.
He felt the cheering power of spring,
It made him whistle, it made him sing;
His heart was mirthful to excess,
But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness.
His eye was on the Inchcape float;
Quoth he, “My men, put out the boat,
And row me to the Inchcape Rock,
And I’ll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok’.
The boat is lower’d, the boatmen row,
And to the Inchcape Rock they go;
Sir Ralph bent over from the boat,
And he cut the Bell from the Inchcape float.
Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound.
The bubbles rose and burst around;
Quoth Sir Ralph, ‘The next who comes to the Rock
Won’t bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.’Give reasons for the sailor’s
appreciation of The Abbot.
surge’s swell : sudden and
great rise in the level of the
sea
perilous : dangerous
blest : old English form of
‘blessed’
Guess the meaning of :
‘wheel’d round’.
speck : a tiny dot
Sir Ralph the Rover : a sea
pirate
Describe the state of mind of
Sir Ralph.
quoth : said
plague : cause pain or trouble
When the Rover spotted the
bell, he cut the bell from the
buoy. This was an act of-
i. hatred
ii. anger
iii. jealousy
iv. frustration
gurgling sound :
Find the figure of speechSir Ralph the Rover, sail’d away,
He scour’d the seas for many a day;
And now grown rich with plunder’d store,
He steers his course for Scotland’s shore.
So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
They cannot see the Sun on high;
The wind hath blown a gale all day,
At evening it hath died away.
On the deck the Rover takes his stand,
So dark it is they see no land.
Quoth Sir Ralph, ‘It will be lighter soon,
For there is the dawn of the rising Moon.’
‘Canst hear’, said one, ‘the breakers roar?
For methinks we should be near the shore’.
‘Now where we are I cannot tell,
But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell’.
They hear no sound, the swell is strong;
Though the wind hath fallen they drift along,
Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,-
‘O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!’
Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in every side,
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.
But even in his dying fear
One dreadful sound could the Rover hear,
A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell,
The Devil below was ringing his knell.
-Robert Southscour’d : (here) travelled
freely, energetically for ships
to rob
plunder’d store : big
amount of looted wealth
steers : directs the course of
the ship
haze : thin mist
methinks : it seems to me
(archaic form of ‘I think’)
drift : move slowly
‘O Christ ! It is the Inchcape
Rock’ - What made Ralph
the Rover to exclaim this
line?
tore : pulled hard
knell : the sound of a bell
rung solemnly after death or
at funeral announcement of
deathBRAINSTORMING
(A1) Narrate in groups the scene described in the beginning of the poem.
(A2) (i) Complete the following statements.
(a) The Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape Rock because..
(b) The mariners were grateful to the Abbot of Aberbrothok because............
(c) The result of the thick haze that covered the sky was that..............
(d) The Rover in frustration pulled his hair and cursed himself because........
(ii) Given below are the events that give the theme of the poem in a jumbled
form. Arrange in a proper sequence as per their occurrence.
(a) The waves were so small that they did not move enough to ring the bell
at the Inchcape Rock.
(b) The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on a buoy on the rock.
(c) There was a thick haze spread over the atmosphere.
(d) Ralph bent over from the boat.
(e) Sir Ralph cursed himself in despair and in his frustration tore his hair.
(iii) Describe the qualities of the Abbot of Aberbrothok in your own words.
Qualities of
the Abbot of
Aberbrothok
Benevolent
Big-hearted
(iv) 'Jealousy' is the most incurable defect. Justify.
(v) 'But the Rover's mirth was wickedness'. Explain this line in your own
words with the help of the poem.
(A3) Some words in the poem are related to different parts of a ship or a
mariner's life. Given below are the meanings of those terms. Identify the
word.
(a) Helps in steering the ship
(b) The lowest part of the ship
(c) Floating object that shows direction
(d) Another name for a ship
(e) Sinking sound(A4) (i) Ballad
A ballad is a song that tells a story, and it can be dramatic, funny or romantic.
Traditionally the ballad has been considered a folkloric verse narrative which
has strong associations with communal dancing. Generally, the term is used
for a narrative poem which uses an elliptical and highly stylized mode of
narration. The technique of repetition with variation may play an important
part in it.
From the 18th century onwards, collections of folk / ‘popular ballads’ began
to be made. The form was taken up by some of the most influential poets
of the late 18th century as a folkloric form of expression.
A typical ballad consists of stanzas that contain a quatrain, or four poetic
lines. Some ballads have a refrain, or a repeated chorus, just like a song
does. The rhyme scheme adds musical quality to the poem.
One famous ballad is ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by English poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(ii) Select the appropriate figure of speech from the box given below and complete
the table.
Metaphor, Alliteration, Repetition, Personification, Inversion,
Simile, Apostrophe, Onomatopoeia
Examples Figure of
speech
Explanation
1. Sir Ralph the Rover tore
his hair.
Alliteration The close repetition of consonant
sounds at the beginning of words
2. No stir in the air no stir in
the sea.
3. On a buoy in the storm
it floated and swung.
4. Down sank the bell with
a gurgling sound.
5. The devil below was
ringing his knell.
6. The ship was as still as
she could be.
7. On the deck the Rover
takes his stand.
8. Oh Christ !
(A5) (i) Write an appreciation of the poem, 'The Inchcape Rock'.
(ii) Compose 4 to 6 lines on 'sea(A6) (i) Expand the ideas on your own on the following topics.
(a) Pride goes before a fall.
(b) Time and tide wait for none.
(c) Man proposes, God disposes.
(d) Look before you leap.
(ii) The poem begins with :
'Without either sign or sound of their shock,
The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock.'
It ends with :
'Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock.'
On the basis of these lines explain the change in mood of the poem.
(A7) (i) Read the following tree diagram and find out more information about
opportunities in 'on and off the shore' the Indian Navy.
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AND DIRECTION
NATION'S
PRIDE
JOIN INDIAN NAVY
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
SKILL TRAINING
ATTITUDE AND TEAM
SPIRIT
https://www.joinindiannavy.
gov.in(ii) Required qualifications and various fields / opportunities for women to join
in the Navy.
Women in the Navy
(age - 19 to 24)
A T C
Observer
Law
Logistics
Education
Naval
Architecture
Naval
Armament
Inspectorate
Pilot PCM with English
Computer Science
M.B.A.
Humanities
B.Sc/B.com
B.E./B. Tech
(iii) Colleges that provide education in oceanography -
• National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
• National Institute of Oceanography, Mumbai
• MBA (Logistic Shipping Management), IIKM Business School, Calicut, Kerala
• Indira Gandhi College of Distance Education IGCDE, Tamil Nadu
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