Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Solutions Term 2 Poem Chapter 1 Making Life Worth While

Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Solutions Term 2 Poem Chapter 1 Making Life Worth While

Poem Chapter 1 Making Life Worth While

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 8th English Guide Making Life Worth While Textual Exercise Questions and Answers

Making Life Worthwhile Poem Lines and Explanation

Line Nos.	Poem Lines	Explanation
1-3	Every soul that touches yours – Be it the slightest contact – Get there from some good;	We should learn the good from every soul that touches our heart. It may also be the slightest contact.
4-5	Some little grace; one kindly thought; One aspiration yet unfelt;	Some little charm, one kind thought, a hope or an ambition of achieving a desire or a wish.
6-7	One bit of courage For the darkening sky;	We need a bit of bravery to step into the darkening world.
8-9	One gleam of faith To brave the thickening ilk of life;	A faith that shines brightly to face the evils and obstacles of life.
10-12	One glimpse of brighter skies – To make this life, worthwhile And heaven a surer heritage.	A quick look at the brighter side of our life will make our life valuable and then surely heaven would be our inherited property.

1. Comprehension questions.

1. What should we learn from every soul?
Answer:
We should learn the good from every soul.

2. What qualities will help us to brave the thickening ills of life?
Answer:
We must pass on good thoughts, kindness, aspiration, courage, and faith to brave the thickening ills of life.

3. Why should we make this life worthwhile?
Answer:
We should make this life worthwhile to have a glimpse of the brighter skies.

4. What does the poet assure us if we make our life worthwhile?
Answer:
The poet assures the inheritance of heaven for the people who live a purposeful life in this world.

2. Fill in the blanks:

1. We should have a ……………. in life.
Answer:
aspiration

2. A ……………. is needed for the darkening sky.
Answer:
a bit of courage

3. One must have a ……………. of brighter skies to make life worthwhile.
Answer:
glimpse

3. Figure of speech.

Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. It is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and bring attention to an idea.

Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem. (Text Book Page No. 81)

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.” – Robert Frost

On page 81, we have four lines of a poem written by Robert Frost. He repeats the line

And miles to go before. I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep,

He uses this literary device called repetition to make the idea clearer and more memorable. It is used to emphasize a feeling or idea. Repetition creates rhythm and brings attention to the idea focused.

8th English Guide Making Life Worth While Additional Appreciation Questions and Answers

1. One bit of courage For the darkening sky;
What is needed for the darkening sky?

Answer:
One bit of courage is needed for the darkening sky.

2. One gleam of faith
To brave the thickening ills of life;
What is needed to brave the thickening ills of life?

Answer:
One gleam of faith is needed to brave the thickening ills of life.

3. One glimpse of brighter skies – To make this life worthwhile
What is needed to make the life worthwhile?

Answer:
One glimpse of a bright sky is needed to make this life worthwhile.

4. One aspiration yet unfelt One bit of courage
What is unfelt yet?

Answer:
One aspiration is yet unfelt.

5. Some little grace; one kindly thought;
One aspiration yet unfelt;
One bit of courage
For the darkening sky;

Question a.
What qualities are mentioned here?
Answer:
Some Grace, a kind thought, hope, and courage.

Question b.
What do you mean by the word ‘grace’?
Answer:
‘Grace’ means elegance or charm.

6. One gleam of faith
To brave the thickening ills of life;

Question a.
How can we brave the thickening ills of life?
Answer:
We can brave them by a gleam of faith.

Question b.
Why does the poet say thickening ills of life?
Answer:
The evils and obstacles in life are increasing.

Poetic Devices

Repetition:
The word ‘one’ is found to be repeated throughout the poem.

Rhyming words:
contact – thought

Alliteration:
And heaven a surer heritage.
The consonant ‘h’ is repeated twice in the above line and henceforth it is an alliterated line of this poem.

Basic idea of the poem:
Love your neighbor as you love yourself.

1. “Get there some good”.
What is the poetic device used here?
Answer:
Alliteration is used here. The words get – good are alliterated.

2. “And heaven a surer heritage”
Pick out the alliterated words.
Answer:
heaven – heritage are alliterated.

3. One aspiration yet unfelt;
One bit of courage
What is the literary device used here?
Answer:
Repetition. The word one’ is repeated in these two lines.

Making Life Worth While Summary in English

Everyone who comes in contact with, us must be influenced by us. They must get something good from us. That kindly act will make our life purposeful. Even little grace, kindly thought, bit of courage, one gleam of faith, one glimpse of brightness can make our life to fight with the ills of life.

Making Life Worth While Summary in Tamil

நம்மை அணுகி வரும் எவரும் நம்மிடமிருந்து ஏதோ ஒரு நன்மையைப் பெற்றுக் கொள்ள வேண்டும். நம்மிடமிருந்து அவர்கள் பெறும் நன்மையே நம் வாழ்வைக் குறிக்கோள் உள்ளதாக இப்பூமியில் ஆக்குகிறது. சிறிது கருணை, அன்பான எண்ணம், சிறிது தைரியம், ஒரு கீற்று நம்பிக்கை, வெளிச்சத்தின் ஒரு சிறிய பார்வை, நாம் இந்த உலக வாழ்வின் தீமைகளை எதிர்த்துப் போராட உதவுகிறது.

About the Author in English – Making Life Worth While

George Eliot – Mary Ann Evans (1819 – 1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels.

About the Author in Tamil – Making Life Worth While 

ஜார்ஜ் எலியட் – மேரி ஆன் ஈவன்ஸ் (1819 – 1880), தன் புனைப்பெயரான ஜார்ஜ் எலியட் என்பதன் மூலம் அனைவராலும் அறியப்பட்டார். அவர் ஓர் ஆங்கில நாவலாசிரியர், கவிஞர், பத்திரிக்கை எழுத்தாளர், மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் மற்றும் விக்டோரியன் சகாப்தத்தின் முன்னணி எழுத்தாளர்களுள் ஒருவராவார். இவர் ஏழு நாவல்களை எழுதியுள்ளார்.