ANSWERS AND ANALYSIS THE QUARREL CBSE – CLASS – VI

ABOUT THE POET

·
Eleanor
Farjeon

·
Born
– 13 February 1881 London, England, U.K.

·
Died
– 5 June 1965 Hampstead, England.

·
He
is even known as Tomfool, Merry Andrew, Chimaera. He is understood as
children’s literature.

·
Notable
works.

i)
Morning
has Broken (1957)

ii)
Gypsy
and Ginger (1920)

iii)
The
little Bookroom (1955)

·
Awards
– i) Carregie Medal (1955)

ii) Hans Christian Anderson Award(1056)

The Quarrel

I quarrelled with my brother

I don’t know what about,

One thing led to another

And somehow we fell out.

The start of it was slight,

The end of it was strong,

He said he was right,

I knew he was wrong!

We hated one another.

The afternoon turned black.

Then suddenly my brother

Thumped me on the back,

And said, “Oh, come along!

We can’t go on all night—

I was in the wrong.”

So he was in the right.

ELEANOR FARJEON

STANZAWISE
EXPLANATION

STANZA – 1
(ONE)

The poet quarrelled with her brother. She
is not sure what the reason of the quarrel was about. From one thing to other
the quarrel started and the quarrelled to the utmost. When the quarrel started
it was slight but when it ended it was very violent and strong. According to
the poet, her brother demanded himself to be right but she knew that he was
wrong.

STANZA
-2(Two)

After the quarrel, they started to hate
each other and the afternoon turned out to be black one. Then her brother took
the initiative to assuage the quarrel. He thumped on the back of her and said that
he was wrong and they should not go on fighting anymore. And thus he did the
right work at last.

TEXT BOOK
ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS

Working with the poem

Page – 40

1.
With your partner try to
guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.

i)
And somehow we fell out.

Ans-
Fell out – to succumb to temptation or sin.

ii)
The afternoon turned
black.

Ans-
changed into a sad and pessimistic one.

2.
Read these lines from the
poem

i)
One thing led to another.

ii)
The start of it was slight.

iii) The end of it was strong.

iv)
The afternoon turned
black

v)
Thumped me on the back.

Discuss with your partner
what these lines mean.

Ans:
i) Quarrel went on from one topic to
the other

ii)
The
beginning of the quarrel was very slight.

iii)
The
quarrel ended in harshness.

iv)
The
total afternoon became bad and sad.

v)
Patted
on the back.

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