‘SYMPATHY’
CHARLES MACKAY
CLASS 9TH
SUBJECT-ENGLISH
TEACHER NAME
MISS NIDHI SHARMA
STUDENTS NAME
Manpreet Kau , Manjeet
kaur,Monika,Navdeep
Kaur,Rabeena, Jarnail
Singh,Jagwinder
Singh,Lovpreet
Singh,Bakhshish Singh,Rifan
Khan
CHARLES MACKAY
Charles Mackay (1814-89) was a
Scottish song - writer. An editor of
The Illustrated London News , he
published several volumes of verse
. His poems were very popular with
the reading public and many of
these were set to music.
I lay in
sorrow,deep
distressed
My grief a proud man heard;
His looks were cold, he gave me
gold,
But not a kindly word.
Explantion
I was lying sad in pain .A
man heard my pain and gave me
money with pride without saying
any word of sympathy.
My sorrow passed-I paid him back
gave The gold he to me;
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
And blessed his charity.
Explanation
My days of sorrow passed
and I paid him his money back
with thanks.
EXERCISE
1Q :What was the poet
doing?
2Q :Did the proud man show
any sympathy?
3Q :How had proud man
helped the poet?
4Q: Name the poem and the
poet?
EXERCISE
1Ans :poet was lying in
sorrow .
2Ans: No he didn’t .
3Ans:By giving money to the
poet .
4Ans:Name of poem is
‘sympathy’ and poet ‘s name
is ‘Charles Mackay’.
EXERCISE
1Q: Why does the poet say
that he ‘stood erect’?
2Q: What did the poet say to
the man who had given him
gold ?
EXERCISE
1Ans :Because he could
pay back his money.
2Ans :He said thanks to the
man.
I lay in want ,and grief, an pain
A poor man passed my way,
He bound my head , he gave me
bread,
He watched me night and day.
Explanation
I was in need, sad and
pain A poor man saw me .He
served me day and night.
EXERCISE
1Q : What was wrong with the
poet ?
2Q : Who passed by him ?
3Q : What did he do for the
poet ?
EXERCISE
1Ans : He was not well.
2Ans : A poor man passed by
him.
3Ans : He served the poet .
How shall I pay him back
again,
For all he did to me?
Oh ,gold is great, greater far
Is heavenly sympathy.
Explanation
How can I pay
him back what ever he did
for me. Money is great but
sympathy is greater than it.
EXERCISE
1Q : Who does him here refer
to ?
2Q : Why could the poet not
pay him back ?
3Q :What had the man done
to the poet ?
References:
•English Book of class
•Google.com
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