“Coromandel Fishers” Question Answers ALTE WBCHSE 11

“Coromandel Fishers” Question Answers ENG A WBCHSE 11. Dive into this fantabulous poem by Sarojini Naidu. Naidu is popularly known for her excellent portrayal of Indian life in her poems.

STANZA WISE EXPLANATION

Stanza 1 Explanation: The poetess makes a fisherman as a mouthpiece. The fisherman exhorts fellow fishermen to leave their beds now. The day has dawn and it is time to get up. The wind has become calm. They should hurry up to get their net, untie their fishing boats, and set up the sea at the earliest. The speaker reminds them that they are the kings of the sea. They should row their boats into the sea and catch fish. The fish are the wealth of the tide. 

   The poetess makes a fisherman as mouthpiece in the poem “The Coromandel Fishers”. By referring to the word brothers, he addresses the song to his fellow fishermen who exhort other fishermen to leave their bed. The day has dawned and so it is time for them to get up. The wind has subsided, it is calm so they should hurry up to gather their nets; next untie their fishing boats and set up to the sea at the earliest. The speaker reminds them that they are the kings of the sea and so they should row their boats far into the sea to catch fish which is the wealth of the tide. 

Stanza 2 Explanation: The fisherman wants the comrades not to delay and play the departure for the open sea. They should get into their fishing boat and row them in the direction from which the call of the Seagull is heard. He tells them that the sea is their mother, the cloud is their brother, and the waves are their constant companion and friends. In other words, one should not hesitate to go to the sea on account of any fear of the sea. 

Stanza 3 Explanation: The shade of the coconut trees enclosing an open space is a very pleasing sight for the fisherman. The sweet smell given up by the mango groove is also pleasing to them. The Sandy Beach better than the light of the full moon from which the voices of the near and their dear ones reach their ears is pleasing to hear. However more pleasing than anything is the touch of the spray and the dance of the uncontrolled Joy of the foam. So, the fisherman requests his commode to go on rowing. He wishes to row even to that far blue edge of the sea where the blue sky and the sea appear to be touching and forming a union. 

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Question 1: Who is “us”? To whom is he speaking?

Ans: “Us” stands for the Coromandel fishers. The speaker is one of the fishermen who is addressing his comrades. 

Question 2: explain how the sea is the speaker’s mother, the cloud his brother, and the wave his comrade. 

Ans: The fisherman considers the sea to be their mother. A mother feeds her children and satisfies their hunger. Similarly, the sea gives the fisherman fish which they eat to satisfy their hunger

         If the sea is looked upon by the fishermen as the mother, the clouds are their brothers. The clouds are produced from seawater by evaporation. So, in effect, the sea gives birth to them and becomes their mother. The fisherman and the clouds have a common mother and are hence brothers. The waves are the comrades of the fishermen because the fishermen keep them company throughout the day and when they catch the fish. 

Question 3: What does the speaker tell his companions in the stanzas of the poem that proceed and follow the given stanza? What traits of his character are reflected in his address? 

Ans: In the single stanza that precedes this stanza, the fisherman asks his fellow fisherman to get up. The day has already dawned. He expects them to take out their fishing nets and set of India boards and go far into the sea to catch fish. 

          In the following stanza, the poem’s last stanza, the poet refers to the life of the fisherman on land. This life is very interesting and peaceful. Fishermen enjoy the shade of the coconut tree and the sweet smell of the mango fruit. The beach is no doubt beautiful but the fisherman loves the sea more than the land. 

Question 4: Explain ‘bold the storm by hair our lives’. 

Ans:  God who controls the storm of the sea will protect the life of the fisherman also. With the help of personification the poetess says that the Supreme Power who tosses their boats at night will also control their boats when they lose track in his storm. 

Question 5 : To whom is the poem The Coromandel Fishers addressed to? 

Ans: The poem “The Coromandel Fishers” is addressed to the Indian fisher folk. 

Question 6: What is Sarojini Naidu famously known as? 

Ans: Sarojini Naidu is famously known by the sobriquet  “the Nightingale of India.”

Question 7: What did Naidu’s poem commonly depict? 

Ans: Sarojini Naidu’s poem commonly depicted contemporary Indian life and events and the common and professional people of India. 

Question 8: What has been referred to as the leaping wealth of the tide

Ans: The fish of the sea has been referred to as the leaping wealth of the tide, these can be found on the edges of the wave. 

Question 9: Explain ‘Wakening skies pray to the morning light.

Ans: Here ‘Wakening Sky pray to morning light’  means that the day has drawn and it is time for the job. 

Question 10: Who has been referred to as kings of the sea and why? 

Ans: The fisherman has been referred to as the king of the sea. The fishermen are the people who capture the fish which is the leaping wealth of the tide. 

Question 11: What does the track of sea gulls call imply? 

Ans: Here the “ track of seagulls” calls”  gives the directions to the fisherman about the shoal of fish. 

Question 12: Explain who holds the storm by the hair and what is the figure of speech used by the poet. 

Ans: Here the line “ he who holds the storm by the hair” means god is the one who controls the storm.

        The figure of speech used here is personification. 

Question 13: What is sweet to the fisherman and what is sweeter?  

Ans: The shade of the trees, the sweet smell of the mango, and the sandy Beach bathed in the light of the full moon. The voices of near and near once reach their years are pleasing to them. 

          More pleasing than everything else is the spray and dance of the uncontrolled dance of the foam.