Chapter 2.4 The Pulley English kumarbharati - Chapter 2.4 The Pulley

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by:
Let us (said He) "pour on him all we can:"
Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.
So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honour, pleasure:
When almost all was out, God made a stay.
Perceiving that alone of all His treasures
Rest in the bottom lay.

A2. Complex Factual Activities: 
(i)  Besides those given in the extract, what other gifts has God blessed mankind with above His other creations? Enlist them. (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
 Explain the figures of speech in the following lines: (1) 
 (i) a glass of blessings

When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by:
Let us (said He) "pour on him all we can:"
Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.
So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flow'd, then wisdom, honour, pleasure:
When almost all was out, God made a stay.
Perceiving that alone of all His treasures
Rest in the bottom lay.

A2. Complex Factual Activities: 
(i) What did God's glass of blessings contain? (2)
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(i) Write the rhyming words from the extract: (1)

When God at first made Man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by;
Let us (said He) “pour on him all we can:”
Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.
So strength first made a way;
Then beauty flow’d, then wisdom, honour, pleasure:
When almost all was out, God made a stay,
Perceiving that alone of all His treasures
Rest in the bottom lay.
For if I should (said He)
Bestow this jewel also on my creature,
He would adore my gifts instead of me,
And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.
So both should losers be.
Yet let him keep the rest,
But keep them with repining restlessness:
Let him be rich and weary, that at last,
If goodness lead him not, yet weariness
May toss him to my breast.
- George Herbert

You can use the following points while writing the appreciation of the given poem:
• The title of the poem :
• The poet : 
• Rhyme scheme : 
• Figures of speech : 
• Theme/Central idea :