Unit 2 - 2.4 The Pulley English - Unit 2 - 2.4 The Pulley

Find two correct statements from the given alternatives for each of the following:
(a) The summary of the poem "The Pulley' is:
(i) to focus on the mechanical operation of a pulley.
(ii) to teach a lesson to a creation (man) by the Creator (God)
(ii) to know the different gifts bestowed on man by God.
(iv) to remind man about his Creator in his exhaustion.
(v) God pulled man towards Him by making him restless and weary.

Choose the correct alternatives from the following:
(a) Herbert's poem The Pulley displays___________________as the two main themes.
(i) Origins and Morality/Spirituality
(ii) Origin of species
(iii) Origin of the universe/galaxy
(iv) Origin of the earth/space
(b) The first gift was _________.
(i) strength
(ii) beauty
(iii) wisdom
(iv) rest
(c) The last gift left was ________.
(i) strength
(ii) beauty
(iii) wisdom
(iv) rest
(d) The gifts/blessings lay in _________.
(i) the world
(ii) a span
(iii) a glass
(iv) a pathway

When does man generally turn to God?

What would human beings do if God gifted them with 'Rest'?

What does God want in return from man for the gifts He has bestowed on him?

Why did God withhold the gift of 'Rest' from man?

Besides those given in the extract, what other gifts has God blessed mankind with above His other creations? Enlist them.

Name and explain the figures of speech:
(a) The Pulley
(b) Bestow this jewel also on my creature.
(c) And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.

'For if I should' (sald 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.

Write the rhyming words from the lines.

Choose the correct alternative from the following:
(a) '_______________' is an example of Paradox from the poem.
(i) And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.
(ii) He would adore my gifts instead of me.
(iii) Let him be rich and weary.
(iv) When God first made man.
(b) '______________' is an example of Alliteration from the poem.
(i) made a way
(II) bottom lay
(ii) repining restlessness
(iv) keep the rest
(c) _________________ is an example of Inversion from the poem.
(i) Contract into a span.
(ii) So both should losers be.
(iii) Bestow this jewel.
(iv) And rest in Nature.

Pick out three lines that contain the monologues of God.

Discuss with your group and justify the title of the poem 'The Pulley' in your own words.