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    Evening On A Mountain

    By Adil Jussawalla

    GNAN SRISHTI SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE


    ABOUT THE POET
    Adil Jehangir Jussawalla (born 8 April 1940, Mumbai) is an Indian poet,
    magazine editor and translator. He has written two books of poetry, 'Land's End'
    and 'Missing Person’.
    'Sea Breeze Bombay' is a fine, city poem by this poet. It is actually a response to
    the historical incident of partition in the year 1947 according to the poet, Bombay
    is a 'Surrogate City’.

    He was an Honorary Fellow of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 1976. After
    that, he focused on journalism, serving as the book review editor at The Indian Express from 1980–81
    and literary editor for The Express Magazine from 1980–82. In 1987, he became the literary editor for
    Debonair, a magazine originally modeled after Playboy.

    Selected works
    •Trying to Say Goodbye, Almost Island Books,]
    •The Right Kind of Dog, Duckbill Books, 2013
    •Maps for a Mortal Moon: Essays and Entertainments (edited by Jerry Pinto), Aleph Books, 2014
    •I Dreamt a Horse Fell From the Sky, a collection of poetry and prose, Hachette, 2015

    GNAN SRISHTI SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE


    SYNONYMS:

    1. sunned – laze
    2. span – stretch
    3. embroidered – farfetched
    4. snipping – gash
    5. deflecting – avert
    6. straining – keen
    7. rebound – revive
    8. startled - stunned

    ANTONONYMS:

    1. deflecting x stay
    2. straining x unconcerned
    3. rebound x destroy
    4. startled x disinterested

    GNAN SRISHTI SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE


    COMPREHENSION:

    1. At what time of the day is the poem set?


    Ans: As the speaker is watching the sun set on a mountain and it is dusk.

    2. Where is the speaker?


    Ans: The speaker is describing his experience of watching the sun set over a mountain in a
    beautiful valley.

    3. What does the speaker say that the valley has been doing all day?
    Ans: Students will write the answer.

    4. Which lines(s) of the poem could suggest that the speaker shouts across the valley listens
    for an echo?
    Ans: The line ‘The ears straining at each rebound; far off’ could suggest that the speaker shouts
    across the valley. The speaker notes that the mountain is now a "sleeping beast" that is "dormant
    and waiting". The speaker also reflects on their own mortality and the fact that they will eventually
    be gone, just like the sun has now set.

    GNAN SRISHTI SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

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