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Poem Name : I am The Land
Author Name : MARINA DE BELLAGENTA
UNDERSTAND THE POEM
1. Who do you think is the speaker of the poem ?
The land/ the earth is the speaker of the poem.
2. “I wait”, in line one suggests the feeling of
a) annoyance b) patience c) disgust
(Choose the right mood of the speaker
Patience
3. In line 2 “you” is repeated. Do you think it refers to same person? Who do you think that is ?
Yes it refers to the same person. The person is the man who the explore the land. (Earth)
4. Bring out the contrast between the reader and the speaker as suggested in lines 4, 5 and 6.
The contrast between the reader and the speaker are man and the earth.
a) Man shouts curth be patient.
b) Man buys earth waits.
c) Man mande holes, earth would stare
5. “muddy holes” refers to
a) virtual boles in the land
b) intention of the speaker
c) commotion created by the reader
Ans: a) virtual holes in the land
6. What does the phrase “car lot eyes stare” suggest? Try to imagine and draw, if you can, the picture suggested.
Self- assessment (for students)
7. The poem introduces some types of people and things. Some actions associated with them are given below. Classify them ap-propriately as suggested in the poem.
| sings, chokes shoots, shouts, grows, rejoices, destroys, dances, tramples says he owns, faces the challenge, kills |
| The Land | A Common Man / A Child | A war mongerer |
|---|---|---|
| waits grows chokes faces the challenge | plants Shouts Says he owns tramples Sings | Shoots Destroys Kills |
8. Pick out the line from the poem that expresses “self assertation” of the speaker.
The self assertion of the speaker is “You cannot put a fence around the planet Earth”.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions set on it.
1.”I wait”, is repeated five times in the poem. What quality of the speaker is highlighted with this repetition?
The patience of the earth is highlighted with the repetit on of the word “wait” five times in the poem. Though the man exp’oits the land, the earth patiently tolerate man’s deeds. Here the Earth chibits her patience which is urchallengable. Her limit of patience is maxmum.
2. The poem has figures of speech. One is given. “a chain link necklace chokes me” is personification. Pick out one or two or more such figures of speech from the poem.
i) I am the land. I wait.
ii) You shout. I lie patient.
iii) With muddy holes and car lot eyes I stare.
3. The poem is not full of rhyming words. On the other hand. it makes us imagine some pictures like soldiers shooting, children dancing. Pick out other images from the poem.
The images are
i) Car lot eyes tare
ii) Some one tilling the earth
(iii) Someone (you) shouting.
4. “YOU CANNOT PUT A FENCE AROUND THE PLANET EARTH”
Is this a tone of weakness or self-assertain? Discuss.
Surely it is a tone of self – assertion. In front of the planet car the man is nothing. Man has existence on same earth. Without earth man cannot stand or survive on it.
5. Which line or lines do you enjoy reciting most? Give reasons for your choice.
Self- assessment by the student.
eg: “You cannot put a fence around the planet Earth”.
Man cannot compare himself with the earth planet. There is vast gap or difference between the two. When we recite these lines we can rejoice because it is a challenge for self assertion of the earth.
Extra Multiple Choice Questions
1. In this poem the speaker was
a) Nature
b) Man
c) Land / Earth
d) Woman
2. “I am the land” was the poem written by
a) Marina
b) Marina de Bellagent
c) Liu jude
d) Alexander Pope.
3. The person who tills the land is
a) Farmer
b) Soldier
c) Children
d) Man
4. Own means
a) ours
b) Yours
c)Hers
d) possess.
5. The opposite of shout is
a) Shouted
b) Unshout
c) Whisper
d) Talk
6. The person who comes with guns called as
a) Poet
b) Doctor
c) Author
d) soldier
7. Here the children are
a) Dancing
b) Praying
c) Playing
d) Skipping
8. In the poem who waits
a) Author
b) poetess
c) Land
d) Man
9. Who cannot put fence around the planet earth?
a) Land
b) Earth
c) Man
d) poet
10. The opposite of buy is
a) Bought
b) Sell
c) Sold
d) Buying
Match the following:
| A | B | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1. I am the land | a) Suffocates | e |
| 2. Stare | b) Fence | f |
| 3. Chokes | c) possess | a |
| 4. Chainlink necklace | d) Ploughs | b |
| 5. Tickles | e) Speaker / voice of the poem | d |
| 6. Own | f) Look at the things fixedly for a long time. | c |
About the Author:
“I am the Land” was the poem written by Marina de Bellagenta. Marina was born near Milan, Italy in 1949. She had a degree in poetry and recording media from Mills College and M.A/M.Phil. in Comparative Literature from the graduate centre of the City University of New York.
Her poetry has appeared in literary Periodicals since early 1970. She was a founder in 1975 of Kelsey St.Press, today the oldest surviving Feminist Literary Press in the United States. In 1985 she received a literary fellowship from the N.E.A.
She has worked as an editor, book designer and art critic. she is member of the National Writers Union and AICA.
Her book include translations from Magherita Guidacci’s Neurosuite (1976) and grammars for Jess (Berkeley 1981). Her address is Marina debellagente lapalma
329 Pope Street
Menlo Park CA 94025 (415) 326-4981.
SUMMARY
This is the poem categorized under “Nativity”. Here the poetess wants to describe the patience of the Earth. The Earth is Personified and like a mother she can tolerate all sorts of violations. This is the first person Narrating poem. The poetess herself being the earth and says what are the things she had to tolerate. In the first stanza she explains the man says he owned the earth she simply waits. Is it possible to own the earth because it is a planet and who gave the rights to own her? But the earth will not dispute with the man, She would wait. The person shouted with rage then also the earth lie patiently. He says that he bought her still she waits.
The man would exploit her making muddy holes and the lights of the parking vehicles but she would stares these things. The farmer ploughs the land and grow the plants, trees crops, etc, The children would come and dance on the earth. Someone comes and sings, The soldiers come with guns and put the fence it makes the earth to suffocate. The earth felt it very bad though she is suffocated but she patiently waits. Though the mother earth suffers a lot, she can patiently tolerate and challenged the man that he cannot put a fence around the planet carth. Earth as a whole planet is very big and the man cannot put a fence and it is impossible for him. She can wait because she is the land (mother).
ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾರಾಂಶ:
“I am the Land” ಈ ಪದ್ಯವು “Nativity” ಎನ್ನುವ ಘಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಪದ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬರೆದವರು Marina de Bellagenta ಲೇಖಕಿಯು ಈ ಪದ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಭೂಮಿಯ ತಾಳ್ಮೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳಲು ಇಚ್ಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತಾಯಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಲೇಖಕಿಯು ತಾವೇ ಸ್ವತಃ ಭೂಮಿಯಾಗಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ನಾನು ಭೂಮಿ, ನಾನು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಆ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನದು, ತಾನೇ ಅದರ ಹಕ್ಕುದಾರ ಎಂದಾಗಲೂ ಭೂಮಿ ತಾಳ್ಮೆಯಿಂದ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಅದು ತನ್ನ ಪಾಲಿನದು, ತನ್ನದು ಎಂದಾಗಲೂ ಸಹನೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ಮೌನವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಈ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ನಾನು ಕೊಂಡುಕೊಂಡೆ, ಇದರ ಯಜಮಾನ ನಾನು ಎಂದು ಬೊಬ್ಬಿಟ್ಟಾಗಲೂ ಭೂಮಿ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ತುಂಡು ಭೂಮಿ ತನ್ನದು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಮುಂದೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಗ್ರಹ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಆ ಜಾಗ ಭೂಮಿಯದಾಗಿರುವದರಿಂದ ಅದು ಆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನದಾಗಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ ? ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲ್ಪದರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗುವ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳು, ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದ ವಾಹನಗಳಿಂದ ಬರುವ ದೀಪಗಳ ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ಭೂಮಿಯು ದಿಟ್ಟಿಸಿ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ರೈತನು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ನೇಗಿಲಿನಿಂದ ಉತ್ತು. ಬೀಜವನ್ನು ಬಿತ್ತಿ, ಬೆಳೆ ತೆಗೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮಠಗಿಡಗಳು ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತವೆ. ಹಣ್ಣು ಕೊಡುತ್ತವೆ, ಹುಲ್ಲು ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ನೃತ್ಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಹಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಕುಣಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.
ಸೈನಿಕರು ತಮ್ಮ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಿಸ್ತೂಲ್, ಬಂದೂಕನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು. ಇದು ತಮ್ಮ ಗಡಿ ಎಂದು ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಬೇಲಿಯನ್ನು ಹಾಕುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆಗ ಭೂಮಿ ತಾಯಿಗೆ ಉಸಿರು ಕಟ್ಟಿದಂತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವಳ ಅಂಗಾಂಗಗಳನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಹಾಕಿದಂತೆ ಕಷ್ಟವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದರೂ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಆಗಲೂ ಅವಳು ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಸವಾಯ ಹಾಕಿ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ. “ಏನೇ ಆದರೂ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಬೇಲಿಯನ್ನು ಹಾಕಲು ನನಗೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ”, ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ನಾನು ಭೂಮಿ ತಾಯಿ, ನೀನು ಏನೇ ಮಾಡು, ನಾನು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತೇನೆ.
GLOSSARY:
Difficult Words Meaning:
Land = Solid Portion of the Earth / earth, ಜಾಗ, ನೆಲ, ಭೂಮಿ
Walt = To remain in = ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿರು
Own = Possess = ಸ್ವಂತ, ತನ್ನದು, ಒಡೆತನ
Shout = A loud cry or call = ಕಿರುಚು, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೂಗು
Patient = Suffering without complaint
Buy = To get in exchange for money = ಹಣ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು.
Muddy = Covered with mud = ಮಣ್ಣಿನಿಂದ ಆವೃತ್ತವಾದ
Tickles = Plough = ಉಳುವುದು
Chokes = Suffocates
Fence = A railing, hedge for closing = ಬೇಲಿ
