9. 3.

(B) Appreciation: 4 Marks

Write an appreciation of the poem, 'The Inchcape Rock' Give the following lines." So
thick a haze. Make use of the given points to write your appreclation.
The Inchcape Rock
So thick a haze o'erspreads the sky.
They cannot see the Sun on high;
The wind hath blown a gale all day.
At evening it hath died away.
On the deck the Rover takes his stand,
So dark it is they see no land.
Quoth Sir Ralph, It will be lighter soon,
For there is the dawn of the rising Moon.
Canst hear', said one, 'the breakers roar?
For methinks we should be near the shore.
'Now where we are I cannot tell,
But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell
They hear no sound. the swell is strong:
Though the wind hath fallen they drift along
Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shok, -

OChrist! It is the Inchcape Rock!"

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in every side,
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.
But even in his dying fear
One dreadful sound could the Rover hear,
A sound as if with the
Inchcape Bell,
The Devil below was
ringing his knell.
Robert South
 About the poem,
significance of the title
Form of the poem, theme and its
Poetic style, language significance
features,
poetic devices
Inspirational message, values, morals reflected
Your opinion and critical
evaluation of the poem.

ANSWERs 9.3 (B)

Appreciation of the poem The Inchcape Rock'
About the poem, Significance of the poem: This
poet laureate of England from poem written by a British poet named Robert|
is
Southey. He was a 1813 to 1843. The present
Inoem is a 14th century story where Abbot of is a ballad. The
poem
Inchcape Rock, sandstone reef off the east Aberbrothok
a
had put a warning bell near the
coast of Angus, Scotland. The
notorious
of Aberbrothok removed the bell on the Pirate who was
Inchcape finally loses his life at the same spot in ajealous
weather. We get a message here "As you sow, rough
so shall
you
Dunishment by creator of this world. The title of this
the reap". Those who do wrong things are
given|
is therefore
Form of this poem, theme and its significance: This poemis written appropriate.
poem in a form of a ballad. It is
heroic work of Aberbrothok of Abercrombie about the installation of bell to make aware the seamen
a|
about the Inchcape Rock. The theme in simple language we can
say that what we do in our life our
actions are paid accordingy. If we remember Newton's third law of motion that every action
equal and opposite reaction. Same this is happened here the Pirate who has|
had removed
bell finally dies at the same place on his way back to in a bad weather. So the theme the Inchcape|
those who do wrong things will meet with the due punishment. of this poem is|
Poetic style, language, feature, poetic devices etc.: In this poem each stanza of the first
rhymes with the second and third with the fourth. Look at the given example: line|
"The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen
A darker speck on the ocean green;
Sir Ralph the Rover. walk'd his deck
And he fixed his eve on the darker speck."
The poem is full of poetic devices like figures of speech alliteration, personification and metaphor.|
Example of alliteration is 'Without either sign or sound of their shock. Example of personification
S The ship was as still as she could be, or 'Her keel was steady in the ocean. The example of
metaphor is: A sound asif with the Inchcape Bell- The devil below was ringing his knell."
he poet has used descriptive and narrative techniques to enhance the effect of the poem. This
pOem provides a fine verbal image of the calm atmosphere of the sea. Then the Inchcape rock is
introduced, the old Abbot's plan of putting a bell. This way the ballad glides from one incident to
another very smoothly. providing a vividly picture into the readers minds. There are many examples
ot visual images in the poem. For example, "the sun in heaven was shining gay. Or "the sea birds
SCreamed as they wheeled round, and there was joyance in their sound'.
nspirational message: The Inchcape Rock teaches us a moral lesson as you sow, so shall you
eap. A poem with a moral theme is called a didactic poem. This poem proves a principle that crime
Sets its own punishment. The Rover, cuts off the bell to peeve the good Abbot and the other helpless
Sailors. But, in the end he falls into his own laid trap. Remorse and regrets later overtake him but
it was too late already. IMarking scheme -

Appropriateness of theme and languageJeatures: 2 marks

Explanation and presentation: 1 mark
Personal opinion and evaluation of the poem: ! mark

Total: 4 marks]