FishingBy Gopa Ranjan Mishra
FISHING
Gopa Ranjan Mishra
About the poet
Gopa Ranjan Mishra(1954 - ), a well-known teacher of English in Odisha, has a fascination for writing poems in English. He has recited most of his poems to learned audiences in different parts of the country and has been widely acclaimed. At present, he is working as the Principal of J.K.B.K College, Cuttack.
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The Poem Text
Like a seasoned angler sure of his feat
With fishing rod and line, and bait
I said, "You all, wait for me
Fish-fry tonight our dinner will be."
Though none of them did say a word
On my face, yet I heard
Some chuckles sure at my back
I told myself, "Let me come back."
To the nearby pond I straightaway ran
With fishing-tackle, and of course, a can;
The minutes passed and the hours dragged
It seemed no luck that day I had.
I thought fishless l'd return home
And would face the jeers of some
I threw my line with a fervent wish
"Oh God, today please give me a fish."
And lo, the float sank, rose again
And popped its head to tell me then
"This is just the time, you man,
To catch a fish if you can."
Without delay I pulled the string
And what a catch did it bring!
A one-foot fish, bright and fair
That wriggled and wriggled in the air.
At this my joy knew no bound
I ran excited round and round,
But with a gasping mouth and wistful look
It seemed to say, "Please unhook
Me and let me go again
To my home, my watery den."
I did think of my three hours' labour
And the spicy fish-fry flavour
Back home some mocking face would stare
For nothing, however, I did care.
As the sun was sinking behind the hill
A strange feeling my heart did fill
In the evening's crimson glow
With greater joy, I let it go.
Question Answer of the poem fishing
1. What idea of the speaker’s age do you find in the first line?
Answer. The speaker‘s age may be more than fifty. He is like a seasoned anger.
2. How did the speaker prepare himself for fishing?
Answer. The Speaker prepared himself for fishing with a fishing rod, line and food put on a hook to catch a fish. He was in appositive and determined attitude at that time.
3. What did he declare to his family? What silent feedback did he sense from the members of the family?
Answer is. He declared to his family to wait for him, because the dinner would be marked by a special dish fish-fry . He sensed silent laughter from the members of his family.
4. Describe his initial experience. (Lines 9-12)
Answer. He went fast to the nearby pond straightway with all the equipment required for fishing and a can. The minutes trickled by and the hours seemed to pass very solely. It appeared as if he were luckless that day. In short, his initial, experience was a blend of both certainty and uncertainty.
5. What did he dread to face when he would be back at home?
Answer. He dreads to face the taunting words some family members if he returned home without a fish.
6. How was his prayer answered?
Answer. His prayer was answered when he had a marvellous catch at his disposal. He now succeeds in catching a beautiful one-foot bright and fair fish.
7. Discuss the contrasting mood presented in stanza 3, 4 and 5.
Answer. In stanza 3, the speaker was in a despair mood as all his efforts to catch fish seemed futile. In stanza 4, he was in contrasting mood to face the mockery of his family member and kept faith on God’s goodness. In stanza 5, he was in a hopeful mood getting the opportunity to catch fish.
8. Describe the ‘catch’.
Answer. Driven by determination, the speaker pulled the string of his angle and it brought him a marvellous catch- ‘A one-foot fish’ bright and fair’ moving in a twisted manner in the air.
9. How has the speaker described his joy and the despair of the fish?
Answer. The speaker has described his joy by running round and round in excitement and the fish’s despair in terms of its brittleness and sad look that express its longing to be free.
10. What did he think the fish was pleading for?
Answer. He thought the fish was pleading for its freedom. The fish requested him to allow it to go back its pond.
11. What was the debate in the speaker’s mind?
Answer. The speaker debated his three hour’s toil. The tasty fish-fry smell and the mocking face of some family members staring at him, when he got back home fishless.
12. Discuss the significance of: “for nothing, however, I did care.” (In. 34)
Answer. The speaker was determined to care for nothing – three hours’ toil ’tasty fish-fry flavour and specially, some mocking face of his family starting at him.
13. What was the stage felling that the speaker felt? Can you relate the feeling to the ‘crimson glow’ and ‘greater joy that convey the speaker’s act of kindness and immense pleasure.
14. Which action brought about a greater joy in the heart of the speaker’s? In comparison to the ultimate greater joy, what do you think would have been a lesser happiness?
Answer. The speaker’s action of allowing the fish to go back to its pond brought about a greater joy in the heart of a speaker. In comparison to the ultimate greater joy I think the speaker’s reluctant response to the fish’s appeal or lack of his kindness would have been a lesser happiness.
15. Why does he find this feeling strange?
Answer. He finds this feeling strange, because of several factors such as, his linking for fish-fry and the taunting remarks of his family members. Besides, the speaker’s fear and anxiety gives way to determination.
16. Do you think the speaker was sensitive? Why do you think so? (Clue: at least two reason)
Answer. Yes, the speaker was very sensitive, because he did not approve the tuning remarks of his family member’s. Besides, he was moved by the sight of the fish’s despair.
17. Notice that all the stanzas excluding stanza 7 have four lines each and make one complete sentence. How is stanza 7 different form other stanzas?
Answer. All the stanzas in the poem have four lines each and make one complete sentence. On the other hand, stanza 7 has ten lines to make two complete sentences. In this way, stanza 7 is different from other stanzas.
18. Describe the change that the speaker had between the morning and the evening of the same day.
Answer. The speaker experienced a sense of dread and uncertainty and great joy between the morning and the evening of the same day. The morning brought him first two felling and the evening the last one.
1. Who is the author of the poem ‘fishing’?
(a) Gopa Ranjan Raout
(b) Gopa Ranjan Nanda
(c) Gopa Ranjan Mishra
(d) Gopa Ranjan Jena
Answer is (c) Gopa Ranjan Mishra
2. The last stanza of the poem expresses quite different feelings of the speaker. He with a grater joy allowed the fish to go. What kind of idea it conveys?
(a) Live and let others live
(b) Joy of the fish is the joy of the speaker
(c) An act of kindness is a rich source of joy
(d) Be kind and good to others
Answer is c) An act of kindness is a rich source of joy
3. What do you mean by ‘mocking’ here?
(a) Those who condemn
(b) Those who praise
(c) Those who criticise
(d) Those who talk at your back
Answer is (c) those who criticise
4. How many hours the speakers has laboured to each the fish?
(a) two
(b) one
(c) three
(d) four
Answer is (c) three
5. The stanza 8 describes the speaker’s state of mind which we guess he is in ___________.
(a) dilemma
(b) Dissatisfaction
(c) Nervous
(d) Deep thought
Answer is (a) dilemma
6. Where does the fish desire to go?
(a) To its mother
(b) To God’s home
(c) To its home in water
(d) To the speaker’s stomach
Answer is (a) to its mother
7. What do you mean by ‘Please unhook me’?
(a) Keep me hanging
(b) Free me from the hook
(c) Tie me with a hook
(d) Don’t hurt me
Answer is (b) free me from the hook
8. What does the speaker understand by the gasping mouth and wistful look of the fish?
(a) It says to leave him
(b) It says not to kill him
(c) It says to keep him pet
(d) None of the above
Answer is (a) it says to leave him
9. What is the kind of expression of the speaker seen form the first two lines of the stanza 7?
(a) He is unhappy
(b) He is delighted
(c) He is consoled
(d) He is hopeful
Answer is (b) He is delighted
10. What do you mean by the word ‘wriggled’?
(a) Making rounds
(b) Moved in different direction
(c) Moved by twisting
(d) Moved by hanging
Answer is (c) moved by twisting
11. How long was the fish caught by the speaker?
(a) Half-foot
(b) One-foot
(c) One and half feet
(d) 2 feet
Answer is (b) One-foot
12. The sixth stanza of the poem speaks _______ about the speaker?
(a) Success
(b) Failure
(c) Frustration
(d) Contentment
Answer is (a) success
13. The fifth stanza of the poem expresses some signs of change and forms this speaker is________ about a fish.
(a) Hopeless
(b) Hopeful
(c) Neither hopeless nor hopeful
(d) None of the above
Answer is (b) hopeful
14. He thought if he would return home without a fish he would face the jeers of some. What does the word ‘jeers’ mean?
(a) Sympathetic remarks
(b) Consolatory remarks
(c) Rude remarks
(d) Funny remarks
Answer is (c) rude remarks
15. then for a fish’ he prayed God with a______ wish.
(a) deep
(b) Fixate
(c) Fervent
(d) Faithful
Answer is (c) fervent
16. What kind of felling the speaker has, as we come to know form the fourth stanza of the poem?
(a) Satisfaction
(b) Frustration
(c) Contented
(d) Carelessness
Answer is (b) frustration
17. The speaker as a seasoned angler sat on the blank of the pond to catch fish. But it was not possible as minutes and the hours passed without a success. What did he feel of himself?
(a) He felt unlucky
(b) He felt disappointed
(c) He cursed himself
(d) He felt himself a failure
Answer is (a) He felt unlucky
18. What did the speaker do with a fishing-tackle in hand?
(a) Ran straight to a nearby river
(b) Ran to a nearby lake
(c) Ran straight to a nearby pond
(d) None of the above
Answer is (c) ran straight to a nearby pond
19. What do you mean by the word ‘chuckles’?
(a) back-biting
(b) Gossip
(c) Make fun
(d) Silent laughter
Answer is (d) silent laughter
20. In the second stanza of the poem (line 5 to 8) the family members of the speaker has taken the word of him nothing but a fun. How is it expressed in the poem?
(a) Some back-biting sure at my back
(b) Some gossip sure at my back
(c) Some chuckles sure at my back
(d) None of the above
Answer is (c) some chuckles sure at my back
21. In the first stanza of the poem (1 to 4), the speaker as a seasoned angler has assured his family members of something for their dinner. What is that?
(a) chicken-fry
(b) fish-fry
(c) prawn-fry
(d) egg-fry
Answer is (b) fish-fry
22. What do you understand by the word ‘bait’?
(a) Food put on a hook to catch fish
(b) A stick pasted with gum to catch fish
(c) A net with small holes to catch fish
(d) None of the above
Answer is (a) food put on a hook to catch fish
23. In the first line of the poem, the speaker described himself as a vastly experienced one. Which word speaks of his experience?
(a) Sure
(b) Seasoned
(c) Feat
(d) Danger
Answer is (b) seasoned
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