Pallanquin Bearers
Pallanquin Bearers
a. How do the palanquin bearers describe the manner in which they are carrying the
bride? Are they proud to be carrying her?
A.The Palanquin bearers carry the bride very gently and they move very softly.
They sing a song as they go along the theme of the song is about the marriage
of the bride. They sing that they are bearing the bride lightly and softly. They are
proud to be carrying her.
b. List the words that describe the movement of the bride.
A.The movement of the bride is conveyed by words sways, skims and glides.
3.a) ‘We bear her along like a pearl on a string.’
What do the palanquin bearers mean by these words?
A.Through these lines the palanquin bearers want to say that they carry the bride in
the palanquin with pride just as some rich women would wear a pearl necklace
around her neck and carry.
a)Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences.
i. ‘She sways like a flower in the wind of our song.’
(i) Simile-The brides movement compared to the swaying of flower.
ii. ‘Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing,’
(ii) Repetition-The word Gaily is repeated to created a poetic effect
Alliteration-The sound /g/ is repeated in words Gaily and glide to create an
impact.
a. How do the palanquin bearers describe the manner in which they are carrying the
bride? Are they proud to be carrying her?
A.The Palanquin bearers carry the bride very gently and they move very softly.
They sing a song as they go along the theme of the song is about the marriage
of the bride. They sing that they are bearing the bride lightly and softly. They are
proud to be carrying her.
b. List the words that describe the movement of the bride.
A.The movement of the bride is conveyed by words sways, skims and glides.
3.a) ‘We bear her along like a pearl on a string.’
What do the palanquin bearers mean by these words?
A.Through these lines the palanquin bearers want to say that they carry the bride in
the palanquin with pride just as some rich women would wear a pearl necklace
around her neck and carry.
a)Identify the figures of speech in the following sentences.
i. ‘She sways like a flower in the wind of our song.’
(i) Simile-The brides movement compared to the swaying of flower.
ii. ‘Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing,’
(ii) Repetition-The word Gaily is repeated to created a poetic effect
Alliteration-The sound /g/ is repeated in words Gaily and glide to create an
impact.
