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glossary :
catamaran : a boat with two parallel hulls like
two boats joined together.

leaping wealth of the tide : wealth found in the sea [fish]
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sea gull : a bird

hasten : hurry
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glade : grove
kiss of the spray : water that comes out of the waves
and sprinkles
low sky mates with the sea : the horizon where the sea and the sky
appear to meet

verge : end, here the horizon (¢UÀAvÀ)
c1 answer the following questions and share your responses with
your partner.
1. What sort of sounds can one hear early in the morning?

2. How is the wind described in line two?
3. Why are the nets to be gathered?

4. What do you think is the wealth to the fishermen?

Read and Write :
c2 Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then
write.

1. What do you understand from the first line of the poem, ‘The
wakening skies pray to the morning light”?
2. The poet says, ‘‘Let us set our catamarans free.’’ What does it
mean?
3. What happens if the fishermen are late in starting their work?

4. Why does the poet say :
[a] the sea is our mother,

[b] the cloud is our brother,
[c] the waves are our comrades all?

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