Jessica Taylor was born in Louisiana. She is a young poetess. She has developed her love for music and poetry at an early age. Most of her poems have focussed on emotional issues with an emotional touch. “Loneliness”, “I Miss You”, “I Hate”, and “I Am Worried” are some of her popular poems.

About the poet

give up (phr.v) : leave
whine (v) : complain
pondering (v) : thinking about something
carefully for a period of time
contemplating (v) : considering about
chicken out (phr.v) : to decide not to do
something because of fear
Answer the following questions.
1. What are the qualities that a true player should have?
2. What according to the poet is an unacceptable crime of a player?
3. Which game do you like the most? What are the qualities of a player stated in the poem? Which of them do you have?
4. The poet talks about certain Do’s and Don’ts for a true player. List them out in the following table. One is done for you.

Do's	Dont's
regular place	give up at the sight of defeat
Forget mistakes and learn from them	Dont give up sound of buzzer
Practise according to the game speed	Dont conplain about their play time
Fight to the best of their ability	Dont settle for anything less
Practise anytime,day or night	Dont be afraid of their injuries
Be strong and sensebile	Dont think about theur failure
Be confident while playing	Dont fear about anything

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