O ye: a meaning “you” used in the past especially to address more than

one person

wares (n): goods that someone sells in a market or on the street

brocade (n): expensive thick cloth with a pattern woven into it

amber (n): a hard yellow-brown substance used for making jewellery

jade (n): a precious stone used for making jewellery and art objects

vendor (s): someone who sells something

peddler (s): someone who goes from one place to another selling things

ivory (n): the yellowish white bone that an elephant’s tusk is made of

dice (n): a small block with six sides marked with spots

frail (v): thin and delicate

scabbards (n): a cover for the blade of a sword or dagger

aeon (s): an extremely long period of time

tassels (n): a group of strings tied together at one end and fastened to clothing

or objects for decoration

azure (n): bright blue

chaplets (n): a circle of flowers and leaves that you wear on your head
How well did I read?

Fill in the boxes using yes/ somewhat/ no.
I enjoyed reading the poem.
I got the idea of the poem on my own.
I got the idea with the help of my friends in the group
The teacher helped me to understand the poem.
I used the glossary given at the end of the poem.

Answer the following questions:
  1. What is the poet talking about in the first stanza?
  2. What is that you like the most about the poem?
  3. Pickout the words/phrases that describe the grandeur of the market?
  4. What impression do you form of the market?
  5. When you happen to visit the bazaars of Hyderabad, what things from the poem come to your mind?
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