Read the following poem and answer the next five question by choosing the correct options:
The Coromandel Fishers
Rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light,
The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night.
Come, let us gather our nets from the shore and set our catamarans free,
To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the kings of the sea!
No longer delay, let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call,
The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our comrades all.
What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives?
He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives.
Sweet is the shade of the coconut glade, and the scent of the mango grove,
And sweet are the sands at the full o' the moon with the sound of the voices we love;
But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam's glee;
Row, brother, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea.
Find the Antonym from the poem for the word 'glum'.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → glee
- Glum means sad, gloomy and silent, looking disappointed or low in spirits.
Example: He sat in a corner with a glum face after losing the match. - Glee means great joy and delight. The poem speaks of "the dance of the wild foam's glee". Joy is the opposite of gloom, so glee is the antonym of glum.
Example: The children shouted with glee when the holidays were announced.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: dawn — Incorrect. Dawn is the first light of the day, daybreak. It names a time, not a feeling.
Example: The farmers start work at dawn.
Option 2: glade — Incorrect. A glade is an open, grassy space in a wood, as in "the coconut glade". It has nothing to do with mood.
Example: Deer were grazing in a sunny glade.
Option 3: grove — Incorrect. A grove is a small group of trees, as in "the mango grove". It is not a feeling either.
Example: We had a picnic in an orange grove.
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