A Sindhi Woman | Explanation (Stanzas), Short Questions & Synonyms

Here are the notes of the poem “A Sindhi Woman” for the students of 1st year English. 11th class students belong to all Boards of Punjab can read Explanation of Stanzas, Questions and Answers and Synonyms of “A Sindhi Woman” book-3 notes online.

Reference to the Context

These lines have been taken from the poem “A Sindhi Woman” by Jan Stallworthy. In this poem, the poet describes the hard life of a Sindhi Woman living in Karachi slums. The poet is impressed to see the graceful gait of a Sindhi woman who is walking barefooted on a rough, stony, and dirty path.

Explanation

In the given lines the poet says that a Sindhi woman is passing through an unpaved, rough, and dirty bazaar of Karachi slums. The Bazar is full of stones, garbage, human and animal waste, and pieces of glass. She is barefooted and has a stone jar on her head. But she is moving smoothly and gracefully like waves. She is keeping her body straight and upright. The poet is old and his own body is bent. He thinks that labour keeps us fit and healthy.

Questions and Answers

Q. What did the poet reflect (think) when he saw the woman?
Ans. The poet’s own body was bent due to old age. But when he saw the Sindhi woman walking erect under the stone jar, he thought that labour keeps our body upright, fit, and healthy.

Q. How does the Sindhi woman walk?
Ans. The Sindhi woman is walking with a strong jar on her head. The street is full of garbage and stones but she is moving smoothly like waves.

Q. What is the main idea of the poem?
Ans. The main ide3a f the poem is that labour keeps man fit and strong. An idle person soon becomes weak and bent. The poet presents a\hard life of a Sindhi woman who takes pride in working from dawn to dusk.

Q. What kind of picture of the Karachi slums do we get after reading this poem?
Ans. The poet represents a true picture of Karachi slums. He says that women are leading a very hard life even in an international city like Karachi. They are living in utter poverty. They are deprived of basic facilities of health and sanitation.

Q. Why does the poet feel impressed by the Sindhi woman?
Ans. The poet is impressed to see the graceful, smooth, and upright gait of the Sindhi woman with a stone jar on her head. The poet thinks that labour keeps us fit, healthy and upright.

Synonyms

1. And with the same undulant grace (wavy)
2. She glides with a stone jar (wafts, floats, walks smoothly)
3. Ans not a ripple in her tread (walk, gait)
4. Watching her cross erect (straight, upright)
5. Stones, garbage excrement, and crums (piece, crust)
6. Stones, garbage excrement, and crums (refuse, waste)
7. Of glass in Karachi slums (the area of the city for the poor class)
8. I, with my stoop, reflect (think, ponder, recall)
9. I, with my stoop, reflect (bent body, crouch, bent)
10. Who learn to walk beneath a weight (under)