Class 9 English Bang the Drum

Bang the Drum

Read the lines from the poem 'Bang the Drum' and answer the questions that follow:

Bryan Adams  & Nelly Furtado

You and I

Together we reach for the sky

It's not about winning

It's all about playing the game

From the East

From the West

Each of us trying our best

Chasing a dream

Burning to follow the flame

1. What do the singers urge the Athletes to focus on?

Answer :

The singers urged the athletes to focus on their dream and do their best without worrying about the result.

2. Which lines convey that Athletes from around the world are participating in the games?

Answer :

From the East

From the West

Each of us trying our best

3. What does the sky stand for?

Answer :

The ultimate dream of the athletes.

4. Pick out an instance of alliteration from the lines.

Answer :

follow the flame

5. Pick out two sets of rhyming words from the stanza.

Answer :

I - Sky

West - Best

Game - Flame

Read the lines from the poem 'Bang the Drum' and answer the questions that follow:

From near

From far

It's clear, wherever you are

This is your moment

Your time to run like the wind

Dream big

Aim high

Even believe you can fly

Give it your all

Let the Games begin

Bang the Drum a little louder

So the whole world can hear

the whole world can hear

Jump up a little higher

so the whole world can see ya

the whole world can see ya

Sing the song a little louder

so the whole world can hear

the whole world can hear

6. Pick out an instance of simile from the poem.

Answer :

Your time to run like the wind

7. What do the singers urge the Athletes to do?

Answer :

The Singers urged the athletes to dream big, aim high and to do their best with all their strength.

8. Why do the Singers urge to bang the drum a little louder?

Answer:

To announce the world that the Olympics is going on here and to invite them.

9. Pick out an instance of auditory imagery from the poem.

Answer :

Bang the Drum a little louder

10. Find an instance of 'refrain' from the poem .

Answer :

Bang the Drum a little louder

the whole world can hear

11. Pick out an instance of alliteration from the lines.

Answer :

From far

little louder

12. Prepare a critical appreciation  of the song "Bang the drum"

"Bang the Drum" is a tribute song to the Athletes who came to participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada. This song is written and performed by popular Canadian singers Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado.

The poem begins with an invitation that 'together we reach for the sky'. Here 'sky' stands for the dream  of the athletes. 

The singers states that it's more important to participate in the game with best of their effort and not to worry about the results. They also urged the athletes to chase their dreams, burns their passion and to do their best on the track.

In order to announce the world that the Olympics is going on here, the singers demands to bang the drum a little louder. This is an invitation to all over the world to come and cheer the participants.

 The song’s purpose is to motivate athletes to do their best on the track and on the field. The singers try to motivate the athletes to dream big, aim high and to run like a wind.

The composers used many poetic devices to make this song more attractive and rhythmic. The phrases like 'follow the flame', 'From far' and 'Little louder' are examples for alliteration. Similarly the, whole world is a repeated consonance. The author presents, a simile 'Your time to run like the wind'. Singing louder and banging the drum, louder are examples of auditory images. The, refrain the whole world can hear sustains the energy of the, song.