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1. 1.

   Fill in the columns based on your reading of the poem.

   Time of day	Type of garment	Colour of garment	For whom
   a)
   b)
   c)

    

2. 2.

   What are the three events referred to in the poem? Can you guess the three stages of human life indicated by these events?

3. 3.

   With what do the weavers compare the garments being woven by them?

4. 4.

   'Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
   What do you weave in the moonlight chill?...
   White as a feather and white as a cloud.
   We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.'

   1. Why do the weavers weave in the chill of midnight?
   2. Which line suggests that the weavers are affected by what they are weaving?
   3. Whose shroud do you think the weavers are weaving? Give reasons for your answer.
5. 5.

    What is the difference between fashion and style?

6. 6.

   Clothes and accessories have a language of their own. What things do they express or help communicate?