Short Questions
1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
Answer: The wind breaks the doors of the window, scatters the papers and throws down
the books on the shelf. It also tears the pages of the books and brings rain.
2. Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the
word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give
the words in your language, if you know them.)
Answer: Yes, I have seen the men and women winnow grain in my village. The word in our language for winnowing is "Pachhudiba". People use bamboo soops and sieves to winnow grains. In our language, it is called "kula". In Hindi, it is called "soop".
3. Why does the poet say that the wind god winnows?
Answer: The poet says that the wind god winnows because, like a bamboo soop or a winnowing machine, he blows away all the things found at home.
4. How does we make wind our friend?
Answer: The poet suggests that we should build strong houses and fix the doors firmly
to make friends with the wind. Moreover, we should be strong enough to face the
difficulties in life.
5. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
Answer: The last four lines convey a message that those
who are not determined, and lack confidence face defeat. And those who set their
targets and make sincere efforts are not disturbed by any obstacle.
6. How does the poet speak to the wind—in anger or with humour? You must also have seen or heard of the wind “crumbling lives”. What is your response to this? Is it same as the poet’s?
Answer: The poet speaks to the wind with humour. I opine that the poet’s behaviour is pertinent and I have also seen the wind devastating the property mercilessly. The poet invites the wind to attack him and intends to prepare himself for the attack.
Additional Questions
Short answer type
questions
1. Who are disturbed by the wind?
Answer: The wind disturbs only those people who are not determined. The self confident people overcome the obstacles put before them by the wind. The wind is unable to disturb the peace of mind of such people. The wind blows out weak fires and makes strong fires to roar and flourish.
2.What does the wind do with the books?
Answer: The wind tears the pages off and throws them down from the book shelf. The powerful wind scatters the books and sheets of paper on the floor. It
disturbs everything.
3. Why does the author ask the wind to come softly?
Answer: The wind damages the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers and tears the pages of books. It damages everything and disturbs everyone. So, the poet pleads the author pleads the wind to come softly so that the earthly peace and order can be retained.
4. How does the wind become the cause of rain?
Answer: The wind brings clouds with it from the distant lands. It blows the heavy dark clouds filled with water over to other areas which brings rain. And when the wind pushes the clouds, the clouds hit each other and release the water in them that is rain.
5. Why should the earthly people build strong houses?
Answer: The earthly people should build strong houses so that they may not be damaged by the wind. They should be strong enough to endure the violent winds and become a challenge to the powerful wind.
6. Does the wind god do what we tell him?
Answer: The wind god is all powerful. He is not influenced by any external factors. He
doesn’t do what we tell him to do. Neither our requests nor our commands influence him. He is mighty and sweeps away all the weaklings with him. He loves
strength and befriends with strong and steadfast hearts.
7. What does the wind symbolise?
Answer: The wind symbolises the raw and brutal power of
nature. The wind god is a symbol of might and strength. He hates the weaklings. He
rather pokes fun at them. The may be frail houses, crumbling doors or
crumbling hearts and bodies, he spares none. He makes only the strong his friends.
8. What does the poet ask us to do?
Answer: The poet wants us to realise the true nature and power of the wind. He advises
us to build strong homes. The doors must be closed firmly. The weak hearts never succeed. So, we should make our hearts strong and steadfast. The wind god leaves
strength and steadfastness unaffected.
9. Why and how does the wind blow out weak fires? Who roar and flourish?
Answer: The wind god is against any and every shaky and weak thing. We should fortify our hearts with determination and strength. Weak fires and weaklings are flown out. Only the strong roar and flourish. His friendship is rewarding. Let us praise the wind, the symbol of power and strength.
Long answer type
questions
1. Why does the poet suggest the people that they have to be strong? Write your
answer in the context of the poem, ‘Wind’.
Answer: According to the poet, the wind is very powerful. It has power to break the
shutters of the windows, scatter the papers and throw the books down the shelf.
When it blows violently, it brings the clouds. It mocks at the weak and
destroys their homes. The weak persons are really helpless before the wind.
But
the poet is quite hopeful. He thinks when the people build strong houses,
they can challenge the wind. Actually the poet suggests the people that they
should be strong at heart because the weak persons can not face the challenges
of life. Only the people with strong hearts have the courage to face the
challenges of life.
2. How can you say that the poet of the poem ‘Wind’ is a great lover of mankind?
Answer: The poet wants to make people strong at hearts. He wants them to be bold enough to face the challenges of life. When we have strong houses, we
can protect ourselves from the angry wind. In the same manner when we are
strong at heart we can face the challenges of life. Only the weak persons are
defeated by the problems of life. Similarly the poet wants that people should
face the challenges of life and make their life happy. His thought shows that
he is really a great humanist. His heart is filled with compassion for mankind.
3. The wind is a symbol of power and strength. How can we befriend it and survive in our struggle for existence?
Answer: The wind symbolises the uncontrollable and raw power of nature. The wind god
symbolises strength and steadfastness. Those who are weak in the mind and
body are swept away by the mighty power of the wind. Only those who are blessed
with steadfast minds and hearts survive in the bitter struggle of life. The poet gives a broader message. Whatever we do or think must stand on the foundations
of strength and power. Only the strong minds and bodies can face the anger of the
wind and challenges of life. We can befriend the god of wind by building strong
homes and doors. We can also win his favour by strenthening the body and making the
heart steadfast.
Value based questions
1. What moral lesson do you get from the poem ‘Wind’?
Answer: The poem ‘Wind’ is full of moral lessons. The poet has poured out his heart in
the present poem. He says that people must be strong at heart because those who are weak at heart are troubled by difficulties. Here wind symbolises difficulties
which has power to devastate life on earth. But if the people are strong at
heart, they face the challenges thrown out by difficulties. They struggle and
at last, come out with flying colours.
2. How can you say that friendship with the strong is good?
Answer: When we have friendship with the strong, we learn several new things. We learn
that we may become strong when we fight with difficulties. The people say that
if we are strong, the wind may be our friend because the wind likes to be the friend of the strong. So, if we desire to have the strong to be our friends, we
have to be courageous. This is the main reason that the poet talks
about the steadfast heart in the poem.
Extract Based
Questions (3 marks each)
Read the extract given
below and answer the questions that follow:
1:
He makes strong fire roar and flourish
His friendship is good
We praise him everyday
1.
How does the wind
affect the weak fires ?
2.
What is the effect of
the wind on strong fire ?
3.
Trace a word from the
extract that means “prosper”.
Answer:
1.
The wind blows out the
weak fires.
2.
The wind makes the
strong fire even stronger and increases its power.
3. Flourish
2:
Wind, come softly
Don’t break the shutters of the windows
Don’t scatter the papers
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
1.
Whom does the poet
request in the above lines ?
2.
Write any one action
of the wind.
3.
Trace a word from the
extract which means “thrown in different directions”.
Answer:
1.
The poet makes a
request to the wind in the above lines.
2.
Scattering of
paper/throwing books from the shelf/breaking the shutters of the window.
3.
Scatter
3:
So, come, let’s build strong homes.
Let’s joint the doors firmly
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
1.
What does the poet
advise the readers?
2.
He won’t do what you
tell him”, what does it mean ?
3.
Find a word from the
extract that means “loyal/faithful”.
Answer:
1. The poet advises the readers to build strong homes, joint the doors firmly, and to make their bodies firm and strong.
2.
It means that the wind
does not follow our commands.
3.
Steadfast.
4:
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
1.
What does “he” stand for ?
2.
What should we do to
save our homes ?
3.
The word which stands
for “to fix” is:
Answer:
1.
“He” stands for the wind.
2. We
should build strong homes and joint the doors firmly.
3.
Joint.
5:
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
1.
Write about any two
destructive activities of the wind.
2.
How can we make
friends with the wind ?
3.
Find the word from the
extract which is an antonym of “foolish”.
Answer:
1. The two destructive activities of the wind are –
1. Breaks the shutters of windows.
2. Scatters the papers.
2. We can make friends with the wind by building strong homes and making the body and heart strong.
3.
Clever.
Short Answer Type
Questions (2 marks each)
(About 30-40 words each)
1. Describe the central idea of the poem.
Answer: The poem “Wind” inspires us to face the challenges thrown at us with grit and
firm determination. We should be strong enough to face all the hardships of
life with courage. Wind symbolizes problems and obstacles that we all face and
go through at some point of time in our lives.
2. Is the wind regarded as a symbol of destruction in the poem? Explain.
Answer: In the poem, first stanza depicts the destruction caused by the wind. The wind tears the pages of the books, brings rain again, and destroys the daily life of the weaker section of the world. The strong or gusty wind represents turmoil and trouble in our life. These troubles are to be ignored to thrive in life.
3. What are the figures of speech in the poem ‘Wind’?
Answer: The most common figure of speech in the poem is ‘Anaphora’ which means repetition of certain words. The repetition of the word ‘don’t’ in the first three lines of the poem is an example of Anaphora. Also, the entire poem is a metaphor as it ends on a note of application to humanity to stand against all ravages, natural or man-made.
4. Can the wind ever be friend with us ?
Answer: Wind, literally, can be our friend. Wind is a phenomenon which teaches us to be
strong. Our friends always teach us to be strong and determined. In times of
need, wind wants us to bravely face our obstacles. Hence, we have to be strong
when there are obstacles in our life so that we don’t get beaten up by them.
Long Answer Type
Questions (4 marks each)
(About 80-100 words
1.What challenges are posed by the wind in the life of the poet and the common man ?
Answer: In our lives, wind destructs our daily routine. It hampers and dampens the
spirit of life around. According to the poet, rain and wind are the deeds of nature
that are perceived as the destructive forces. The wind is that difficult
natural phenomenon which is too difficult to be predicted accurately just as
our problems which can arise from nowhere. It can hit us at any time of our
life. For frail people, literally and
metaphorically, the wind creates barriers. It does not let a frail body or a frail
mind survive but on the other hand if we are strong, we have the power and
the will to survive and fight back, the wind can never be a threat to our living
being.
2. Does the poem reflect the human suffering being initiated by wind? Explain with examples.
Answer: I believe that wind is an example of metaphor of God’s will for a variety of reasons. First the wind is invisible, but the effects it has on other aspects of this world are clear and evident. Our poem reflects upon both the constructive and destructive paths taken by the wind. The wind is extreme and violent, but not necessarily with anger and emotions. The wind emphasizes upon the passionate and intense nature of the poet. We also see that wind is a metaphor for god’s will because its effects in this world can be both beneficial and destructive.
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