Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

I feel that the stillness of my mother’s gaze on my face has spread all over the sky.

(i) What does the poet suggest about the stillness of his mother’s gaze spreading over the sky?

1. The mother’s gaze is physically present in the sky.
2. The sky is a symbolic extension of the mother’s presence.
3. The sky mirrors the mother’s emotions.
4. The stillness is fleeting and unrelated to the mother.

(ii) What emotion does the poet associate with the ‘stillness’ of his mother’s gaze?

1. a sense of grief
2. a sense of anticipation
3. a sense of nostalgia
4. a sense of serenity

(iii) State whether the following sentence is true or false.

The poet suggests that the mother’s gaze has a tangible and visual effect on the sky.

(iv) What is the purpose of likening the mother’s gaze to the sky?

(v) Complete the sentence appropriately.

The tone of the poet in the given extract is ______ because ______.

Answer 1

(i) The sky is a symbolic extension of the mother’s presence.

(ii) a sense of serenity

(iii) This sentence is true.

(iv) The poet compares his mother’s gaze to the sky to show that her presence feels vast and deeply connected to him, even though she is not physically present.

(v) The tone of the poet in the given extract is calm and affectionate because he remembers his mother with love and imagines her peaceful gaze spreading across the sky.