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Complete the following. The poet wishes he could _____________. - English

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प्रश्न

Complete the following.

The poet wishes he could _____________.

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उत्तर

The poet wishes he could turn and live with animals.

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  या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?
पाठ 2.1: Animals - English Workshop [पृष्ठ ४७]

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बालभारती English Kumarbharati [English] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 2.1 Animals
English Workshop | Q 2. (a) | पृष्ठ ४७

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t.


Complete the following.

Animals do not merely discuss ______________.


Complete the following.

Animals are not crazy about ________________.


State whether the following statement is true or false.

Animals quarrel for their possessions.


State whether the following statement is true or false.

Animals suffer humiliation.


Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format:

Animals

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
     so placid and self-containe'd
I stand and look at them long and long.
  They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
     the mania of owning things.
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop
them?
                                                             - Walt Whitman

You can use the following points while appreciating the given poem.

  1. The title and the poet of the poem   (01)
  2. Rhyme scheme   (01)
  3. Figures of speech   (01)
  4. Central Idea/Theme   (02)

Justify how ‘Animals’ by Walt Whitman is a criticism of mankind and its ways.


Read the following extract and do the given activities.

A1. Match the words from cloud 'A' with cloud 'B':  (2)

Cloud 'A' Cloud 'B'
(a) Stand and look (i) Not one is demented
(b) Not one is dissatisfied (ii) long and long
(c) They do not sweat (iii) over the whole earth
(d) Not one is unhappy (iv) about their condition

 

I think I could tum and live with animals, they are
so placid and self-contain'd
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things.
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that
lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?

-Walt Whitman

A2. Why does Walt Whitman feel more at home with animals?  (2)

A3. Name and explain the figure of speech in the given sentence.  (1)

'They bring me tokens of myself'.  


Mention any two reasons why Walt Whitman appreciates animals more than humans.


'They do not sweat and whine about their condition.' What human traits does the poet condemn in these lines?


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