Question

1. How was the majestic neck humbled by the hunter? What is compared to dirty linen cloth in the
poem?
2. Why is it important for child to learn that the world if also filled with heros, dedicated leaders and
friends?
3. How did the female sarus crane try to bring its male partner back to life? When was the male
sarus crane shot?
4. What does the poet father mean by” close his ears to a howling mob”?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 ) Simile: “a proud neck was humbled to lie like dirty linen in a coarse washing bag”, the hunters had shot the male crane and threw its body as a dirty linen in a washing bag. As human beings throw their clothes in washing machine same way male body is compared similar manner

2 ) If the child is not aware of the heroes, leaders and friends, he might think that the world has only scoundrels, selfish politicians and enemies and become dejected.

3 ) The female Sarus crane tried to bring its male partner back to life by sitting on the blood-stained feather to hatch them into a toddling chick.

4 ) A mob can be very effective in influencing a person to be bad and wrong, no matter how determined he is to be good and correct. Hence the father wants his son to close his ears to a howling mob and have faith in his own good sense.