Question

1. Who asked the speaker in ‘On Children’ to speak of children?
2. Whose sons and daughters are children according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
3. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, what may be given to children?
4. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, what may not be given to children?
5. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ have their own thoughts?
6.Where do the souls of the children dwell according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
7. What according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ dwell in the house of tomorrow?
8. What does not go backward according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
9. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ are sent forth as living arrows? 10. Where according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ does the archer see the mark?
11. Who according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ sees the mark upon the path of the infinite?
12. Who does the word ‘bows’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
13. Who does the phrase ‘living arrows’ refer to in the poem ‘On Children’?
14. Who does the phrase ‘archer’ refer to in ‘On Children’?
15. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’, life does not go ________ . a) swift b) backward c) stable.
16. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for ___________ . The right word from ‘On Children’ to fill in the blank is a) gladness . b) longing. c) striving.
17. The house of tomorrow in ‘On Children’ cannot be visited even in _________ .
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Answer 1

Answer:In the last four lines of the poem, Gibran uses the metaphor of archer-bow-and-arrows to explain the role of parents in bringing up children. In this metaphor, God is the archer, the parents represent the bow, and the children are the living arrows.

Answer 2

1. The speaker, 'Al Mustafa' is asked by a woman to speak about children
2. According to the speaker, the sons and daughters are the parts of the universal soul.
3. Children must be provided with nourishment.
4. Children should not be imposed with their parents thoughts as they have their own thoughts.
5. The children have their own thoughts.
6. According to the speaker, the soul is the almighty spirit that longs for the human form
7. According to the speaker, every soul has the same house. This place is referred to as ''the house of tomorrow''
8. Once life moves forward, it cannot turn backward.
9. The Children are sent forth as arrows
10. The archer/almighty holds the bow, ready to launch the arrows to the mark placed at infinity.
11. The Almighty or 'the archer' sees the mark upon the path of the infinite.
12. Bows refers to the parents through which the children come on earth
13. Living arrows refers to the children that come through the bows[parents]
14. The Archer is the Almighty God who creates the soul.
15. a] backward
16. a]gladness
17. dreams