10.Read the poem and choose the correct option for the given question: I do not understand this child Though we have lived together now In the same house for years. I know Nothing of him, so try to build Up a relationship from how He was when small. Yet have I killed The seed I spent or sown it where The land is his and none of mine? We speak like strangers, there's no sign Of understanding in the air. This child is built to my design Yet what he loves I cannot share. Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to His father's house, the home he knew, Rather than see him make and move His world. I would forgive him too, Shaping from sorrow a new love. Father and son, we both must live On the same globe and the same land. He speaks: I cannot understand Myself, why anger grows from grief. We each put out an empty hand, Longing for something to forgive.
q1 what does the poem emphasize
1.amiable relationship bw father and son
2.generation gap bw father and son
3.harsh nature of father towards his son
4.the helplessness a person feels when he does not hv any1 around him
Answers
Explanation:
1. Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
Ans: The poem ‘Father to Son’ talks about a fairly universal experience. When a child is growing up, the father is usually busy with his work and is not able to take out time for his child. When the father grows older and has free time, his son gets involved in his life and has no time for his old father. This cycle is universal.
2. How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
Ans: The father’s helplessness is brought out in the poem by these lines: ‘I do not understand this child, Though we have lived together now, In the same house for years.’ ‘He speaks: I cannot understand Myself, why anger grows from grief.’ ‘Yet what he loves I cannot share’ and ‘I know Nothing of him’.
These lines indicate how he wanted to make a relationship with his son better and now as his son was like a stranger to him, they both put out an empty hand to each other and remain in vain.
3. Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.
Ans: The phrases and lines that indicate the distance between both of them are: ‘I do not understand this child, Though we have lived together now, In the same house for years.’ ‘He speaks: I cannot understand Myself, why anger grows from grief.’ ‘Yet what he loves I cannot share’ ‘I know Nothing of him’ and ‘Silence surrounds us’.
4. Does the poem have a consistent rhyme scheme?
Ans: The poem has a consistent rhyme scheme with an open verse format. The short sentences are juxtaposed with longer sentences.
Also See: CBSE Class 11 English Lessons - summary and explanation
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