Question

21. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions and complete the

statements given below:

Oh! Defenders of borders

You are great sons of my land

When we are all asleep

You still hold on to your deed.

Windy season or snowy days

Or scorching sun’s sweltering rays

You are there guarding all the time awake

Treading the lonely expanses as Yogis.

Climbing the heights or striding the valleys

Defending the deserts and guarding the marshes

Surveillance in seas and by securing the air

Prime of your youth given to the nation!!

Wind chimes of my land vibrate your feat

We pray for you brave men!!

May the Lord bless you all!!

– Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Questions: 5x1=5

1. The poem is dedicated to…………………

2. What do they sacrifice for the nation?

3. Which figure of speech is used in the last line of the second stanza ?

4. What does Dr. Kalam express through the last two lines ?

5. ”Scorching’ in the poem means………………………………








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Answer 1

Required Answers:-

1. The poem is dedicated to the soilders who are sacrificing their lives for the nation.

2. What do they sacrifice for the nation?

• According to the author, they sacrifice their life, their family, their youth and everything.

3. Which figure of speech is used in the last line of the second stanza ?

I guess, the line is Treading the lonely expanses as Yogis.

• He is comparing the soilders with the yogis when they are treading the lonely expanses using the word 'as'. Hence, the figure of speech is simile

4. What does Dr. Kalam express through the last two lines ?

• The last two lines are very beautiful. He is expressing tribute to the soilders.

5. ”Scorching’ in the poem means………………$.$

• Scorching means burning hot.

Answer 2

Answer:

1 - The soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the nation.

2 - Their lives, their youth and everything.

3 - simile

4 - Kalam expresses his tribute through the last two lines.

5 - burning