Question

A1- Complete the following sentences based on the extract.
i) On the setting out for the journey, the poet considers himself-------.
ii) The long brown path is-------.
A2- Explain the meaning of the following lines from the extract:
“ Done with indoor complaints, libraries querulous criticisms”
A3- ‘ Healthy, free, the world before me’. Express your views regarding the above line.
A4- What is the rhyme scheme of the extract?
A5-Write four to six lines of Free Verse on the topic ‘ The road that leads to my college’ . Express that it is the road to knowledge and bright future.
You may begin like this: Every Day I tread with the bag of books…..

Answer 1

A1- In the poem, "THE SONG OF OPEN ROAD",

(i) On the setting out for the journey, the poet considers himself light-hearted and open to whatever that may come in his experience.

(ii) The long brown path is leading him wherever he chooses to go.

A2- “ Done with indoor complaints, libraries querulous criticisms”

By this line, the poet means to say that he is no longer content with being walled inside; he is strong and happy to be on the open road. He writes of “querulous criticisms" which emphasizes the speaker’s carefree and determined tone.

A3- ‘ Healthy, free, the world before me’.

By this line, the poet describes himself as being “healthy and free,” and he states that he has the whole world before him and it's not the end as he sets his foot for a journey.

A4- There is no rhyme scheme of the poem "The song of the open road" as it is written in free verse.

A5- Here are four to six lines of free verse on the topic, "The road that leads to my college":

Every Day I tread with the bag of books,

Watching over my footsteps as I get to my destination.

Searching the road leading to somewhere enchanted,

That I could get the most out of it and live to my fullest.

It's only in a matter of years that I realized,

That my enchanted road was the road to my college.

Explanation:

• This question is given from the poem: "THE SONG OF OPEN ROAD" by Walt Whitman. Whitman was born in New York. He had very little formal schooling. He died at the age of seventy-two.
• In this poem, Whitman describes the trip that the speaker has set foot on for exploring and empowering himself. The speaker believes that he is the one who is responsible for his own luck, fortune, destiny, fate and that he controls and shapes his own future. It is in his hands. He knows that the road he is taking is not perfect but instead of crying or worrying about his burden, he relishes them.
• Whitman has used a free-verse writing style for this poem.