Feel at home ! Come again and when I come they say, again and feel at home, one, twice, there will be no thrice for then I find doors shut on me. Who says "Feel at home" and to whom? What was the reaction of speaker when the poet visited again? ?
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Answer:
i. What do you associate with the title of the poem?
The title clearly indicates about the past. I associate that a fairytale may be in a poetic form. Here ‘Once upon a Time’ suggests how people were once. It is far from what is being witnessed in the society now.
ii. What is the relationship between the narrator and the listener?
The relationship between the narrator and the listener is father and son.
iii. What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?
When the poet visits someone for the third time, they will get fed up and slam the doors shut. In other words they won’t allow him to come into their house.
iv. Pick out the expressions that indicate conflicting ideas.
The expressions that indicate conflicting ideas are “laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes”, and “laugh with their teeth”. Laughing with one’s heart and eyes reveal real gladness. But laughing with one’s teeth reveals one’s external showy love.
Answer:
What do you associate with the title of the poem?
The title clearly indicates about the past. I associate that a fairytale may be in a poetic form. Here ‘Once upon a Time’ suggests how people were once. It is far from what is being witnessed in the society now.
ii. What is the relationship between the narrator and the listener?
The relationship between the narrator and the listener is father and son.
iii. What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?
When the poet visits someone for the third time, they will get fed up and slam the doors shut. In other words they won’t allow him to come into their house.
iv. Pick out the expressions that indicate conflicting ideas.
The expressions that indicate conflicting ideas are “laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes”, and “laugh with their teeth”. Laughing with one’s heart and eyes reveal real gladness. But laughing with one’s teeth reveals one’s external showy love.
v. How does the poet compare his face with dresses?
The poet learnt how to change faces in different situations. Like changing dresses, he is forced to wear facial expressions.
vi. What does the poet mean when he says ‘good bye’?
The poet has been able to change with the society. He has learnt learnt to say ‘good bye’ in an unnatural way.
vii. What pleasantries does the poet use to fake cordiality?
In the first line of the third stanza “Feel at home!”, “Come again” the poet uses fake cordiality. People welcome the guests for two times but the third time they will treat the guests differently.
viii. What does he desire to unlearn and relearn?
The poet desires to learn how to say goodbye in a nice way. He desires to unlearn all the bad habits he has picked up over the years.
ix. How is the poet’s laugh reflected in the mirror?
The poet’s laugh reflected in the mirror is like a snake’s bare teeth.
x. What does the poet long for?
The poet longs for child-like innocence.
xi. Mention the qualities the child in the poem symbolises.
Innocence and ignorance are the qualities of the child in the poem symbolizes.
2. Fill in the blanks choosing the words from the box given and complete the summary of the poem:
The poet Okara in this narrative monologue painfully condemns the (a)duplicity displayed by adults, both in their words and actions. Here, a father laments to his son about the negative changes that creep into the attitude and behaviour of humans, when they grow into (b) adults. He says that people used to be (c)genuine when they laugh and the honesty would be reflected in their eyes. But, people of modern times laugh (d) superficially. Their handshakes used to be warm and happy conveying a sense of togetherness, but nowadays the handshakes have become a mere (e) fakes. He warns his son that people are not trust-worthy and have become so selfish that they are concerned only about their own (f)personal benefits.
People utter words of welcome and exchange (g) pleasantries, but those words come only from the tip of their tongues and not from the depth of their hearts. Humans have learnt the art of changing their (h) facial expressions according to situations merely to ensure social acceptance. They wear (i) falsity and exhibit multiple faces. The narrator admits that he has also changed into a hypocrite. However, he tells his son that though he (j)masks his expressions, he does all these against his will. He says he wants to become a (k) child again and laugh genuinely. He wants to (l) unlearn the unreal things and (m) relearn how to laugh as he had done once upon a time. When he laughs before the (n) mirror, he sees no expression. His teeth are bare like that of the (o) fangs of a snake. So, he asks his son to show him how to laugh the way he used to laugh, when he was a kid like him.
3. A. Interpret each of the following expressions used in the poem, in one or two lines.
i. laugh with their eyes
The poet means once the people laugh whole heartedly.
ii. shake hands without hearts
The poet means nowadays people shake their hands without any involvement. They shake just for formality.
iii. like a fixed portrait smile
Just like people keep changing dresses to suit different occasions, the poet has learnt to behave differently in different situations
iv. hands search my empty pockets
Nowadays people introduce themselves without any involvement and they estimate other’s value.
v. to unlearn all these muting things
The poet wants to get rid of this false laugh showing only the teeth.
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