Question

I Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

How can the bird that is born for joy,

Sit in a cage and sing

How can a child when fears annoy,

But droop his tender wing,

And forgot his youthful spring.


II Short Answer Type Question:

1. Why does he compare himself with a bird in a cage or a plant that

withers?

2. Explain the phrase “eye outworn”.

3. What message does the poet want to convey through this poem?​

Answer 1

Answer:

And forgot his youthful spring.

II Short Answer Type Question:

1. Why does he compare himself with a bird in a cage or a plant that

withers?

2. Explain the phrase “eye outworn”.

3. What message does the poet want to convey through this poem?