Question

NCERT X
English : First Flight

Notice the use of the word 'turn' in the first line, "I think I could turn and live with animals..." What is the poet turning from?

Answer 1

The poet wants to turn from the humans. He desires to live among the animals and birds in the soothing lap of mother nature.

Answer 2

Answer:

the poet is turning away from living in the world of human beings he finds animals more placid and self contained and therefore he wants to live with them