Question

Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented
With the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind
That lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is unrespectable or unhappy over the
whole earth
a) Which two qualities of animals are pointed in
the first line?
b) Explain 'mania of owning things'
c) How do human beings behave about 'owning
things'?
(i) they sweat and whine (ii) they shout
(iii) they behave madly (iv) they behave
sensibly
d)Who are neither respectable nor unhappy?
(i) human beings
(ii) animals
(iii) who lived long, long ago (iv) birds​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The poet wants to turn into an animal.

(b) The poet is attracted to the calmness and poise of the animals.

(c) The word is ‘Placid’.

(d) The successive use of the word ‘long’ makes the line significant; the first ‘long’, denotes ‘period/Time’ whereas the other, ‘a desire’.

Question 2.

They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, [CBSE 2015]

(a) Why do humans lie awake in the dark?.

(b) What do humans do about their condition?

(c) Which word is opposite to “good deeds”?

(d) Find a word from the passage that is an antonym of ‘Thanking’.

Answer:

(a) Humans lie awake in the dark weeping for their sins.

(b) They sweat and whine about their condition.

(c) The word is ‘Sins.’

(d) The word is ‘whine