O! Father and Mother, if buds are nip’d,
And blossoms blown away.
Ad if the tender plants are strip’d
Of their joy in the springing day.
a) Who is the speaker of these lines?
b) What happens to tender plants if their joys of spring are taken away?
c) Why does the poet compare himself to a nipped bud?
d) Name the poem and the poet.
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Answer:
1. And if the tender plants are strip'd. Of their joy in the springing day, By sorrow and cares dismay.
2. Naresh Dutt, who is in the production department of films, is the speaker here. (b) The speaker feels sorry for not telling Patol Babu his role in the film. (c) Patol Babu is to play a short-tempered pedestrian in the film.
3. According to him children are like tender plants who should be dealt with care. If the buds are nipped, how can these bloom. If the plants are stripped, how there will be joy in springtime. It implies that if childhood pleasures are suppressed, he grows into a pessimistic adult.
4. The poet also compares it with nipping the buds and flowers from the plants. He is of the opinion that this world will be a sorrowful place in the absence of a happy childhood.
5. The given lines are from the poem 'A thing of Beauty' by John Keats.
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Answer:
a) the speaker of these lines is a young boy.
b) if plants were destroyed when they were still tender, spring would never be a happy occasion.
c) the poet compares it with nipping the buds and flowers from the plants. he is of the opinion that this world will be a sorrowful place in the absence of a happy childhood.
d) the poem is school boy and the poet is william blake
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