question & answer of wandering singers by Sarojini Naidu
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1) What is Wandering Singers about?
Ans. Wandering Singers are a band of folk singers who wander from place to place according to the call of the wind. It can either be town, village or forest.
2) How do the singers sing?
Ans. The singers sing songs with lutes in their hands and travelling from place to place.
3) Are the singers homeless travelers? Why do you think so?
Ans. No, the singers are not homeless. They think that the world is their home and people are their brothers and sisters.
4) What do the singers sing about?
Ans. They sing about the stories of cities whose beauty has long gone; the happiness and the beauty of the women which has been robbed either by the wars or by the time. They also sing about ancient battles or of old kings. They have songs on simple, happy and sad things of life too.
5) What has happened to the cities?
Ans. It has been ravished by wars, famine etc., so, the beauty has gone.
6) What does, “The laughter and beauty of women long dead”mean?
Ans. The laughter and the beauty has died because of wars or because of famine.
7) What songs do the singers sing of the sword of old battles?
Ans. They sing about the brave warriors who fought bravely with the sword.
8) Why do the singers feel nostalgic of the crown of old kings?
Ans. They feel nostalgic because during the kings’ period, these singers used to get rewards which made them to lead a comfortable life.
9) “What hope shall we gather, what dreams shall we sow?” Explain these lines.
The poetess tells us that the wandering singers cannot have any hope or dream of bright future because of their wandering nature.
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