Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
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 Gods.
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Question 1.
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-containd, I stand and look at them long and long.
(a) What does the poet want to turn into?
(b) Which qualities of animals attract the poet?
(c) Which word is similar to the word “Calm”?
(d) Explain the successive use of the word ‘long’ twice and bring out its significance.
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(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’.
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