Question

Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below.

How can the bird that is born for joy,

Sit in a cage and sing,

How can a child when fears annoys,

But droop his tender wing,

And forget his youthful spring.

1) With whom is the child comparing himself to?

2) Explain, ‘droop his tender wing’.

3) What can the child not forget?

4) Identify the rhyme scheme of the above lines.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The child in school is comparing himself to a caged bird.
2. The phrase ‘ droop his wing’ refers to the hanged down simple and playful nature of childhood.
3. the child could not forget the childhood days of his life .
4. there are two rhyming scenes

Joy - annoy

sing - wing - spring