Read the unseen extract and answer the following questions:
Whenever I see Gas balloons go up I wonder where we'd end up if we're balloons.
Would we go far away To some unknown destiny ?
Or will it be carefully decided goal We would work our way to ?
Balloons! How much they're
like human beings-
so different from each other
in colours, shapes, design and sizes
Some live long and some don't
Just like us some find
A pair of loving hands and some doesn't
They get lost, burst or destroyed
Like we do. At times
They rub cheeks affectionately
Occasionally you can hear, them whisper secrets
As only friend will. And once in a while, in the chill
of the night, or mist of dawn; you may find one tear
flowing down, silently.
Questions:
1. What does the poem describes?
2. Just as we are unaware about the fate of balloons,
3. Which is the line used to describe die rustling sound of balloons?
4. Write the meaning of " fate" and " whisper".
5. Give suitable title for the poem.
6. What does poet thinks of ballons?
Answers
1. The poem describes the life of a balloon and relates it with the life of human beings.
2. The poet attempts to relate the fate of balloons with that of humans. And asserts that just as the fate of balloon is uncertain, so also is the fate or destiny of humans.
3. This line describes it, "occasionally you can hear them whisper secrets."
4.Fate-An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time. (or) simple destiny.
Whisper-A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
5.A balloon's life compared with that of human's life.
(OR)
similarities of a balloon and a human.
6. The poet is a deep thinker and he brings a balloon to life in this poem. He compares it to that of a human and brings out many similarities.
He goes on to say that balloons though differing in colours, shapes, design and sizes, these are the exact qualities which humans too possess.
He continues on to say that both the lives of humans and balloons are alike, i.e it's uncertain.
Hope it helps.