Question

short summary of the poem Wind class 9 cbse

Answer 1

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Summary

Summary of wind

This poem consists of a total of 23 lines. These lines are not separated into stanzas. Here they are divided into meaningful segments for ease of comprehension.

Lines 1-4:

Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.

In these lines, the poet directly talks to the wind. In fact, he makes an entreaty to the wind. He asks the wind not to break down the shutters of the windows. The shutters are the only thing that separate man from the stormy environment outside, so in a way the poet is asking the wind for protection. He also asks the wind not to scatter the papers in his room, or to throw down the books from his bookshelves. It is pertinent for him to care about papers and books, and for them to be the first things in his room that he doesn’t want disorganized, because he is a writer. Perhaps some of these papers also contain drafts of poems like this one, hence they are very important to him, and he cannot afford to lose them.

Answer 2

wind come softly
don't break the shutters of the windows.
don't scatter the papers.
don't throw down the books on the shelf.
there,look what you did_you threw them all down
you tore the pages of books.
you brought rain again.
you are very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
frail crumbling houses,crumbling doors,crumbling lives, crumbling hearts-
the wind god winnows and crushes them all.
he won't do what you tell him.
so,come ,let's build strong homes,
let's joint the doors firmly.
practise to firms the body.
make the heart steadfast.
do this and the wind will be friends with us.
the wind blows out weak fires.
he makes strong fires roar and flourish.
his friendship is good.
we praise him every day.