The above lines show that animals are not like all humans. Mention some qualities that make them
different from others.
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Answer:
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.
Answer:
(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’.
Answer:
Some people think that the main differences between humans other animal species is our ability of complex reasoning, our use of complex language, our ability to solve difficult problems, and introspection (this means describing your own thoughts and feelings).
Animals do not grumble about their lives, lie awake at night, cry over their sins or discuss their duty towards God as humans do. Animals do not have a mania for “owning things”, nor do they kneel before others like humans. Moreover, the tokens of goodness, love, respect and happiness have been dropped by human beings