Question

The Soul's Prayer | 45
COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the best option in the following questions.
1. What does the poet ask God to reveal?
a. the mystery of life and death b. the mystery of human suffering
c. the blessings of heavenly life d. none of these
2. How does the poet describe her soul?
a. insatiable
b. satisfying c. incorruptible d. indomitable
3. Which of the following qualities cannot be attributed to Sarojini Naidu
as a poet?
a. mystical b. romantic
c. patriotic d. obscure
4. Death is the
of My face.
a. shadow
b. image
c. reflection d. duplication
B. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.
1. What did the poet ask God in her childhood pride?
2. Why is the poet's soul unconquered?
3. What is the significance of the fire' image?
4. What, according to God, is life and death?
C. Answer the following questions in about hundred words.
1. What are the poet's implorations to God?
2. How does God answer her queries?
3. Comment on the diction of the poem.
4. Trace the image of God as represented in the poem.
D. Answer the following questions in about three hundred words.
1. Is this poem written with the premise of a child's psychology?
2. Consider The Soul's Prayer' as a mystical poem.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. the mystery of life and death

Answer 2

Answer:

what does the poet ask God to reveal