Question

There, look what you did — you threw them all down.You tore the pages of the books.You brought rain again.You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings
(A)What is the figure of speech used in the stanza?
(B)Why is the poet unhappy with Wind?
(C)What did the wind bring again?
(D)Why did the poet say that wind was clever?

Answer 1

(A)What is the figure of speech used in the stanza?

The figures of speech used in the stanza are personification and anaphora.

• Personification means treating a non-living aspect or thing as a living being. Here, the poet is addressing the wind as ‘you’, as if it is a person.
• Anaphora refers to using the same word at the beginning of sentences or expression. Here, the poet uses the word ‘You’ to begin two lines of the stanza. Anaphora is used to draw attention to ‘you’, meaning to Wind and its actions.

(B)Why is the poet unhappy with Wind?

The poet is unhappy with Wind because it is being very destructive by ruining things and making people miserable. It has ruined the book and also caused rain. Additionally, it is using all its energies to poke fun at the weak. Wind is behaving like a bully.

(C)What did the wind bring again?

The wind blew the dark clouds which caused rain. So, the wind brought rain again.

(D)Why did the poet say that wind was clever?

The poet felt that the wind was clever because it used its energies only to bother people who were weak. It did not annoy those who are strong. It knew how to irritate the weaklings.

(The extract is from the poem “Wind” by Subramania Bharati.)

More information on poetry:

• https://brainly.in/question/32105659 (“The Grasshopper and the Cricket” by John Keats)
• https://brainly.in/question/46954218?tbs_match=3  (“The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth)
• https://brainly.in/question/40598337 (“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost)

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