Question

Understanding the Poem
Answer these questions.
1. What does Love want from Flora?
2. Which flowers had been fighting for the highest place of honour? Who were
the supporters of the two competing flowers?
3. There are two ways in which the lily and the rose are different. One of them is their
appearance. What is special about the appearance of the lily? In what way is
the rose special?
4. The other difference between the rose and the lily is in their colour. Say how the flowers
are different in that respect.
5. Which flower has the mien of Juno? Which quality is highlighted here? What, in contrast,
is the quality of the other flower?
6. What qualities did Love want in the new flower? Which of them did she hesitate about
for a moment? What decision did she come to?
7. The title of the poem is 'The Lotus! Can we say the poem is really about how the lotus is
the best flower? Write down, in a paragraph, how there were two pairs of qualities shared
between the lily and the rose, and how the lotus became better than both of them.
Annraciating the Poem​

Answer 1

Explanation: Love want from Flora.

• Toru Dutt was an educated young Indian Anglican poet.
• The poem Lotus is written by her.
• The poet begins with the  Goddess of Love approaching the flower Goddess, Flora to create a flower who would be acknowledge as the Queen of all flowers.

Flowers fighting for the highest place of honor

• Lily and Rose have been rivals for a very long period.
• They both wanted to occupy the highest place of honor.
• They both were proud of their appearance and the fragrance.
• They had their own team to support them.
• They competed with each other.
• They both had separate set of flowers as followers.

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Answer 2

The correct answers are -

1. Love came to the goddess of flowers Flora and asked it for the creation of a unique flower. It must be the undisputed queen and the most beautiful of all .

2. Flower Lily and Flower Rose had been fighting for the highest place of honour. The flowers were divided into fractions where some supported rose and some lily.

3. Flower rose had been proud of its red colour, while flower lily had white colour and the face of Goddess Juno. Thus it became difficult for rose to match this unique characteristic of lily.

4. The Rose had red colour while lily had white.

5. Lily had the mien of Juno. Lily's pale face resembled the graceful Goddess Juno.

6. Love wanted the new flower to be most unique and most beautiful. Love wanted that the new flower should surpass both Rose and Lily in all aspects.

7. Lotus has become the best flower because of its superiority. The flower holds a cultural value in the indian society and has been the favourite of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu. Lotus became better than Rose and Lily as it was the best fusion of colours and look of rose and lily.