Why do animals not weep for their sins? What does the poet think about this trait of theirs? (Animals class 10)
Answers
Answer: The question is asked from the poem Animals which is written by the poet Walt Whitman. In this poem, the poet compare the animals with the human beings. He says that animals does not weep for their sins. As what they fight for is the hunger not the pride unlike human beings.
They never complain about anything. On the other hand, the a human beings are never satisfied with anything.
Animals do not have the same kind of mind set and emotions like the humans. So they do not weep.
EXPLANATION:
Walt Whitman, the great American poet in his short poem ‘Animals’ appreciates the lives of animals. To him animals are much better off than humans and the poet would prefer to live with them and live like them.
Animals do not complaint or nag like humans. They are self-contented in whatever situation they are. They do not have lust and desires. They do not crave for materialistic pleasures.
They are also not suspicious or jealous of each other. They accept their lives and live satisfied, peacefully. They don’t weep or fret. So the poet really appreciates their way of living.