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Workshop of 10 standard poem animals

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short questions & answers

1-Why does Whitman admire animals?

Ans-  Whitman finds that animals have many virtues which are lacking in men. Animals  never grumble on their condition. They are not mad for material things .They always remain satisfied. They don’t have to kneel to any of their kind. That is why Whitman admires animals.

Q2 -What  vices in human beings does Whitman notice?

Ans- Human beings ever remain dissatisfied. They keep grumbling about their condition. They go mad for material things. They talk about their duty to God, but never think about their duty to God’s men.

Q3-Why  does Whitman want to live with animals ?

Ans Whitman finds that animals have many virtues that men are lacking. They remain very calm,  quiet and satisfied.  They have no worries. That  is why Whitman wants to live with them.

Q4-Why have animals not to lie awake in the dark ?

Ans-Animals don’t commit any sin. They have no worries. They are always happy. They have nothing to grumble about .So they don’t have to lie awake in the night. They have no sins to weep over.

Q5-What are the things that  humans do but animals don’t ?

Ans-Man are always unhappy and discontented. They keep grumbling. They go mad for material possessions. Animals do none of these things. They  are always happy and contended. They don’t  have to weep over their sins.

text book questions & answers

Q1-Notice the  use of the world turn in the first line,” I think I could turn and live with animals….” What is the poet  turning from ?

Ans-The poet wants to turn from the company of men. He wants to go and live in the company of birds, animals  and nature.

Q2-Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t.

Ans-Humans keep grumbling about their  condition. They weep in the dark over their sins. They keep worrying about their duty to God. Animals don’t  have to do any of  these things.

Q3-Do humans kneel to other humans who lived thousands of years ago?

Ans- Yes,  humans do kneel to other humans who lived thousands  of years ago. We give them such names as god's  goddesses, saints and prophets and keep bowing to them.  

Q4-What are the ‘tokens’ that the poet says he may have dropped long ago, and which animals have kept for themselves?

Ans-They are the qualities of  innocence, simplicity and contentment. Man has dropped these qualities through the ages and now animals have taken possession of them.

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