Jharkhand Board Class 9TH English Notes | WIND
JAC Board Solution For Class 9TH English Poetry Chapter 2
COMPREHENSION
■ Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow :―
1. Wind come softly.
Don't break the shutters of the windows.
Don't scatter the papers.
Don't throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did- you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again
Q. (a) Name the poem from where this extract has been taken.
(b) Who has written these lines?
(c) What are the things that the wind has done inspite of
the poet's request not to do so ?
(d) How does the poet want to blow?
(e) How does the wind blow as shown in these lines?
Ans. (a) Poem - Wind.
(b) Written by - Subramania Bharati.
(c) The wind has thrown down the books on the shelf. It has
torn the pages of books and it has brought the rain again.
(d) The poet wants the wind to blow softly.
(e) The wind blows violently as shown in these lines.
2. You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,
crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,
crumbling hearts-the wind god winnows and crushes them
all.
Q. (a) What according to the poet is the wind clever at?
(b) What do you mean by crumbling hearts?
(c) What do the wind god do?
Ans.(a) According to the poet, the wind is clever at making fun
of weak persons and animals.
(b) 'Crumbling heart' means sad and disappointed hearts.
(c) The wind God winnows the weak and crushes them.
3. He won't do what you tell him.
So, come, let's build strong homes,
Let's joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
Do this, and the wind will be friends with us.
The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day.
Q. (a) When will the wind be our friend?
(b) Why should we make our homes strong?
(c) Name the poem and the poet.
Ans. (a) The wind will be our friend when we are strong.
(b) We should make our homes strong so that they may
not crumble when the wind blows.
(c) "Wind" and "Subramania Bharati".
Short Answer Type Quesions
■ Answer these questions in about 30-40 words each:―
Q.1. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
Ans. The poet ways that the wind makes fun of the weak. It
crumbles the doors, houses, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and heats.
In a way the wind god separates the weak from the strong. The
strong are like the grain and the weak are like the chaff.
Q. 2. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
Ans. We should try our best to make friends with the wind. As
the wind is strong so we should be brave enough to make it our
friend. Only a firm brave, steadfast, courageous, strong willed
person can face the challenges. India needs brave people like the
wind. We can have friendship with the wind if we have above
mentioned qualities.
Q. 3. Why does the poet ask the wind to come softly?
Ans. When the wind blows hard, it is unpleasing. It causes a
great loss to the people and trouble to the weak. It disturbs our
lives. It is pleasing when it comes slowly.
Q.4. How can we make friendship with the wind?
Ans. We can be friends of the wind if we are strong enough.
We should have strong houses, strong doors, strong bodies. We
will have to make our bodies firm and our hearts steadfast.
Q. 5. How does the poet describe the wind as a powerful
destroyer?
Ans. The wind is a powerful part of the nature. It does whatever
it likes. It can never be made to order anything. We cannot
command it to blow. It is beyond our control.
Q.6. What does the wind do when it comes softly?
Ans. When the wind comes softly, it is very pleasing. It does
not irritate any one. It does no harm. It doesn't trouble the weak
either.
Q. 7. How does the wind poke fun at weaklings?
Ans. The wind is not sympathetic to the weak. When it blows
violently, the weak meet their death. Old and weak buildings fall.
Weak doors and rafters fall. Everything which is weak meets its
doom in the storm. These are the wood, the bodies and even
hearts and lives.
Q. 8. Why should we make strong houses and doors?
Ans. We should make strong houses and doors because the
wind does not like weak houses and weak doors. They fall before
a violent wind. The wind likes only those things which are strong.
Q.9. How does the wind god 'crushes them all' ?
Ans. The wind god, in the poem, means a strong wind, a storm.
The storm crushes the weak things. The crumbling houses, the
crumbling plants and even the 'crumbling hearts', give way to a
strong wind. It moves on crushing them under its force.
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