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#Animals, class- X

 

Poem- Animals

 

1.       What does the poet tell us?

Ans-  The poet tell us that he feels more at home with animals than humans.

2.       Who is the poet of the poem?

Ans- Walt Whiteman is the poet of the poem.

3.       Name the original verses from which the poem animals has been taken?

Ans- The original verses from which the poem animals has been taken is “ song of myself” in leaves of Grass.

4.       How does the poet Walt Whitman find humans?

Ans- In his poem “ Animals” the poet finds humans complicated and false.

 

Answer the following question:

1.       “I think I could turn and live with animals…” what is the poet turning from?

Ans- The poet is turning from the life of the humans to the life of animals.

2.       Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t?

Ans- Human sweat and whine about their conditions but animals don’t.

Human lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins but animals don’t

Human discuss their duties to god and animals don’t.

3.       Do humans kneel to other humans who live thousands of years?

Ans- Yes, human beings kneel to other humans who live thousands of years. Earlier subjects used to kneel down before their kings.

4.       What are the tokens that the poet says he may have dropped long ago and which the animals have kept from him?

Ans- The poet says that he may have dropped the tokens of good qualities which the animals possess. Animals don’t grumble and are satisfied always. The poet feels that he has got those qualities from animals.

 

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