Question 1 - Wind - Beehive - Poems (Literature) - English Class 9

Read the given extract and answer the questions

Extract:

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.

You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.

(Wind )

Question (i)

What does the poet ask the wind to do in the first line? 

•   a) To come softly
•   b) To break shutters
•   c) To scatter papers
•   d) To bring rain

Answer:

 Answer written by student:

  a) To come softly

Step-by-Step explanation: 📝

•   The poet is talking to the wind as if it is a person .🗣️
•    He wants the wind to be gentle and not cause any harm .🙏
•    He uses the word 'softly' to show his request .👉
•    The other options are wrong because they are the opposite of what he asks.❌
•    Therefore, the correct answer is a) To come softly. ✅

Question (ii)

What does the poet mean by "look what you did" in the fourth line? 

Answer:

Answer written by student:

 The poet means that the wind has thrown down all the books on the shelf and torn their pages.

Step-by-Step explanation: 📝

•   The poet is angry and disappointed with the wind.😠
•    He points out the damage that the wind has done.👉
•    He uses the phrase "look what you did " to show his displeasure.😒
•    He mentions that the wind has thrown down all the books on the shelf and torn their pages.📚
•    This shows that the poet values books and does not like them to be ruined. 📖

Question (iii)

How does the poet describe the wind's nature in the sixth line?  Answer:

Answer written by student: 

The poet describes the wind's nature as clever and mocking.

 Step-by-Step explanation: 📝

•   The poet admires and fears the wind's power. 😮
•   He says that the wind is very clever at poking fun at weaklings. 👉
•   This means that the wind enjoys destroying things and people that are not strong enough to resist it.😈
•   He uses the words 'clever' and 'poking fun' to show that the wind is smart and playful, but also cruel and mean.😏
•    He implies that the w ind is not a friend but an enemy of weak things and people.😔

Question (iv)

 Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the extract:

The wind _______ rain again.

Answer:

 Answer written by student: 

brought

Step-by-Step explanation: 📝

•    The poet is describing another effect of the wind.👉
•    He says that the wind has brought rain again. ☔
•   This means that the wind has caused rain to fall again .💧
•  The word 'brought' fits in the blank because it shows that the wind has carried or delivered something.👍
•    No other word from the extract can complete this sentence correctly.❌