CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -: to separate chaff from grain by fanning. : to separate desirable and undesirable elements.

Detailed explanation-2: -Winnowing is the method in which heavier components of the mixture are separated from the lighter substances with the help of wind. This method is used for separating grains from husk after the process of threshing. Threshing is the process of separating grain from the chaff.

Detailed explanation-3: -WINNOWING:-1) the process of separating dust particles with the help of wind is called winnowing. 2) mixture of grain and husk are allowed to fall from a height. 3) heavier grain falls on the ground, whereas lighter grains are carried away by the wind.

Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer:-Winnowing term is used for the separation of grains from straw with the help of wind. It is the simplest form that involves throwing the mixture into the air so that the wind can blow the lighter chaff away. However, the heavier grains fall back down without any impurities.

Detailed explanation-5: -the wind god winnows and crushes them all. winnows: to broke grain free of chaff, separate grain from husk by blowing on it. The poet is addressing to wind as ‘wind god’, and he is saying that the powerful god of wind winnows, that means he sifts all the people and those people who are weak fall down and get crushed.