CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

WIND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the poet of the poem ‘The Wind’-
A
Subramania Bharti
B
Robert Frost
C
Ruskin Bond
D
William Wordsworth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hint: Subramania Bharati wrote the poem Wind in Tamil, which was then translated into English by A.K. Ramanujan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Written by Subramania Bharati, the poem ‘Wind’ is a symbolic poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -"The Wind” (Welsh: Y Gwynt) is a 64-line love poem in the form of a cywydd by the 14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym. Dafydd is widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh poets, and this is one of his most highly praised works.

Detailed explanation-4: -Subramania Bharati, one of the greatest Tamil poets wrote ‘Wind’ in Tamil, and A. K. Ramanujan, a renowned Indian poet in English, translated it. The poem is written in simple verse, and it expresses the poet’s desire to befriend the wind. The poem describes the destructive power of the natural force.

Detailed explanation-5: -Summary of the Wind And in the poem, the poet describes the power of the wind and calls wind destructive. Further, he links the destructive power of the wind with the difficulties of life. He says that weak people breakdown easily, but stronger people emerge out stronger.

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