CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

WIND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the line, “You tore the pages of the books”, who is ‘you’ referring to?
A
The poet
B
The wind
C
Animals
D
Dog
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Make the heart steadfast. (a) Who is referred to as ‘He’ in the above lines? Answer: He in the above lines refers to the wind.

Detailed explanation-2: -The wind tears the pages off and throws them down from the bookshelf. The potent (powerful) wind scatters the books and sheets of paper on the floor.

Detailed explanation-3: -Written by Subramania Bharati, the poem ‘Wind’ is a symbolic poem. The wind symbolises all difficulties, obstacles, struggles, and obstructions that we have to face in life. Through the symbol of wind, the poet teaches its readers an important lesson that one must be strong and bold.

Detailed explanation-4: -Poet also says that wind should not be strong and it should come delicately and softly. Then he describes that powerful wind is destructive and it breaks the shutters and windows and scatters the paper. Moreover, when the wind is very powerful then it takes down the books from the shelves.

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