Unit 2 - 2.4 The Pulley — English STD 10 — Question

Every stanza begins with the word 'if'. How does it add to the effectiveness of the poem?

Complete the following table based on the extract :

Stages of man	Role	Qualities/Actions
Fifth	adult man
Sixth	old man
Seventh	Very old man

the meaning of 'Where words come out from the depth of truth'?Explain in your own words

Explain :
(a) the contrast between the poet and his servant.
(b) the poet's reaction when he read the lines.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago.
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and I accept them.
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince
them plainly in their possession I wonder where they get those tokens.
Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?

What could have happened to the tokens of the poet's self?

Find out two lines from the extract that indicate humour:

Write the reactions of the people when they knew that the mother was stung by a scorpion.

With the help of the poem, find the differences between animals and human beings:

What did God's glass of blessings contain?

Besides those given in the extract, what other gifts has God blessed mankind with above His other creations? Enlist them.