2.3 Wind
Subramania Bharti
The wind blows strongly and causes a
lot of destruction. How can we make friends with it? [translated from the Tamil by A.K. Ramanujan]
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.
Questions;
01.
How does the poet
want the wind to blow?
02.
How does the wind
blow as shown in theses lines?
03.
Does the wind
listen to the poet?
04.
What does the
poet want the wind not to break?
05.
What is the name
of the author?
06.
What does the
poet want the wind not to scatter?
07.
What has the wind
brought again?
08.
What does the
poet want the wind not to throw down?
09.
What does the
poet want the wind not to do?
10.
What has the wind
done to the books?
11.
What is the name
of the poet and the poem?
12.
Name the poem and
the poet.
13.
From which poem
these lines have been taken?
14.
What has the wind
done to the books?
15.
What has the wind
bought?
16.
Who does you
stands for in 6th and 7th line?
17.
What are three
things the poet does not want the wind to do?
You‘re
very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail
crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters, crumbling wood, crumbling
bodies, crumbling lives crumbling hearts- the wind god winnows and crushes them
all.
Questions:
01.
Name the poem
from which these lines are taken?
02.
What is the name
of the poet and the poem?
03.
Name the poem and
the poet.
04.
What is the wind
clever at?
05.
From which poem
these lines have been taken?
06.
Which word has
been repeated seven times?
07.
Who does the wind
winnow and crush?
08.
Who does the wind
make fun of?
09.
What is the name
of the pet?
10.
How many times
the word-crumbling bee repeated?
11.
What does the
wind god do?
12.
For which words
adjective crumbling is used with?
13.
What do you
understand by crumbling hearts?
14.
What do the wind
god does to the weak?
He
won’t do what you tell him.
So,
come let’s build strong homes.
Let’s
joint the doors firmly.
Practices
to firm the body.
Make
the heart steadfast.
Do this and the wind will be friends with us.
The
wind blows out weak fires.
He
makes strong firers roar and flourish.
His
friendship is good.
We
praise him every day.
Questions:
01.
Who does “He”
refer for in the first lie?
02.
Does he listen to
us?
03.
What is the name
of the poem?
04.
What is the name
of the poet and the poem?
05.
Name the poem and
the poet.
06.
From which poem
these lines have been taken?
07.
What should we
do?]
08.
What kinds of
house does the poet want us to build?
09.
What is the
effect of the wind on fire?
10.
What does the
wind do to strong fires?
11.
What does the
want us to do with the doors?
12.
What doe the wind
do with weak fires?
13.
What dos the want
us to do with our body?
14.
When can we look
upon the wind as a friend?
15.
What kinds of
heart should we have?
16.
How will the wind
be our friend?
17.
Why we pray the
wind every day?
18.
What does the
wind symbolize?
19.
What is the name
of the poet?
20.
Pick out the
lines, which mean strong body and mind?
Important
Questions and answers:
Q.1 What did the poet ask the wind not to
do?
OR
How
does the poet want the wind to blow?
Ans. The poet
asks the wind to came gently. He also asks not to break shutters of window,
scatter the papers, throwing the books and tearing the pages of book. And not
to bring the rain. After dong it you bring the rain.
Q.2 What did the wind do with weak person
and things?
OR
Whom
did the wind god winnows?
OR
Who
does the wind make fun of? What does the wind god do to them?
Ans. The wind
makes fun of weak persons and things all weak things as weak houses, weak
doors, weak rafters, weak wood, weak bodies add weak hearts all are chosen and
crushed by the wind god.
Q.3 The wind does not listen to us what
should we do?
OR
What
advise poet want to give us to make friend to the wind?
Ans. The winds
don’t do, as we want so we should build strong houses, doors, body, and our
hearts. By this wind become our fried because we are also strong as the wind
itself.
Q.4 Why should we pray to wind?
OR
What
is the role of wind against the fire?
Ans. The wind
blows out the weak fires and he makes strong the fires roar and flourish. His
friendship is very good. We should
praise him daily.
Q.
What is the significance of the wind in this poem?
OR
What
did the poet want to say about the difficulties and challenges?
Ans. In this
poem the wind is symbol of difficulties and challenges. Difficulties and
challenges fear us. If we are weak. As we face it boldly and see into their
eyes it becomes our friend and disappear.
Q.6
Write the Central Idea of the poem.
Ans. The poet advised us to be the strong in mind and
body it makes us the friend of the wind. Otherwise it can destroy us.
Challenges have to be encountered boldly.
Subramania Bharati (1882–1921) is a
great Tamil poet, famous for his patriotism in the pre-Independence era.
A.K. Ramanujan is a Kannada and
English poet, well known for his translation of classical and modern poetry.
GLOSSARY
poking fun: making fun of
rafters: sloping beams
supporting a roof
winnow: blow grain free
of chaff; separate grain from husk by blowing on it
Thinking about the Poem
I.
1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
Ans. In the first
stanza, the wind shutters breaks
the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers, throws down the
books from the shelf, tears the pages of the books and brings showers of rain.
2. Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy
field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for
winnowing? (Give the words in your language, if you know them.)
Ans. Yes, I have seen many women winnowing grain in villages. Pachhorana is the word in my language for
winnowing. People use chaaj or winnowing fan for winnowing
purpose.
3. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
Ans. The poet says that the wind god winnows the weak crumbling houses,
doors, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and hearts, and then crushes them all.
4. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
Ans. To make friends with wind we need to build strong homes with firm doors. We should also make ourselves
physically and mentally strong by building strong, firm bodies and having
steadfast hearts.
5. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
Ans. In the last
four lines, the poet inspires us to face the wind, which symbolises the
hardships of our lives, courageously. He tells us that the wind can only
extinguish the weak fires; it intensifies the stronger ones. Similarly,
adversities deter the weak-hearted but make stronger those who have unfaltering
will. In such a case, befriending the wind or the hardships of life makes it
easier for us to face them.
6. How does the poet speak to the wind — in anger or with humour? You must also have seen or heard of the wind “crumbling lives”. What is your response to this? Is it like the poet’s?
Ans. The poet speaks to the wind with anger.
Yes, strong winds are known to cause plenty of damage and
destruction to both life and property.
Storms, cyclones, gales and strong winds cause havoc on land. They
uproot trees, bring down houses, tear down electric posts and claim lives.
They also cause damage to boats and frighten the poor sailors and
fishermen out at sea.
Yet, I do not agree with the poet that the wind only 'crumbles
lives'. The wind is responsible for bringing rain; it cools the land and makes
the climate pleasant.
Today, wind energy is harnessed for several useful purposes
including turning windmills, wind turbines and generating electricity.
II. The poem you have just read is originally in the Tamil. Do you
know any such poems in your language?
Ans. Yes,
I have read another poem on wind. It is titled 'Toofan' and was
originally written in Hindi by
Naresh Aggarwal.
The tree on the mountain takes
whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down
roots as deeply as possible. - CORRIE TEN BOOM
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