ANIMALS
WORD NOTES
Placid - Calm
Sweat and whine - Complain pitifully
Demented - Behaving in a crazy way, mad
Evince - Reveal the presence of a quality or feeling.
Question-answers
Q.1 Mention three things that humans do but animals don't.
Three things that humans do but animals don’t are-
Humans sweat and whine about their conditions but animals don’t.
Humans are running after material things, but animals don’t
Humans kneel down to one another, but animals don’t
Q.2 Who is the writer of the poem, ‘Animals’?
Walt Whitman is the writer of the poem Animals.
Q.3 Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the alternative given in the brackets:
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
(sing loudly/complain in an annoying voice/ cry in joy)
I wonder where they get those tokens
(feel happy/feel sorry/ feel very surprised)
I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self-contained.
(angry /calm and self-contained/harmful)
No one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.
(feeling unhappy/ feeling displeased/ behaving crazily for being upset)
……….they are so placid and self-contained.
(irritated/ trouble some/ unruffeled)
………not one is demented with the mania.
(mad/ dishonest/ displeased)
Q.4 why did the poet feels more at home with animals than with humans?
The poet feels more at home with the animals than with the humans as he found more of his basic nature within the animals which humans have lost in the race for civilization.
Q.5 how do the animals accept their condition?
The animals accept their condition without complaining about that, moreover, they do not spend sleepless nights thinking about their sins.
Q.6 Name the book from where the ‘Poem’ has been taken.
The poem (Animals) has been taken from ‘songs of myself’ in leaves of grass.
Q.7 What was the wish of the poet?
The poet wished to live with the animals.
Q.8 what are the qualities possessed by the animals?
The qualities possessed by the animals are-
They are placid.
They do not complain.
They do not run after material things.
They do not kneel to one another.
Q.9 What according to the poet do animals not do regarding their conditions?
According to the poet, the animals do not complain about their condition.
Q.10 For what do animals not demented?
Animals are not demented with the mania of owning things.
Q.11 What do the animals bring to the poet?
The animals bring tokens of the poet to the poet.
Q.12 What quality of the animals mesmerizes the poet?
The quality of being placid and self-contained mesmerizes the poet.
Q.13 how do the animals act about their condition and duty to god?
The animals do not sweat and whine about their condition. They do not discuss with others their duty to god.
Q.14 How are animals better than human beings?
Animals are better than human beings in many ways. They are very placid and self-contained, they do not run after materialistic possession. They do not commit sins and spent sleepless nights thinking about that, they can show their love effortlessly. Due to these reasons, we can say animals are better than human beings.
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