NATURE
Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
1. How does Nature prepare us for the ultimate rest?
Ans: Through our life, we, the human beings, remain busy with our earthly possessions. But at the end of our life, we feel tired and sleepy. Nature, like a fond mother, takes away all these possessions one by one and prepares us gently for the ultimately rest. Thus we are led to the unknown world of eternity.
Ans: Through our life, we, the human beings, remain busy with our earthly possessions. But at the end of our life, we feel tired and sleepy. Nature, like a fond mother, takes away all these possessions one by one and prepares us gently for the ultimately rest. Thus we are led to the unknown world of eternity.
2. what according to Longfellow, are the feeling of the child being led away to bed?
Ans: The child is playing with his old and dear playthings. So when his mother leads him to bed at the end of the day, he is unwilling to leave his playthings and go with his mother. He gazes at his broken playthings through the open door. His mother promises him of more splendid toys instead of broken ones. But he is not fully comforted.
Ans: The child is playing with his old and dear playthings. So when his mother leads him to bed at the end of the day, he is unwilling to leave his playthings and go with his mother. He gazes at his broken playthings through the open door. His mother promises him of more splendid toys instead of broken ones. But he is not fully comforted.
3. ‘’So Nature deals with us, ----‘’---- How does Nature deal with us?
Ans: Like a fond mother, Nature takes away our earthly possessions one by one. She holds our hands and gently leads us towards eternal sleep. We became so tired that we feel sleepy. We cannot understand where Nature leads us to.
OR,
Ans: Here the poet Longfellow presents Nature as a loving mother. At the end of the day, a fond mother leads her child to bed. The child is unwilling to go to bed. Similarly, at the end of our life, Nature takes away our dear possessions one by one and prepares us for ultimate rest.
4. Why is the child half-willing and half-unwilling go to bed?
Ans: The child has played whole day with his playthings. He feels tired and sleepy now. So he is half-willing to go to bed with his mother. But he does not want to leave his playthings. So he is half-unwilling to go to bed.
Ans: Like a fond mother, Nature takes away our earthly possessions one by one. She holds our hands and gently leads us towards eternal sleep. We became so tired that we feel sleepy. We cannot understand where Nature leads us to.
OR,
Ans: Here the poet Longfellow presents Nature as a loving mother. At the end of the day, a fond mother leads her child to bed. The child is unwilling to go to bed. Similarly, at the end of our life, Nature takes away our dear possessions one by one and prepares us for ultimate rest.
4. Why is the child half-willing and half-unwilling go to bed?
Ans: The child has played whole day with his playthings. He feels tired and sleepy now. So he is half-willing to go to bed with his mother. But he does not want to leave his playthings. So he is half-unwilling to go to bed.
5. ‘’Which, though more splendid, may not please him more.’’---- What is referred to as ‘which’? Why may it not ‘please him more’?
Ans: The poet here refers to the new playthings which the mother promises to give.
The new playthings, though more splendid, may not please the child more because he has great attraction for his old playthings.
The new playthings, though more splendid, may not please the child more because he has great attraction for his old playthings.
6. Why is ‘Nature’ compared to a fond mother?
Ans: In order to highlight the motherly influence of Nature on human life, Longfellow compares Nature to a fond mother. At the end of the day a fond mother takes away the playthings from the child and gently leads him to bed. Nature also takes away our earthly possessions one by one and prepares us for ultimate rest.
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