FUTILITY
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen
1. What is the poet’s attitude towards war in the poem ‘Futility?’
Ans: Though Wilfred Owen was a soldier, he was a pacifist at heart. According to Owen, war is a meaningless butchery of young people. It always destroys the creation of the world, destroys the life and asset. It destroys love and peace. The sun with all his power, energy and love creates this beautiful earth. But the war destroys it instantly. So the poet hates war and demands immediate abolition of war.
OR,
Ans: Wilfred Owen was a soldier. He had a direct experience about war. He witnessed the horrors of war. So he does not find any glory in war. He expresses the pity of war in the poem “Futility’’. He expresses the deep sympathy for the young boy killed in the battlefield of France. Even then sun is unable to restore him to life. This fills the poet’s mind with a deep sense of pathos.
Ans: Though Wilfred Owen was a soldier, he was a pacifist at heart. According to Owen, war is a meaningless butchery of young people. It always destroys the creation of the world, destroys the life and asset. It destroys love and peace. The sun with all his power, energy and love creates this beautiful earth. But the war destroys it instantly. So the poet hates war and demands immediate abolition of war.
OR,
Ans: Wilfred Owen was a soldier. He had a direct experience about war. He witnessed the horrors of war. So he does not find any glory in war. He expresses the pity of war in the poem “Futility’’. He expresses the deep sympathy for the young boy killed in the battlefield of France. Even then sun is unable to restore him to life. This fills the poet’s mind with a deep sense of pathos.
2. “Was it for this the clay grew tall?’’ Bring out the significance of this line.
Ans: Originally the word ‘clay’ means ‘soft soil’. Here it means ‘human body’. The body grows tall, strong and energetic by the touch of the warm sunshine. But it is ridiculous that, the body is developed only to be destroyed in the war. The very creation of human life is thus proved futile. The sun is unable to make the dead soldier alive.
Ans: Originally the word ‘clay’ means ‘soft soil’. Here it means ‘human body’. The body grows tall, strong and energetic by the touch of the warm sunshine. But it is ridiculous that, the body is developed only to be destroyed in the war. The very creation of human life is thus proved futile. The sun is unable to make the dead soldier alive.
3. “Move him into the sun”….. Who is the speaker? Who is to be moved and why?
Ans: The poet Wilfred Own is the speaker here.
The dead young soldier is to be moved into the sun because the poet hopes that the worm touch of the sun may bring him back to life.
Ans: The poet Wilfred Own is the speaker here.
The dead young soldier is to be moved into the sun because the poet hopes that the worm touch of the sun may bring him back to life.
4. “O what made fatuous sunbeams toil”…….. Why did sunbeams toil? Why are they called fatuous?
Ans: In the beginning the Earth was a lifeless place. So the sun toiled hard millions of years to create life on it.
The sunbeams are called fatuous, because they are unable to bring back the dead soldier to life.
Ans: In the beginning the Earth was a lifeless place. So the sun toiled hard millions of years to create life on it.
The sunbeams are called fatuous, because they are unable to bring back the dead soldier to life.
5. “To break earth’s sleep at all?”…… What does the poet mean by ‘to break earth’s sleep’?
Ans: In the beginning there was no life on earth. The sun toiled millions of years to create life on it. So, by ‘to break earth’s sleep’ the poet means to create life on earth.
Ans: In the beginning there was no life on earth. The sun toiled millions of years to create life on it. So, by ‘to break earth’s sleep’ the poet means to create life on earth.
6. “Woke, once the clays of a cold star”…… Which is called ‘cold star’ and why?
Ans: The earth is called ‘a cold star’, because it is a planet. It is called cold because it has no warmth of its own. It receives its heat from the sun.
Ans: The earth is called ‘a cold star’, because it is a planet. It is called cold because it has no warmth of its own. It receives its heat from the sun.
7. “Gently its touch awoke him once”…… Whose touch is referred to here? How did its touch awake him at home?
Ans: The touch of the sun is referred to in this line.
Its touch awoke him at home in the morning with the message that there were seeds to be sown on the unsown fields.
Ans: The touch of the sun is referred to in this line.
Its touch awoke him at home in the morning with the message that there were seeds to be sown on the unsown fields.
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