NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem 2 Wind

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem Chapter 2 Wind are part of NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English. Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem Chapter 2 Wind.

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem 2 Wind

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow each :

I 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. (page 30)

Questions

1. What does the Wind do to the buildings ?
2. What does it do to the books ?
3. Why does the poet ask the Wind to come softly ?
4. Give the meaning of ‘scatter’.

Answers

1. The Wind harms the building by breaking the shutters of the windows.
2. The Wind destroys the books by scattering them and tearing their pages.
3. The poet asks the Wind to come softly as it is a destroyer of things.
4. It is ‘spread’.

II. 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. (page 30)

Questions

1. How does the Wind make fun of weak things ?
2. What aspect of the Wind is seen in what he does ?
3. What divine form does it assume and what for ?
4. Give the meaning of ‘crumbling’.

Answers

1. The Wind makes fun of various weak things by breaking them. These are like houses, bodies, hearts, forests etc.
2. The destroying aspect of the Wind is seen here. He destroys weak things that come his way.
3. The Wind becomes ‘god’ and ‘winnows’ the things that come his way.
4. It means ‘breaking’.

III. He won’t do what you tell him.
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s joint the doors firmly.
Practise to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
Do this, and the wind will be friends with us. (Page 30) (M. Imp.)

Questions

1. Who are ‘He’ and ‘you’ here ?
2. What lesson do we learn from the actions of the Wind ?
3. When will we treat the Wind as a ‘friend’ ?
4. Give the antonym of‘firm’.

Answers

1. ‘He’ here is the Wind and ‘you’ is anybody, reader etc.
2. We learn that the strong can’t harm the strong. But they will destroy the weak. So we must be strong.
3. We will treat the Wind as a ‘friend’ when we become powerful and strong like him.
4. It is ‘infirm’ (weak).

IV. The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day. (Page 30) (Imp.)

Questions

1. What does the Wind do to ‘fires’ ?
2. How does the Wind affect ‘strong fires’ ?
3. What should we do to the Wind ? What for ?
4. Give the meaning of ‘flourish’.

Answers

1. The Wind blows out the fires.
2. The Wind affects strong fires by making them roar and grow more.
3. We should make fiiends with the Wind and be strong like him. That way we can live honourably.
4. It is ‘thrive’.

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS
(Page 31)

Thinking About the Poem
I.

1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza ?
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.)
3. What does the poet say the wind god winnows ?
4. What should we do to make friends with the wind ?
5. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you ?
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 ?

Answers
1. The wind breaks the shutters of the windows. It scatters the papers here and there. It throws down the books down the shelf. It tears the pages of the books.

2. Yes, I have seen people winnowing. We use ‘separate’ for winnowing. In our language, it is ‘बरसाना’ People use stands, fans and the grain mixed with chaff for winnowing. When the fans blow air, the grain and chaff get separated. This process is called ‘winnowing’.

3. The wind god winnows homes, doors, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and hearts.

4. We should build strong homes and join the doors firmly. We should firm the body and make the heart strong. By doing so we shall make friends with the wind.

5. The last four lines mean that the wind troubles weak people. But he gives strength to those who are strong. So we should be strong in every way.

6. The poet speaks to the wind with humour. I have seen and heard the wind troubling lives. My response is like that of the poet. The poet indirectly challenges the wind to trouble him. It means he is not weaker than the wind.

II. 1. The poem you have just read is originally in the Tamil. Do you know any such poems in your language ?

Answer
1. I do not know any such poems in Hindi. But in English there is such a poem. It is, ‘Ode To The West Wind’ by P.B. Shelley. It describes the power of the West Wind.

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