MP Board Class 9th English Solutions Chapter 2 Wind

The first part of the poem describes the action of the wind. The poet asks the wind to come softly. He requests the wind not to break the shutters of the windows, not to scatter the papers and throw down the books from the shelf. But the wind throws the books and tears the pages. The poet says that the wind makes a mockery of weaklings. It brings down frail houses, crumbling doors, rafters, and even weak hearts. It crushes  everything that is weak.

The poet advises us to be strong. Only then can we save ourselves from the wind. We should build strong homes with firm doors. Our bodies and hearts should also be strong. It is the way of the world to kick the weak and to be friends with the strong. The wind blows out the weak fires but makes the strong fires roar and flourish. Thus, the poem conveys the idea that nobody cares for the weak. Even the wind is on the side of the strong people. We must make ourselves strong to become successful and overcome the challenges in life.

कविता का पहला भाग हवा की क्रिया का वर्शन करता है। कवि पवन से धीरे से आने को कहता है। वह हवा से अनुरोधा करता है कि वह खिड़कियों के शटर न तोड़ें, कागजात बिखेंरे नहीं और किताबों को शेल्फ से नीचें फेंक दें। लेकिन हवा किताबों को फाड़ देती है और पत्रों को फाड़ देती है। कवि कहता है कि हवा कमजोरियों का मजाक बनाती है। यह कमजोर घरों, ढहते दरवाजों, छत और यहां तक कि कमजोर दिलों को भी लाता है। यह सब कुछ कुचल देता है जो कमजोर है।

कवि हमें मजबूत होने की सलाह देता है। तभी हम खुद को हवा से बचा सकते हैं। हमें फर्म दरवाजे के साथ मजबूत घरों का निर्माण करना चाहिए। हमारे शरीर और दिल भी मजबूत होने चाहिए। यह कमजोरों का लात मारना और बलवानों से दोस्ती करना दुनिया का तरीका है। हवा कमजोर आग को बुझाती है लेकिन मजबूत आग गर्जना और पनपती है इस प्रकार, कविता इस विचार को व्यक्त करती है कि कोई भी कमजोर की परवाह नहीं करता है। यहां तक कि हवा मजबूत लोगों की तरफ है। हमें सफल बनने और जीवन की चुनौतियों से पार पान के लिए खुद को मजबूत बनना चाहिए।

Questions

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 ?

Answer.

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 RT 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 raw power of the West Wind.