ENGLISH POEM = 2 MOTHER'S DAY (Shiv K. Kumar) class 11th Complete Solution
Poem = 2
MOTHER'S DAY
(Shiv K. Kumar)
Central idea of the poem
Ans. his poem, the poet wants to convey the idea that dedicating just one day in th year to one's mother is useless. It is nothing but showing disrespect towards th Mother is a blessing for life. She brought us in this world.So we owe our whole li Then how can we dedicate to her just one day of the year ? If we want to show ou e towards our mother, we should not indulge in such useless celebrations. Rather w honour our mothers by serving them.
Textual question
Q. What is the significance of Chinese house of dreams?
Ans. Chinese house of dreams' means a world of imagination. The poet uses this phrase to ridicule the foreign custom of presenting colourful poems to ones mother on Mother's Day. According to the poet, they present their mother a string of spurious poems kept safely in a bouquet which is shaped like a Chinese house of dreams. In simple words, they honour their mothers merely with fake words that have no real value. In the manner of a world of imagination, their magic too goes off in no moment.
Q. In what way is my mother' more demanding?
Ans. In this poem, 'my mother refers to an Indian mother. In India, children consider their mother as their God. Mother too loves her children very dearly. She always worries for the welfare of her children. She wants to kep al ills away from her children. She wants her children to pay her obeisance at each sunrise. She wants them to touch her feet and take her blessings before starting their new day. She believes that her blessings would make their life safe and sound. Only this much more 'my mother demands.
Q. What, according to the poet, amounts to desecrating a mother
Ans. Dedicating just one day in the whole year to one's mother amounts to desecrating the mother.
Q. How often does the poet invoke his deity
Ans. The poet invokes his deity sometimes twice a day. The poet's mother is his deity.
Q. Write a short note on 'how we Indians celebrate the mother's day.
Ans. In India, mothers are held in high esteem. They are adored like a goddess. It is in keeping with this tradition that India has been symbolized as Mother India. We Indians believe that the mother is a blessing for life. She brought us in this world. So we owe our whole life to her. Then how can we dedicate to her just one day of the year ? In fact, each day of the year is mothers day for us. And v celebrate it by paying obeisance to our mother at sunrise daily. We touch her feet and with her blessing start our new day. However, the modern 'Mother's Day has been adopted in India also. It is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year. It is celebrated mostly in urban areas. People perform special acts to honour their mothers and their contribution to the family.
Match The column
A B
Obeisance courtesy
Slouch stoop
Invoke appeal to / call up
Ancestral inherited
Deity goddess
Spurious false
Desecrate violate/ show disrespect
Answer in column B
Q. Read the following lines and mention the figures of speech used in each of themn (simile, metaphor, personification):
1. Like a devotee throwing a handful of yellow rice to the birds
Ans. Simile
2.I invoke my deity.'
Ans. Personification
3.Bouquet shaped like a Chinese house of dreams.
Ans. Simile
4.Hear ancestral voices in a wind's howl.
Ans. Metaphor
Important Stanzas for Comprehension
(1)
We do it differently
in this dark continent.
Not just once a year
a string of spurious verses
ensconced in a bouquet
shaped like a Chinese house of dreams.
Question And Answer
Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which this stanza has been taken.
Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, Mother's Day, written by Shiv K. Kumar
Q. Who does the word We refer to in this stanza ?
Ans. refers to Indian people.
Q. What do We do differently ?
Ans. We too honour our mothers and their contribution family. But we do it in a different way.,
Q. Write the figure of speech used in the following line a bouquet shaped like a Chinese house of dreams.
Ans. Simile
(2)
My mother is more demanding
an obeisance at each sunrise,
like a devotee throwing a handful
of yellow rice to the birds.
Holding a candelabrum before an idol,
just once a year
is desecrating it
Question And answer
Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which this stanza has been taken
Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, Mother's Day, written by Shiv K. Kumar
Q. What does 'my mother demand ?
Ans. She wants her son to touch her feet with respect at sunrise every day
Q. List the two things, mentioned by the poet we are supposed to do at sunrise
Ans. At cac we should touch our mothers feet with respect., We should also throw a handful of by Shiv K. Kup suD handful of rice to the birds
Q. Write the figure of speech used in the line: "..ike a devotee throwing a ha of yellow rice to the birds.
Ans. Simile
(3)
Whenever I see a caterpillar slouching
towards a pansys eye
or hear ancestral voices in a wind's howl
I invoke my deity -
sometimes twice a day
Question And answer
Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which this stanza has been taken
Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, Mother's Day, written by Shiv K. Kumar
Q. What is a pansy?
Ans. A pansy is a small garden plant which has brightly coloured flowers.
Q. Who does the poet call upon whenever he hears the loud noise of the wind ?
Ans. He als his mother whenever he hears the loud noise of the wind.
Q. Give an example of metaphor in the given stanza.
Ans. ‘............hear ancestral voices in a wind's howl’.
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