ENGLISH POEM 6 THE LITTLE BLACK BOY (William Blake) Class 11th Complete Solution

                                 POEM = 6

                   THE LITTLE BLACK BOY

                                                 (William Blake) 


Central idea of the poem

Ans. This poem gives the message of universal love and brotherhood. The poet beautiful examples. He says that the sun gives its light and heat equally for a persons. Similarly, God gives warmth of His love to all creatures without a Man should also learn to bear the beams of love in his heart. He shou castes, colours and creeds. 

                      TEXTUAL QUESTION

Q. What does the black child think that the English child is an angel 

Ans. The English child is white as an angel. That is why the black child thinks that the English child is an angel. 

Q. What does the rising sun give us ? 

Ans. The rising sun gives us heat and light. 

Q. What are the black bodies compared to ? 

Ans. The black bodies are compared to clouds or shady groves that hide from us the light of the sun. 

Q. What happens when our souls learn to bear the heat?

Ans. When our souls have learnt to bear the heat of love, the clouds of our black bodies will disappear. In other words, we shall no longer remain conscious of our black bodies. Then we shall be able to hear God's voice. 

Q. When will the black cloud vanish? 

Ans. When our souls have learnt to bear the warmth of love, the clouds of our black bodies will vanish. 

Q. What will God's voice tell the black boy and his mother to do? 

Ans. God's voice will say to them: 'Come out from the grove of your black bodies. You are my love and my care. You shall come with me to my golden tent and Play joyfully round it like little lambs. 

Q. What does the black boy want to do for the white boy. ? 

Ans. He wants to win the white boy's heart with love and become his friend 

Q. Do you think that the poem is about a child's acceptance of suffering no injustice ? Give reasons for your answer. 

Ans. We can't say that the child accepts suffering and injustice. He simply wants to e Ans. through love. He wants to win the English boy's heart with love and be his friend. 

Match the column

             A                                                  B

Angel                                               English Child

East                                                 God's Home

Sun-burnt face                             black body

Cloud                                              Shady Grove

Lamb                                              innocent child

Ans. Answer in column B

Q. Select the correct figure of speech used in the following lines from the list g at the end of each line: 

Q. White as an angel is the English child........ 

Ans. Smile

Q. And these black bodies and this sun-burnt face (simile, metapi . Is but a cloud ..... 

Ans. metaphor

Q. And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice. 

Ans. simile

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