ENGLISH POEM 6 THE LITTLE BLACK BOY (William Blake) IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION CLASS 11TH COMPLETE SOLUTION

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                     THE LITTLE BLACK BOY 

                                                        (William Blake) 

IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION

My mother bore ne in the Southern wild, 

And I am black, but O ! my soul is white;

 White as an angel is the English child,

 And I am black, as if bereavd of light. 

Question And answer

Q. Name the poem and the poet. 

Ans. The poem is The Little Black Boy' and the poet is William Blake.

Q. Who is the T in these lines ?. 

Ans. The T in these lina is the little black boy. 

Q. What do you understand by : 'my soul is white ? 

Ans. The little black boy says that though he is black in body, his so 1S pure. 

Q. Write the figure of speech that is used in the following line: ... O! my soul is white; White as an angel.... 

Ans. Simile

                                     (2) 

She took me on her lap and kissed me

,And, pointing to the east began to say 

Look on the rising sun- there Go does live

 And gives his ight, and gives his heat away, And flowers and trees and beasts and men receive 

Comfort in morning, joy in the noon day.

Question And answer

Q Name the poem and the poet.

Ans. The poem is The Little Black Boy' and the poet is William Blake

Q. What do the heat and light of the sun represent ? 

Ans. The heat and light 0. the sun represent the warmth of God's love

Q. What is the effect of this heat and light ? 

Ans. God's heat and light give comfort and Joy flowers, trees, beasts and men.

Q. Give the words that rhyme in the given stanza. 

Ans. say-away-day) ; (live -receive). 

                                  (3) 

And we are put on eartha little space,

That we may learn to bear the beams of love

 And these black bodies and the sun-burnt face

 Is but a cloud, and like a shady grove. 

Question And answer

Q. Name the poem and the poet.

Ans. The poem is The Little Black Boy' and the poet is William Blake

Q. What does the first line mean 

Ans. The first line mean Our life on the earth is short

Q. What are we supp 3. What are we supposed to do while we are on this earth? 

Ans. Here we are supposed to learn the he way of living warmth of love. 

Q. the figure of speech that has been used in the following line And these black bodies and the sun-burnt face. 

Ans. Alliteration

                                    (4) 

For when our souls have learnt the heat to bear

 The cloud will vanish, we shall hear His voice,

 Saying: Come out from the grove, my love and care, 

And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice" 

Question And answer

Q. Name the poem and the poet

Ans. The poem is The Little Black Boy' and the poet is William Blake

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

Ans. When our soul to bear the heat (or warmth) of love, we forget all the distinctions of caste, colour and The word 'heat' here refers to the hatred of others.

Q. Which cloud will vanish ? When? 

Ans. The cloud of our body-conscious will vanish. It will vanish when we have learnt to live in the warmth of love.

Q. Write the figure of speech that has been used in the following line And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice. 

Ans. Simile

                                      (5) 

When I from black and he from white cloud free, 

And round the tent of God like lambs we joy 

Tl shade him from the heat, till he can bear 

To lean in joy upon our fathers knee;

 And then Il stand and stroke his silver hair,

 And be like him, and he will then love me. 

Question And answer

Q. Name the poem and the poet

Ans. The poem is The Little Black Boy' and the poet is William Blake

Q. When will the two boys be free from the black and white clouds ? 

Ans. The two boys will be " from the black and white clouds when their souls learn the lesson of love. 

Q. he will then love me.' Who will love whom? When? 

Ans. The white boy love the black boy when he frees himself of the white cloud over his soul

Q. Write the figure of speech that has been used in the following line TU shade him from the heat, till he can bear. 

Ans. Alliteration