Poem-7 Animals, 10th-Eng

*7. Animals (Walt Whitman)*
 
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
 
*1. Who is the poet of ‘Animals’?*
Ans. Walt Whitman
 
*2. What does the poet wish to live with?*
Ans. With animals
 
*3. How do the animals seem to the poet?*
Ans. Calm and self-contented
 
*4. What does Whitman want to turn away from?*
Ans. Human beings
 
*5. What do animals possess?*
Ans. Kindness and sympathy
 
*6. Who kneels to another?*
Ans. Man
 
*7. Who is unhappy over the whole earth?*
Ans. Man
 
*8. Who is always complaining about their condition?*
Ans. Human beings
 
*9. What mania do the human beings suffer from?*
Ans. Possessing of things
 
*10. According to Whitman who are greater?*
Ans. Animals
7. Animals (Walt Whitman)
 
Short Type Q-Ans.
 
*Q. 1 What is the theme of the poem ‘The Animals’?*
Ans. The theme of poem is that animals are superior to human beings. In this poem the poet compares animals with the human beings. The poet says that animals are far better than human beings. Human beings are always dissatisfied. But animals do not do like this. So the poet wants to live with the animals.
 
*Q. 2 Why are humans remain unhappy according to the poet?*
Ans. Human beings are always busy in collecting the things. They complain to God about their conditions. They weep in the dark for their sins. Yet they are not satisfied.
 
*Q. 3 What similarity does Whitman find between himself and animals?*
Ans. According to the poets, animals are far better than human beings. They don’t weep in dark for their sins like human beings. They are not dissatisfied as human beings. In their world, all are happy, equal and content.
 
*Q. 4 Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t?*
Ans. Human beings weep for their sins, but animals don’t.
       Human complain to God for their duty, but animals don’t
       Human cry for their conditions, but animals don’t
 
*Q. 5 Why does the poet want to live with the animals?*
Ans. The poet thinks that the animals are superior to human beings. They are very peaceful and self-confident. They do not complain of their condition. They don’t weep for their sins. That is why; the poet wants to live with the animals.