CBSE Study Notes for Class 9 English Chapter 2 The Sound of Music and Poem Wind

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Wind Poem 2

Question 1 : Who all are disturbed by the
blowing of the wind and who are not?
Answer : All people who are physically weak
and mentally not determined are disturbed
by the blowing of the wind. Self-confident
and strong people do not get disturbed by the
wind blowing.

Question 2 : Why does the poet ask the
wind to come softly in the beginning of the
poem?
Answer : The poet asks the wind to come
softly in the beginning of the poem so that
order and peace may be maintained. When
the wind blows, it disturbs everything and
everyone in the society. So the poet pleads
for the welfare of society.
Question 3 : How does the wind cause
rain?
Answer : The wind blows violently, so that it
appears as if a storm is coming. It brings
clouds from distant places. As a result it
causes rain.
Question 4 : Why should we build strong
houses?
Answer : We should build strong houses so
that they do not get damaged by the blowing
wind. In other words, we should build strong
minds and bodies to withstand any kinds of
violent challenges thrown in our paths.
Question 5 : How does the wind make fun
of weaklings?
Answer :

The poet tells the wind that it
makes mischief whenever it comes face to
face with weaklings, who are too meek and
mild to protest against its actions, by
destroying their lives.
Question 6 :

What does ‘crumbling’
suggest in the poem ‘Wind’?
Answer :

‘Crumbling’ suggests destruction in
the poem. People who are weak will be
crumbled by being overwhelmed by the
difficulties that they face during their lives.
Question 7 : What does the wind
symbolise?
Answer :

The wind symbolises the trials and
tribulations everybody faces in their lives.
Those who are strong in character succeed in
overcoming them, while those who are weak
are destroyed.
Question 8 :

Give the central idea of the
poem ‘Wind’.
Answer : The central idea of the poem is that
we should be strong in mind and body.
The wind will be our friend when we are
strong. Actually the wind represents the
difficulties and challenges we face in life. We
should encounter them boldly.

Question 1 : How is ‘Wind’ a symbolic
poem? Compare it with ‘The Road Not
Taken’.
Answer :

Poems can be read just for the
pleasure of their rhyme or for their literal
meaning. However, poems can have a deeper
meaning than the obvious one they show.
Under an able teacher a student finds more
pleasure in tracking down symbols and
figurative meanings.
In simple words, what appears to be a simple
poem of travelling on a forest road develops
into a poem discussing the choices of life.
Similarly, the wind can be compared to the
difficulties we face in life. Strong people face
difficulties bravely while weak people are
broken or destroyed.

Question 2 : What destructive events are
caused by the wind? How can we prevent
these destructive events from happening?
Answer :

The wind causes many destructive
events like breaking the shutters of windows,
scattering papers and throwing books down
the shelves. It even crushes weak bodies,
lives and hearts, breaks down weakly build
houses and walls, besides not listening to any
entreaties.
We can prevent these destructive events
from happening by being firm, positive and
strong, both physically as well as mentally,
besides making our houses (i.e. our
characters) stronger.
By being strong, we will become friends with
the wind (i.e. we will be easily able to tackle
(handle) successfully the trails and
tribulations (difficulties) we face in life),
which will aid us in achieving success and in
flourishing life.
Question 3 : Man can not overpower the
fury of nature like storms and floods.
Discuss the destruction caused by a
natural element wind in this context. How
can we face the fury of nature?
Answer :

It is a well-known fact that nature
knows how to maintain its balance even
though the human race continues to believe it
can overpower and destroy it. Through this
poem ‘wind’ the poet has given stances of
how wind can be destructive. It can cause
many destructive events like breaking the
shutters of windows, scattering papers and
throwing books down the shelves. It even
crushes weak bodies and breaks weakly
constructed houses. We can prevent these
destructive events from happening by being
firm, positive and a friend of nature. If we
maintain ecological balance, we can be
friends with nature and there can be a
harmony (balance) between human lives and
natural elements.
Moreover, the poet suggests human beings to
be strong physically and mentally in order to
be friends with nature (here Wind). Mentally
strong here also suggests trying to treat
nature in a friendly manner so that we do not
have to face the wrath or fury (anger) of
nature.
Extract Based Questions
Read the extract given below and
answer the questions that follow:
Question 1:
The wind blows out weak fires
He makes strong fire roar and flourish His
friendship is good
We praise him everyday

1. How does the wind affect the weak
   fires ?
2. What is the effect of the wind on
   strong fire ?
3. Trace a word from the extract that
   means “prosper”.
   Answer:
4. The wind blows out the weak fires.
5. The wind makes the strong fire even
   more strong and increases its power.
6. Flourish.
   Question 2:
   Wind, come softly
   Don’t break the shutters of the windows
   Don’t scatter the papers
   Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.

1. Whom does the poet request in the
   above lines ?
2. Write any one action of the wind.
3. Trace a word from the extract which
   means “thrown in different directions”.
   (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-015)
   Answer:
4. The poet makes a request to the
   wind in the above lines.
5. Scattering of paper/throwing books
   from the shelf/breaking the shutters
   of the window.
6. Scatter. (Any one)
   Question 3:
   He won’t do what you tell him,
   So, come, let’s build strong homes.
   Let’s joint the doors firmly Practice to from
   the body.
   Make the heart steadfast.

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1. What does the poet advise ?
2. He won’t do what you tell him”, what
   does it mean ?
3. Find a word from the extract that
   means “loyal/faithful”.(Board Term
   1,201?, ELI-020)
   Answer:
4. The poet advises to build strong
   homes, join the door firmly, and to
   make our body firm and strong.
5. It means that the wind does not
   follow our commands.
6. Steadfast.
   Question 4:
   He won’t do what you call him So, coftie,
   let’s build strong homes Let’s join the door
   firmly
   Practice to firm the body „
   Make the heart gteadfast

1. What does “he” stands for ?
2. What should we do to save our
   homes ?
3. The word which stands for “to fix”
   is (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-024)
   Answer:
4. “He” stands for wind.
5. To save our homes, we should build
   strong homes and join the door firmly.
6. Join.
   Question 5:
   Wind, come softly
   Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
   Don’t scatter the papers
   Don’t throw down the books on the shelf
   There, look what you did – you threw them
   all down.
   You tore the pages of the books.
   You brought rain again.
7. You’re very clever at poking fun at
8. weaklings.

1. Write about any two destructive
   activities of the wind.
2. How can we make friends with the
   wind ?
3. Find the word from the extract which
   is an antonym of “foolish”.
   (Board Term 1,2012, ELI-027)
   Answer:
4. Two destructive activities of the
   winds are –
   (a)Breaks the shutters of windows.
   (b)Scatters the papers.
   (c)Throws down the books.
   (d)Tears the pages of books. (Any
   two)
5. We can make friends with the winds
   by building strong homes and strong
   body and heart.
6. Clever.