Wind
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,
You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters, crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives, crumbling hearts the wind god winnows and crushes them all
He won't do what you tell him.
So, come, let's build strong homes,
Let's join the doors firmly.
Practice to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
Do this, and the wind will be friends with us.
The wind blows out weak fires.
He makes strong fires roar and flourish.
His friendship is good.
We praise him every day. wind, come softly.
-Subramania Bharati
Complete the summary of the poem
by picking the right option :
The poet urges the wind to blow ____ because
when it blows ____, it breaks the shutters of the
windows, ____ the paper here and there and
throws books down the shelf ____ their pages
in the process. The poet chastises the wind for
bringing in ____. The wind ____ and destroys
the weak but gives ____ to the strong. The wind
will not be able to ____. As if we make our bodies
____ and heart steadfast. Instead, like a ____
it will help us to be strong and determined. We will
flourish in __?__.
A life
B world
C praise
D frail
Subject :IEO Class : Class 5