(a) What could be the reason for “wonder and amazement” in the first stanza?

Question

Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:-

The sky is full of the sun and the stars

The universe is full of life

Among all these I have found a place

And in wonder and amazement I sing.

The world is swayed

By eternity'* rushing tide

Rising and falling

I have felt its tug in my blood

Racing through my veins

And in wonder and amazement I sing.

While walking in the woodlands

With my feet I have touched the blades of grass

I have been startled by the flowers' fragrance

They have all maddened my mind

The gifts of gladness and joy

Are strewn all around

And in wonder and amazement I sing.

I have pricked my ears

I have opened my eyes

I have bared my heart to the world

In the midst of the known

I have sought the unknown

And in wonder and amazement I sing

(a) What could be the reason for “wonder and amazement” in the first stanza?

(b) What is the dilemma for the poet?

(c) What could be the reason for the poet’* amazement in the woodlands?

(d) Name the poetic device used in the line- “They have all maddened my mind

Answer 1

(a) that the poet has got a place in the world where The sky is full of the sun and the stars and the universe is full of life .

(b) The world is swayed by eternity'* rushing tide rising and falling. the poet is unable to understand the concept of the nature.

(c) He had touched the blades of the grass . There is a sweet fragrance of the flowers

(d) Personification, alliteration