The Village Song . Questions Answers

 Poetry

Lesson 3 . The Village Song

Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow.

1.Honey child …………. forth to wed you.

1.Write the title of the poem from which the above stanza has been taken. Write the name of its poet.

Answer . The above stanza has been taken from the poem The Village Song composed by Sarojani Naidu.

2. Who is leaving the mother and why ?

Answer. The daughter is leaving the mother to go to the wild forest.

3. Who fed the golden grain ?

Answer. The mother fed the golden grain.

2. Mother mine…….calling me: O listen.

1.Same .

2.Where is the daughter going ?

Answer. The daughter is going to the wild forest.

3.Where are Champa buds blowing ?

Answer. Champa buds are blowing on the champa boughs in the wild forest.

4. What do you mean by river-isles ?

Answer. ' River isles ' means the small islands formed in a river .

3. Honey child ……. are you going?

1.According to mother , how is the world?

Answer. According to mother, the world is full of pleasure in form marriage( bridal songs) , birth ( cradle songs) and various luxuries ( sandal scented leisure .

2. What do you understand by bridal song ?

Answer. Bridal song means the song sung on the occasion of a girl's marriage. It symbolizes marital pleasure.

3. Who says that bridal robes are in the loom ?

Answer. Mother says that bridal robes are in the loom .

4. The bridal songs……… fairy folk are calling.

1 According to the daughter , how is the world?

Answer. According to the daughter, the world is actually full of sorrow .

2. Who are calling the daughter?

Answer. Fairy folk are calling the daughter.

Central Idea

The poem shows dialogues between a mother and her daughter. The daughter appears attracted to the natural beauty of wild forest which promises her a sense of freedom and a pleasure of permanent kind. She wants to flee to it. She is not distracted by her mother's words glorifying the worldly pleasures of marriage , birth and various luxuries. The daughter feels that there is a hidden sorrow in all worldly pleasures. Only the lap of nature can offer true happiness.