Wind NCERT Solutions, Summary & Word Meanings Class 9 PDF
Subject: English (Beehive) | Poem: 2 | Poet: Subramania Bharati (Translated by A.K. Ramanujan)
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In this powerful poem, the poet talks to the wind and describes its destructive nature. In the beginning, he requests the wind to come softly and not break the shutters of the windows, scatter the papers, or throw down the books. However, the wind does not listen. It throws the books down, tears their pages, and brings heavy rain.
The poet points out that the wind cleverly makes fun of weaklings. It destroys frail houses, crumbling doors, rafters, and even crushes weak bodies and fragile hearts. The "wind god" winnows (separates) the weak from the strong, destroying anything that lacks strength.
To survive this destruction, the poet suggests that pleading with the wind won't help. Instead, we must build strong homes with firm doors. More importantly, we must make our bodies strong and our hearts steadfast. If we are physically and mentally strong, the wind will become our friend. Just as the wind blows out weak fires but makes strong fires roar and flourish, hardships destroy weak people but make strong people even stronger.
β¨ Key Poetic Devices
- Personification: The wind is treated as a person (e.g., "You tore the pages of the books", "He makes strong fires roar").
- Metaphor: The wind symbolizes the hardships, challenges, and adversities of human life.
- Anaphora: The repetition of a word at the beginning of consecutive lines (e.g., "Don't break... Don't scatter... Don't throw...").
- Repetition: The word "crumbling" is repeated to emphasize the destruction caused by the wind.
π Part 1: NCERT Solutions (Textbook Questions)
Q1: What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
Ans: In the first stanza, the wind breaks the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers, throws down the books from the shelf, tears their pages, and brings the rain back.
Q2: What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
Ans: The poet says that the wind god winnows crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters, crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives, and crumbling hearts. Metaphorically, it means the wind god separates weak people from the strong ones, crushing the weak.
Q3: What should we do to make friends with the wind?
Ans: To make friends with the wind, we need to build strong homes with firm doors. On a personal level, we must make our bodies physically strong and our hearts firm and steadfast to face the challenges of life.
Q4: What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
Ans: The last four lines carry a profound message. The poet says that the wind blows out weak fires but makes strong fires roar and flourish. This means that weak people break down easily in the face of adversities, but strong people become even stronger and more successful when they face challenges. If we are strong, the challenges (wind) become our friends.
β‘ Part 2: Extra Practice Questions
Q5: How does the poet speak to the windβin anger or with humour?
Ans: The poet speaks to the wind with a mixture of awe, frustration, and eventual understanding. He starts with a polite request, gets slightly frustrated when the wind destroys things, but ends with a philosophical and encouraging tone, advising humans to become strong rather than blaming the wind.
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π€ Important Word Meanings
- 1. Frail (adj): Weak and delicate (Kamzor).
- 2. Crumbling (v): Breaking or falling apart into small fragments (Bikharna / Tootna).
- 3. Rafter (n): A sloping beam that forms the framework of a roof.
- 4. Winnows (v): To blow a current of air through grain in order to remove the chaff; metaphorically, separating the weak from the strong (Phatakna).
- 5. Steadfast (adj): Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering (M Ω ΨΆΨ¨ΩΨ· / Adig).
- 6. Flourish (v): To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way (Phalna-phoolna).