Class 8 English - Solitude - Questions & Answers


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Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Title
The title is about how the world forces you to be in isolation because your grief is not as welcomed as your joy. The world just wants to be around people who are happy. Therefore, the world encourages you to grieve in solitude.

Theme
There are two possible themes for this poem. One is that people are isolated from the world when they grieve. The other one is that joy is what the world needs and society cannot truly accept that we all have our moments of weakness.

1. What does the opening lines tell us about the present-day world?
Answer: In the present-day world, people are only interested in sharing happiness and joy with others. Sorrows are to be faced all alone. This shows selfishness.

2. ‘Life is a mixture of joy and sorrow.’ How differently do people react to each of them?
Answer: There are many to share a person's joy but none to comfort him/ her during his/her unhappy moments.

3. Even the earth is indifferent to human suffering. Identify lines that hint this idea.
Answer: For the sad, old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing and the hills will answer; sigh it is lost on the air.

4. ‘Succeed and give and it helps you live.’ Is this line an exhortation to help and support others in need?
Answer: Yes, The poet means to suggest that success alone can motivate us to live and sharing the joy of our Success can promote harmony.

5. Every human being must undergo pain as a part of life. Which lines give you this idea?
Answer: But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain.'

6. The poem throws light on the need to be ‘self-reliant’. Do you agree? Why?
Answer: Yes, Being self-reliant helps us to overcome the problem of life and gives us the confidence to face the challenges in life.

7. Does the poem establish the idea that this is essentially a pleasure-seeking world? How?
Answer: Yes, The world abides with us only when we are happy. Nobody will be there to share our sorrows.

8. What does the poet mean by the expressions ‘nectared wine’ and ‘life’s gall’?
Answer: Nectared wine: the happiest moment of her life. Life's gall: the sorrows of one's life.

Let’s revisit
Activity 1
1. The theme of the poem is:
a. If you stay positive, you will become successful.
b. If you seclude yourself, you will have lots of friends.
c. If you weep, you weep alone.
d. If you stay positive, people will be with you.
Answer: If you stay positive, people will be with you.

2. The tone of the poem is:
a. optimistic
b. pessimistic
c. indifferent
d. frustrated
Answer: optimistic

3. Which line in the poem describes the speaker’s outlook on life?
a. ‘There is room in the halls of pleasure.’
b. ‘Rejoice, and men will seek you.’
c. ‘The echoes bound to a joyful sound.’
d. ‘For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth.’
Answer: 'Rejoice, and men will seek you'



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