Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given belo

1.	Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :O say what is that thing called Light,Which I must ne’er enjoy;What are the blessings of the sight,O tell, you poor blind boy!You talk of wondrous things you see;You say the sun shines bright;I feel him warm, but how can he make it day or night?My day or night myself I make Whene’er I sleep or play:And could I ever keep awakeWith me ‘twere always day.With heavy sighs, I often hearYou mouin my hapless woe;But sure with patience, I can bearA loss I ne’er can know.Then let not what I cannot haveMy cheer of mind destroy;Whilst thus I sing, I am a king.Although a poor blind boy.(1) What is the thing which the blind boy ‘must never enjoy’?(2) How does the boy know that the sun is there?(3) How does the boy make his day and night? When would it always be ‘day’ with him?(4) Why is it not so difficult for the blind boy to bear the loss of the sun?
Answer» 1. The blind boy ‘must never enjoy’ the thing called ‘Light’. 2. The boy feels the warmth of the sun and knows that the sun is there. 3. The boy himself makes his day or night. When he sleeps, it is night for him. When he keeps awake, it is always a ‘day’ for him. 4. It is not so difficult for the blind boy to bear the loss of the sun because he has never felt the loss of the sun.

Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :O say what is that thing called Light,Which I must ne’er enjoy;What are the blessings of the sight,O tell, you poor blind boy!You talk of wondrous things you see;You say the sun shines bright;I feel him warm, but how can he make it day or night?My day or night myself I make Whene’er I sleep or play:And could I ever keep awakeWith me ‘twere always day.With heavy sighs, I often hearYou mouin my hapless woe;But sure with patience, I can bearA loss I ne’er can know.Then let not what I cannot haveMy cheer of mind destroy;Whilst thus I sing, I am a king.Although a poor blind boy.(1) What is the thing which the blind boy ‘must never enjoy’?(2) How does the boy know that the sun is there?(3) How does the boy make his day and night? When would it always be ‘day’ with him?(4) Why is it not so difficult for the blind boy to bear the loss of the sun?

Answer»

1. The blind boy ‘must never enjoy’ the thing called ‘Light’.

2. The boy feels the warmth of the sun and knows that the sun is there.

3. The boy himself makes his day or night. When he sleeps, it is night for him. When he keeps awake, it is always a ‘day’ for him.

4. It is not so difficult for the blind boy to bear the loss of the sun because he has never felt the loss of the sun.