Read the following stanzas and answer the questions put there upon:Not

1.	Read the following stanzas and answer the questions put there upon:Not enjoyment, ……………………….further than today.From which poem has the above stanza been taken ? Who has composed this poem ?2. What does the poet say in the first two lines of the stanza ?OrWhat does the poet say about enjoyment and sorrow?3. What do you understand by the following expressions :(a) destined end, (b) farther than today. 4. What is the purpose or aim of our life ?5. What is the meaning of ‘destined in the second line ?6. What is the advice of the poet to young men in the above stanza ?OrHow should we act for better tomorrow ?7. How should we act in our life ?Or What should we do to progress in life?8. How do generally people live their lives ?
Answer» 1. The above stanza has been taken from the poem ‘The Psalm of Life’. The composer of this poem is ‘H.W. Longfellow’. 2. In the first two lines of the stanza the poet says, “The purpose of our life is not only to enjoy or be sad.” 3. (a) ‘destined end means fated or preordained course of life. (b) ‘farther than today’ means in a better position than today. 4. The purpose of our life is to act for our future betterment. 5. ‘Destined’ means written in fate. 6. The poet advises the young men not to depend on fate but to act for a better tomorrow. 7. We should act in our life to make future better. Or We should act to progress in life. 8. Generally the people enjoy their life or feel sorrow.

Read the following stanzas and answer the questions put there upon:Not enjoyment, ……………………….further than today.From which poem has the above stanza been taken ? Who has composed this poem ?2. What does the poet say in the first two lines of the stanza ?OrWhat does the poet say about enjoyment and sorrow?3. What do you understand by the following expressions :(a) destined end, (b) farther than today. 4. What is the purpose or aim of our life ?5. What is the meaning of ‘destined in the second line ?6. What is the advice of the poet to young men in the above stanza ?OrHow should we act for better tomorrow ?7. How should we act in our life ?Or What should we do to progress in life?8. How do generally people live their lives ?

Answer»

1. The above stanza has been taken from the poem ‘The Psalm of Life’. The composer of this poem is ‘H.W. Longfellow’.

2. In the first two lines of the stanza the poet says, “The purpose of our life is not only to enjoy or be sad.”

3. (a) ‘destined end means fated or preordained course of life. (b) ‘farther than today’ means in a better position than today.

4. The purpose of our life is to act for our future betterment.

5. ‘Destined’ means written in fate.

6. The poet advises the young men not to depend on fate but to act for a better tomorrow.

7. We should act in our life to make future better.

We should act to progress in life.

8. Generally the people enjoy their life or feel sorrow.