THE LITTLE BLACK BOYMy mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child: But I am black as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her lap and kissed me, And pointing to the east began to say. Look on the rising sun: there God does live And gives his light, and gives his heat away. And flowers and trees and beasts and men receive Comfort in morning joy in the noonday And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love, And these black bodies and this sun-burnt face Is but a cloud, and like a shady grove. For when our souls have learned the heat to bear The cloud will vanish we shall hear his voice. Saying: come out from the grove my love & care, And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice. Thus did my mother say and kissed me, And thus I say to little English boy. When I from black and he from white cloud free,And round the tent of God like lambs we joy:On the basis of your understanding of the poem answer the following questions with the help of the given options :a. The mother and the boy belonged to which area? (i) southern Wild (ii) eastern part (iii) England (iv) northern partb. Where are the mother and boy sitting?(i) on a chair (ii) under the tree (iii) near the river (iv) on a benchc. Identify the figure of speech in line no. 3, ‘White as an angel’. (i) metaphor (ii) simile (iii) alliteration (iv) repetitiond. Who is calling out to the black people? (i) sun (ii) clouds (iii) trees (iv) God(e) . because white is associated with good things.(f) flowers/trees/beasts/men.(g) by taking him on her lap under the tree and by kissing him.(h) Metaphor as God’s love is compared to the rays of the sun.(i) because black people are more loved by God so more sunlight falls on them.(j) The clouds will vanish when the voice of God is heard.(k) (i) bore(ii) grove