26. AltE HS1st yr- When Autumn came (30)
1. Who is the poet?
A:- Faiz Ahmed Faiz is the poet of "When Autumn Came." He was born in Pakistan and is an Urdu poet. He was a Marxist and was nominated for Nobel Prize for literature.
2. What is the poem all about?
A:- The poem expresses all about the exploitation of the poor people by the rich or capitalists.
3. What are the characteresitics of autumn season?
A:- Yellow leaves, scattered leaves, bird exiled from their songs, withered bodies of the dead birds are some of the characteresitics of autumn season mentioned in the poem.
4. What do the autumn characteresitics compare and signify?
A:- The poet compares the season of autumn with the capitalist class and the trees with the labour class.
5. What is the impact of autumn on the trees?
A:- The trees become devoid of leaves during Autumn which is a dry and dusty season. The leaves of the trees turn yellow and fall scattered over the ground. There were also absence of any birds.
6. What happens to the birds in Autumn?
A:- During Autumn, no birds are visible as if they are in exile. They rarely sing and fly away to far off places where they drop into dust even before hunters can aim at then.
7. Why is the God of May invoked?
A:- The poet invokes the God of May for his blessings to the withered trees so that they can get back their lives.
8. Who shakes yellow hearts of the trees?
A:- The autumn season shakes the yellow hearts of the trees.
9. What is the gift of the green?
A:- The gift of the green is to endow the trees with life and make them green again.
10. Who is the God of May?
A:- The God of May is the God of the spring season.
11. What does Autumn symbolize?
A:- Autumn symbolizes the harsh capitalist class of society.
12. What do the trees symbolize?
A:- The trees symbolize the labour or working class of the society.
13. What does yellow signify?
A:- Yellow is part of the colour imagery in the poem and signifies hope and caution both. The poet expects the yellow leaves to be replaced by newer leaves after they fall.
14. Which are some of the colour images in the poem?
A:- Ebony trees, yellow leaves and blood in the veins are some of the colour images in the poem.
15. What is 'strampled' in the poem?
A:- The leaves get strampled under the feet when we walk. It crushes the leaves and misshapes them. These leaves which are symbolic of the labourers are similarly crushed by the industrialists or capitalists by not paying respectable wages and giving rare facilities.
16. Is it a political poem?
A:- Yes, it is a political poem too.
17. What is ebony?
A:- Ebony is a type of tree found in southeast Asia and Africa. It is hard, black wood which is quite deep in colour. It is a highly prized tree. In the poem, it can be related to the nature and spirit of the working class.
18. What is the gift of green?
A:- The gift of green refers to green leaves which will be received by the trees.
19. What is meant by 'let one bird sing?'
A:- The poet is asking for the arrival of the spring so that the trees will be restored with the green leaves and the birds will continue their singing.
20. What is the theme?
A:- The poem highlights on the viciousness of the autumn season and what effect it brings to the birds, trees and humans too. Autumn relates to the oppression of the capitalist class of society on the labour class. It is multi-themed but the main theme of the poem 'When Autumn Came' whirls around the topic of oppression.
21. What is personified in the poem?
A:- Autumn season and trees are personified in the poem. Autumn denotes the oppressing capitalist class and trees denotes the labour class of the society.
22. What are the metaphors in the poem?
A:- The poet tells how autumn came and affected the trees and the birds. This poem is considered a metaphor of human life and the autumn in the life of a tree may be conceived as a phase in human life and what happens when this season comes in man's life. The poet is metaphorically saying that a tree meets a season in life which may not be very pleasing to him.
23. How is the rhyme scheme?
A:- The poem has very partial rhyming pattern. It is basically a free versed poem.
24. Has the poem been written in English?
A:- No, the poem has originally been written in Urdu. It is a translated work.
25. What has the poem to do with the labour movement?
A:- The poet was a Marxist poet. The labour movements of the world at that time was much strengthened. This had a huge impact upon the poet's mind too which he conveyed in this poem too. The autumn denoted the capitalist class and the trees denoted the working or labour class.
26. Whose 'withered bodies' is the poet referring to?
A:- The poet is referring to the"withered bodies" of the trees during the autumn season.
27. What happened to the birds?
A:- In the autumn season, the birds go away to far off warmer places as if they go for exile. It is actually their preparation to avoid winter. As a result, no birds can be seen on the trees and the song of birds are not heard in the autumn season.
28. Describe the lifeless trees.
A:- During autumn season, the condition of the trees is pitiable. They are stripped down to the skin. Their leaves turn yellow and fell all over the ground. No birds are seen on the trees.
29. Describe the leaves.
A:- The leaves of the trees turn yellow, fall from the trees and scatter over the ground. As a result the trees look stripped.
30. Why does the poet pray to the God of May?
A:- The poet prays to the God of May to give back life to the lifeless trees so that the trees get back their leaves, birds come back and perch on them and sing merrily.
31. Do you think that the poem, 'When Autumn Came' presents nature as a negative force? Give reasons in support of your view.(2022)(5Marks-80words)
32. What is the 'resurrection' in the context of the trees' withered bodies?(2022/25 words/3 marks)
33. How does Faiz Ahmed Faiz suggest the sociological dimension in the poem you have read?(2022/3 Marks/25 words)
34. Narrate what happened to the birds in autumn. (2022/2 Marks)
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