Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI The Feed Reference Context Explanation

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI The Feed Reference Context Explanation 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th

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Poem no: 9 The Feed (Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi)

Explanation with reference to the context.

                 Holding a grain of millet in her beak 

                 The mother sparrow has come to feed.

                 The young ones are so tiny and small

From head to toe they are beaks

                 When they cry.

                 One grain to be fed to the ten young ones

Reference:

                 These lines have been taken from the poem “The Feed” by Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi.

Context: 

                 The poem reflects the immeasurable love and affection of mothers for their young ones. The theme is universal. Mothers plan very carefully to distribute a small quantity between a large family. Mothers treat all children alike. Sometimes it becomes very difficult because someone needs greater attention. Man requires the knowledge of breaking up a grain in a motherly manner so that it can be distributed equally.

Explanation: 

                  The poet tells us that the mother sparrow has come to feed her ten young ones sitting in the
 nest. They are hungry and crying for food. They are so small in size that they seen beaks from head to 
toe when they cry for food. In fact, the poet has symbolically told us that children are helpless and
utterly dependent upon their parents, particularly their mother. Thus, the mother sparrow has only one 
seed in her beak to give it to her ten babies. Thus, the mother sparrow confronted with a universal 
problem, that is, the scarcity of food.

 

                     To whom the mother sparrow should feed?

                      Conjoining beak with beak

                      With whom should she solace?

Reference:

                 These lines have been taken from the poem “The Feed” by Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi.

Context: 

                 The poem reflects the immeasurable love and affection of mothers for their young ones. The theme is universal. Mothers plan very carefully to distribute a small quantity between a large family. Mothers treat all children alike. Sometimes it becomes very difficult because someone needs greater attention. Man requires the knowledge of breaking up a grain in a motherly manner so that it can be distributed equally.

Explanation: 

                   In these lines, the mother sparrow has only one grain in her beak, but there are ten members of her brood. Therefore, she is in a difficult situation. Being a mother, she loves all of them equally. The mother is a source of comfort and consolation for all of them, but she cannot give the single grain to all of them. She wants to give at least something to them but as a matter of fact it is impossible. She has to cope with the miserable situation. She can soothe only one of them, but she does not know to whom she should console.

   Fissuring the atom, 

                       You have learnt to weep and wail in a loud tone, 

Splitting the grain,

You have learnt to set life on foot

Could you split the grain?

                       One grain to be fed to the ten young ones. 

Reference:

                 These lines have been taken from the poem “The Feed” by Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi.

Context: 

                 The poem reflects the immeasurable love and affection of mothers for their young ones. The theme is universal. Mothers plan very carefully to distribute a small quantity between a large family. Mothers treat all children alike. Sometimes it becomes very difficult because someone needs greater attention. Man requires the knowledge of breaking up a grain in a motherly manner so that it can be distributed equally.

Explanation: 

In these lines, the style of the poet is symbolic. According to him man has devised the methods breaking up an atom causing a lot of havoc and devastation. The humanity has suffered a lot because the misuse of this knowledge. This knowledge has made man cry and weep loudly. But the knowledge of  breaking a small seed into small fragments is required in this age. This learning will contribute to the real welfare of humanity. In short, the remarkable wisdom lies in breaking up a grain to give life to human  beings, and not in splitting an atom to annihilate humanity from the face of the earth.