Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI In The Street of the Fruit Stalls Short Questions

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Poem no:5 In the Street of the Fruit Stalls

Questions and Answers.

Q1: Write the feelings of the poet standing in the dark?

Ans: The poet is sad over the miseries of war. He wants everybody should have the same feelings but people are in pursuit of pleasure despite the suffering around. He is helpless and is unable to do any good for the destitute.

Q2: What is the theme of the poem?

Ans: The poem is a symbolic presentation by Jan Stallworthy. The world is full of misery, war threats and poverty. All these things cannot end man's love for pleasure. The children enjoy the juicy fruits forgetting the miseries they live in.

Q3: Which fruit have been mentioned in the poem?

Ans: Melon, guava and mandarin are mentioned in the poem.

Q4: How do the fruit look?

Ans: They look like cannonballs.

Q5: Who come to buy fruit?

Ans: Dark children come there to buy fruit.

Q6: What are the dark children carrying?

Ans: They are carrying coins.

Q7: What happens when the children break the fruit?

Ans: The silvery and golden juices begin to flow from the fruit.

Q8: What happens to the children when the fruit juice flow?

Ans: Their mouths, fingers, cheeks, noses and chins become wet with juice. Then they begin to glow with the juice.

Q9: Where is the poet standing?

Ans: He is standing in the dark street. It means he faces the hard realities of life.

Q10: Write down the theme/central idea of the poem?

Ans: The poem tells us that the world is full of troubles. But there are a few joys as well. The children are innocent. They enjoy themselves and forget the pains of the world.

Q11:What things in the poem refer to the joys of the world?

Ans: The glow of the lamp, the glowing faces of children, gold and silvery pulp of fruit all refer to the joys of the world.

Q12: What things in the poem refer to the sorrows of the world?

Ans: The dark night. cannonballs, dark dew, dark children, and the dark street all refer to the sorrows of the world.

Q13: How do children enjoy the fruit?

Ans: The children eat fruit. The juice of the fruit wets their fingers, mouths, cheeks, noses and chins. They begin to low like the lantern. In this way they enjoy eating fruit.

Q14: Describe the scene at the fruit street.

Ans: It is a night time. Many fruits have been stalled in the street. A lamp is burning there. Some black children come there, buy fruits and eat them.

Q15: Why do Children forget the troubles of the world?

Ans: Children enjoy eating fruit. The activity is full of joy for them. They enjoy themselves and forget the troubles of the world.

Q16: How does the poet describe the fruits piled in the street?

Ans: Some fruits i.e. melon, guava and mandarin are piled in the street of fruit stalls. These piles are in the form of pyramids. The fruit look like cannonballs. They glow, red and gold in the red lamp lightor nature.