English 11th The Feed Short Questions

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Poem no: 9 The Feed (Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi)

Questions and Answers.

Q:1 What does the sparrow hold in her beak?

Ans: She holds a grain of millet in her beak.

Q:2 What is the condition of young ones?

Ans: They are so tiny and small and they have no feathers.

Q:3 What is the problem of the mother sparrow?

Ans: She has only one grain to feed the ten young ones. She requires careful management.

Q:4 Why does the poet cite ‘fissuring the atom’?

Ans: The poet criticizes human beings that they have invented destructive weapons for massive killing by breaking the atom. It should be used for constructive purposes.

Q:5 What is the number and size of the sparrow’s young one’s?

Ans: There are ten young sparrows in the nest who are so tiny and small.

Q:6 What is the moral lesson of the poem?

Ans: The poet creates a resemblance between the splitting of grain and fissuring of an atom. The breaking of grain is life-giving but the breaking of atom is ruinous. If atom is broken for constructive purposes, it can also be life-giving.

Q:7 What is the theme of the poem?

Ans: It is a symbolic poem. The poet describes that we not only need sufficient necessities of life but also the motherly love to distribute them.