2ND PUC ENGLISH NOTES - HEAVEN, IF YOU ARE NOT HERE ON EARTH / QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 

HEAVEN, IF YOU ARE NOT HERE ON EARTH

Kuvempu

Comprehension I

1) According to the poet, ‘heaven’ is

a) on earth                    b) within us                   c) elsewhere.

Ans: a) on earth.

 

2) The poet finds god in

a) nature              b) earth                         c) temple.

Ans: a) nature.

 

3) What does the line ‘Heaven lies all over’ suggest?

Ans: Heaven isn't somewhere else yet inside us and is everywhere on the world. Assuming we are acceptable, that is paradise and in the event that we are awful that is hell. Nature is additionally a paradise as we can and paradise in objects, like trees, moon, and sands of grains and so on.

 

4) Who creates ‘heaven on earth’?

Ans: The poet creates heaven on earth.

 

5) How does the poet create heaven on earth?

Ans: The poet creates heaven on earth by guzzling the magnificence of nature and spilling the nectar of paradise, on the earth, through his poetry.

 

6) What, according to Kuvempu, are only figments of man’s imagination?

Ans: According to Kuvempu, ‘Heaven’, ‘God’, and ‘nymphs’ are not tangible entities but are only figments of man’s imagination.

 

7) When, according to the speaker, can there be no Gods?

Ans: If we ourselves cannot be gods, then there can be no gods, according to the speaker.

 

8) According to the speaker, heaven is (a) on earth (b) not on earth (c) beyond earth.

Ans: a) on earth.

 

9) Who creates heaven on earth?

Ans: The poet creates heaven on earth.

 

10) How does the poet imbibe and spill the ‘song of nectar’?

 Ans: The poet imbibes the beauty of nature through his eyes and spills the ‘song of nectar’ through his poetry.

 

11) When can there be no nymphs, according to the speaker, in ‘Heaven, if you are not here On Earth’?

Ans: There can be no nymphs if we ourselves are not heavenly nymphs, according to the speaker in the poem.

 

12) According to the speaker in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’ if we ourselves aren’t heavenly nymphs, the nymphs are not (a) everywhere (b) nowhere (c) elsewhere.

Ans: c) elsewhere.

 

13) Who, according to the speaker, imbibes and spills the song of nectar in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?

Ans: It is the poet who imbibes and spills the song of nectar, according to the speaker in the poem.

 

14) What does the poet create on earth, according to the speaker, in ‘Heaven, If You Are Not Here On Earth’?

Ans: According to the speaker in the poem, the poet creates heaven on earth.

 

15) What quality of harvest causes heaven to lie all over in ’Heaven If you are not here on Earth’?

Ans: In ‘Heaven, if you are not Here on Earth’, the splendor of harvest causes heaven to lie all over.

 

Comprehension II

1) Describe the beauty in nature that makes the earth a heavenly place.

 Ans: The poet Kuvempu contends that we don't have to look for heaven in the afterlife. We can appreciate the grand rapture in taking a gander at Nature on this planet itself. The poet presents a lovely depiction of nature's beauty. The poet unequivocally expresses that the happiness that one encounters while taking a gander at the streams that are jumping down, thundering from the highest point of the slopes, the waves that come moving across the oceans conveying surf at their edges, the delicate beams of daylight falling on the rambling green woodlands and the delicate sun heating up the earth make this world a heavenly place.

 

2) Why does the poet feel that earth is more beautiful than heaven?

Ans: As per Kuvempu, there is no heaven in all actuality. Entities like 'God', 'Heaven', and the nymphs are merely figments of man's creative mind. Every one of the various types of nature like the green forests, the streams that jump down the slopes, the waves that move across the oceans, the twilight evening, and the quality of reap show up more lovely than the imaginary descriptions of the man.

 

Comprehension III

1) How does the poet explain the illusion of heaven in the poem?

Ans: Kuvempu considers concepts like ‘God’, ‘nymphs’ and ‘heaven’ as myths created by man. He believes that if by any means 'heaven' exists it exists just on this planet and no place else. To break the figment of paradise in man's brain, he presents before us beguiling sights of nature and contends that nothing can be more sublime than these types of nature. He makes an immediate location to nature and pronounces that if paradise doesn't exist on the earth what other place it would be able to be. He legitimizes his assertion alluding to the streams, the waves, and the daylight. He says that the streams that jump down thundering from the highest point of the slopes, the moving surf at the edge of the waves, the delicate beams of daylight falling on the green forests, the delicate sun warming the earth all these make the earth paradise.

 

2) How does the poem celebrate the power of the poet?

Ans: Having contended completely that if at all there exists a substance called heaven, it exists just on this planet, the poet Kuvempu presents before the readers' delightful sights of nature. In the last verse, the poet expresses that one sees lumps of paradise lying all over in the magnificence of collect and of twilight. He finishes up the poem celebrating wonderful ability. He says that the writer appreciates seeing Nature, soaks up the beauty of nature and spills the nectar of paradise, on the earth, through his verse.