THE BLIND BOY
POEM 7
KARNATAKA CLASS 10 ENGLISH SOLUTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
1) ‘The Blind
Boy’ is the poem written by ____
a. Robert William b.
Colley Cibber
c. William d.
Shakespeare
Ans:
b. Colley Cibber
2)The Blind Boy
never enjoyed the _____
a. Warm b.
Sun shining
c. Sun d.
Sun Light
Ans:
d. Sun Light
3) How can the
blind boy make it day or ____
a. light b.
warm
c. night d.
pleasant
Ans:
c. night
4) Whenever I
sleep or _____
a. awake b.
play
c. sing d.
dance
Ans:
b. play
5) With heavy
______I often hear
a. sighs b.
rain
c. light d.
dark
Ans:
a. sighs
6) But sure with
_____I can bear
a. hope b.
joy
c. sorrow d.
patience
Ans:
d. patience
7) My _____ of
mind destroy
a. absence b.
presence
c. cheer d.
sorrow
Ans:
c. cheer
8) Whilst thus I
sing, I am a _____
a. boy b.
king
c. blind boy d.
poet
Ans:
b. king
9) You mourn my
____
a. helpless b.
ayaken
c. big d.
small
Ans:
a. helpless
10) Although a
poor ____boy
a. lucky b.
blind
c. happy d.
blessed
Ans: b. blind
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A WORD OR A
SENTENCE EACH:
1) Who is the
speaker and who is he speaking to?
Ans:
The speaker is a blind boy and he is speaking to the readers or to those who
have sight.
2) How can the
sun make day or night?
Ans:
The sun makes day or night by rising or setting.
3) What is the
outcome of the blind boy himself making the day or night?
Ans:
The blind boy says that he never has the night and that it is a day for him
always.
4) How does the
blind boy know that people are sorry for him?
Ans:
From the heavy sighs made by people.
5 )Who mourns
his hapless woe?
Ans:
The one who pities the blind boy, the one who has the gift of sight.
6) What is the
loss the boy bears?
Ans:
The boy bears the loss of his vision.
7) What is it
that the blind boy cannot have?
Ans:
The boy cannot have the gift of sight.
8) When does the
blind boy feel like a king?
Ans:
While he is singing, the blind boy does not feel inferior and feels like a
king.
9) Who do you
think is the person addressed as ‘you’ in the poem?
Ans:
“You’ refers to the people.
10) How do
others feel about the blind boy?
Ans:
Others feel sad about the blind boy.
11) What does
the speaker hear with a heavy sigh?
Ans:
The speaker hears with a heavy sigh other people pitying him as he was blind.
12) Who cannot
make day or night for the boy?
Ans:
The sun cannot make the day or night for the boy.
13) What does
the speaker always hear?
Ans:
The speaker always hears the sighs of pity of other people for him.
14) How does the speaker feel when others say the
sun shines brightly?
Ans:
It makes no change for the blind boy if the sun
shines bright. He can feel the heat of the sun, but about the light of the day,
there is no change for the blind boy.
15) Whose is the
voice of the poem?
Ans:
The poet as a blind boy is the voice of the poem.
16) ‘The
blessings of the sight’- line 3. Can you list out a few of them?
Ans:
The gifts of sight are many. Those who have eyes can
enjoy the gifts of sight. They can look at the whole world, Nature, Sun, Moon,
Stars, Hills, rivers, parents, friends, etc. In short, we can say that they can
see almost everything.
17) How does a
blind person understand whether it is day or night?
Ans:
Whenever the blind person awakes, it is day and when he sleeps it is a night
for him. He ‘can understand the day and like this.
18) Read lines
13 and 14. Who is sympathizing with whom?
Ans:
The reader would sympathize the blind boy. They feel very bad and give heavy
sighs and show their sorrow by saying that he was unlucky.
19) How does the blind pacify himself? Quote the
lines that suggest this.
Ans:
The blind boy comforted himself, that we can see in
the following lines. A loss I never can know Then let not what I cannot get My
joy of mind destroy and then he thinks Whilst thus I sing, I am a King, Though
a poor blind boy.
ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 2-3 SENTENCES EACH:
1) What is the
grievance of the blind boy?
Ans:
The blind boy is denied the gift of sight. He does not know what light is or
how wonderful the sun looks.
2) How do others feel about the blind boy? What is
his reaction?
Ans:
People feel pity for the blind boy and try to show kindness to him. The blind
boy says that he does not truly know what he is missing. So he does not think
that his life is sad.
3) What a normal person can understand is almost a
riddle to the blind boy. What is
it?
Ans: We can know
day and night. The blind boy can feel the heat of the sun, but does not know
how the sun makes day and night because when he goes to sleep it is night and
when he is awake it is day for him.
4)About which things are the speaker aware of?
Ans:
Though the speaker is blind, his other sense organs are sharp and he can know
what happens around him. He can feel the heat of the sun and he also feels the
pity of people near him as he can hear their sighs.
5) What is the speaker’s approach to life?
Ans: The speaker
has a hopeful view of life. It is strange that though he is handicapped he does
not feel pity, but sings with joy, refusing to be sad. And while he sings so,
he thinks himself a king who is blessed with wealth.
READ AND
APPRECIATE
1) Who do you
think is the person addressed as ‘you’ in the poem?
Ans:
‘You’ in the poem could be anyone who has the gift of sight or all of us who have
the gift of sight.
2) Read the
first stanza carefully. The tone of the speaker is one of _____
a. surprise b.
curiosity c. sadness
(choose the appropriate one)
Ans:
b. curiosity
3) The blind boy
can feel _____ of the sun. (fill in the blank)
Ans:
warm
4) What a normal
person can easily understand is almost a riddle to the blind boy. What is it?
Ans: The blessings of the sight are almost a riddle to the blind boy.
5) Identify the
rhyme scheme of the poem.
Ans:
The rhyme scheme of the poem is as follows.
The rhyming words are
light – sight
enjoy – boy
see – he
bright – night
make – awake
play – day
hear – bear
woe – know
destroy – boy
The rhyme scheme of the poem is abab cbcb dede fgfg hihi.
6) Match the
following and frame appropriate sentence for each phrase thus matched.
Ans:
|
blessings
of |
wondrous
things |
|
cheers
of |
sight |
|
talk
of |
mind |
Match
the following :
1. blessings of sight
2. cheers of mind
3. talk of wondrous things
7) )Read the
lines from a poem by D.V.G Does the poem “The Blind Boy ” reflect the same
idea? Discuss it in the class.
1. We are very lucky to have the blessings of sight.
2. We should feel happy with what we have to cheer our minds.
3. The people are interested to talk about wondrous things.
Ans:
Yes, ‘The Blind Boy’ poem also shows the same idea
of D. V. G. poem. We should not think or worry about what we don’t have.
Instead, we must feel lucky and happy for what we have. Then we can get joy.
ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 6-8 SENTENCES EACH:
1) Explain how the boy reacts to his blindness.
Ans:
The boy’s answer to his blindness is a fully strange
one. Though at first he shows his grief, he shocks the world by proving that
even blindness can be taken. The poem shows the spirit of acceptance. Like John
Milton, who in his poem ‘On His Blindness’ first questions God about his
harshness, but later takes his blindness as the wish of God, the blind boy
takes his blindness as a state beyond his reach of control. He makes the simple
end that what cannot change should be borne with joy.
2) We should feel happy with what we
have and never go after what we cannot get’. How has the poet brought out this
message in the poem ‘The Blind Boy’?
Ans: Of all the handicaps, maybe blindness is the
saddest one. Still, in the poem ‘The Blind Boy’, we see the blind boy, without
asking for pity from others, speaking of his blindness as if it was a gift. The
poet’s aim here is not to praise blindness, but to praise the bright mind of
people who can cross their troubles and win in life. By making the boy say that
he can make his own day and night without going by the day’s rule, the poet
shows that the choice of beating a problem lies with each one of us. We must do
this because if we let our troubles press down our spirit, we will call sadness
on ourselves. Life is a rare gift of God and it is needed that we make the best
use of this rare gift.
3) Describe the life of the blind boy.
Ans: Even though the boy was blind, he showed
clearly he did not want anyone to pity him nor was he ready to let anything
take away his joy. Even if people feel pity for him, they should not because he
has patience and knows no change since he has always been blind; he has not
lost anything. We should not let things make us lose our joy because life could
be worse. Even though he was blind and had that weak point in life, he still
thinks of himself as a king. That hopeful mind and spirit should be a lesson to
all readers of this poem. The point is to be bold in who you are and not feel
pity for yourself or wait for others to. The blind boy thought great of himself
and showed courage though he was blind.
READ THE
FOLLOWING EXTRACTS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW THEM:
1) O say what is
that thing called light, which I must never enjoy.
a) Why is the boy asking about light?
b) Whom is he asking?
c) Why will he never enjoy light?
Ans:
a) The boy is asking about light because he has never experienced it.
b) People with eyesight.
c) The boy is blind. Hence he can never enjoy the light.
2) Then let not
what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy.
a) Who is the speaker?
b) What is it that the blind boy cannot have?
c) How will the boy’s cheer of mind be destroyed?
Ans:
a) The blind boy.
b) The blind boy cannot have the gift of sight.
c) The blind boy’s cheer of mind would be destroyed if he sat and contemplated
how it would be if he could see. He says that he will not allow, what he does
not have, to spoil his cheerfulness.
3) “And could I
ever keep awake With me ‘were always day”.
a) Who is the speaker here?
b) What is he trying to convey here?
c) How would it be always day for him?
Ans:
a) The blind boy is the speaker here.
b) The blind boy cannot see the difference between day and night. To him it is
day when he plays and night when he sleeps.
c) If he did not sleep it would always be a day for him.
SUMMARY
Colley
Cibber wrote the poem “The Blind Boy.” It is a short poem. The poet here showed
the feelings of the blind boy. The blind boy never saw the light in his life.
How could he enjoy the light that he could not see? He did not know the gift or
joy of the light it gave. The blind boy said that people would say that the Sun
shines bright, but the blind boy did not know it. He could only feel the heat
of the Sun but not the Sun or sunlight.
The
day and night are the same to him, so he said that when he sleeps it is night
and when he wakes it is day. The others showed pity and gave deep sighs that
the blind boy could hear and asked why should you cry for him. If you think
that I am unlucky, I do not feel so. I can bear this. I do not know what I
lost. I do not care for what I do not have. If I care for that, I would lose my
joy. Leaving all these I am a king while I sing. If you call me a poor blind
boy, I feel like a king and glad with what I have.
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