KSEEB 10th English The Blind Boy Poem Notes Questions and Answers
Understand the Poem
Question 1.
Whose voice is it in the poem ?
Answer:
It is the voice of the poor blind boy.
Question 2.
‘The blessings of the sight’ – line
Can you list out a few of them?
Answer:
The light we see and the shining sun.
Question 3.
How does a blind person understand whether it is day or night?
Answer:
He feels the warmth of the sun. Whenever he is awake he thinks that it is day. Whenever he sleeps, it is night.
Question 4.
Read lines 13 and 14. Who is sympathizing with whom?
Answer:
The people who can see are sympathizing with the blind boy.
Question 5.
How does the blind pacify himself? Quote the lines that suggest this.
Answer:
“I cannot have my cheer of mind destroy Whilst thus, I sing I am a King Although a poor blind boy. ”
Read and Appreciate
Question 1.
Who do you think is the person addressed as ‘you’ in the poem?
Answer:
He is addressing the people who can see.
Question 2.
Read the first stanza carefully. The tone of the speaker is one of
a. surprise
b. curiosity
c. sadness
(choose the appropriate one)
Answer:
(b) curiosity
Question 3.
The blind boy can feel ………. of the sun. (fill in the blank)
Answer:
the warmth.
Question 4.
What a normal person can easily understand is almost a riddle to the blind boy. What is it?
Answer:
It is in telling whether it is day or night. It is almost a riddle to the blind boy.
Question 5.
Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.
Answer:
ab, ba, ab, ab is the thyme scheme.
Question 6.
Match the following and frame appropriate sentence for each phrase thus matched.
(i) blessings of — (a) wondrous things
(ii) cheers of — (b) sight
iii) talk of — (c) mind
Answer:
(i) blessings of … (b) sight
(ii) cheers of … (c) mind
(iii) talk of … (a) wondrous things
(i) We have the blessings of sight.
(ii) We should never spoil our cheers of mind.
(iii) We always talk of wondrous things.
Question 7.
”ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ನೆನೆದು
ಬಾರೆನೆಂಬುದನು ಬಿಡು
ಹರುಷಕ್ಕಿದೆ ದಾರಿ”
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.
Answer:
The poem by D.V. Gundappa reflects the same idea.