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Que : 63. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

My heart leaps when I behold

A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began;

So is it now I am a man;

So be it when I shall grow old

Or let me die!

The child is father of the Man.


Questions:

(i) How does the poet feel when he sees the rainbow in the sky?

(ii) What does the poet wish to happen when he grows up?

(iii) What does the last line of the poem suggest?

Answer:

(i) The poet feels pure delight when he sees the rainbow in the sky.

(ii) The poet wishes to get pleasure at seeing the rainbow when he grows up.

(iii) The last line of the poem ‘The child is father of the man' suggests that childhood is the beginning of manhood. The thing we do and feel as children affect the way we feel when we are adults. The poet also wants to say that the present is the result of the past.


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