Animals Class 10 Extra Question Answer | Short & Long | NCERT SEBA

In this poem the poet Walt Whitman tells us that he loves animals and feels more at home with animals than humans, whom he finds complicated and false. Walt Whitman is a major figure in early American poetry. He was a nonconformist in all respects, including his social life. Here are some extra questions from the poem ''Animals''

Animals Class 10 Extra Question Answer SEBA

Animals Class 10 Short Question Answer

 1. Name the book from where this poem has been taken ?

Ans : The name of the book from where this poem has been taken is "Song of Myself" in leaves of Grass.

2. Who wrote the poem " Animals" ?

Ans : Walt Whitman wrote the poem 'Animals'.

3. What was the wish of the poet ?

Ans : The wish of the poet was to live with animals.

4. What are the qualities possessed by the animals ?

Ans : The qualities possessed by the animals are - placidity, self-dependence, simplicity etc.

5. What do the animals bring to the poet ?

Ans : The animals bring tokens of mutual love and understanding to the poet.

6. Why does the poet wonder ?

Ans : The poet wanders where the animals get those tokens that they bring to him.

7. With whom does the poet feels more at home ?

Ans : The poet feels more at home with animals.

8. What do animals not discuss ?

Ans : The animals do not discuss their duty to God.

9. What do the animals not do for their sins ?

Ans : The animals do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins.

10. For what do the animals not demented ?

Ans : The animals are not demented with the mania of owning things.

11. " I think I could turn and live with animals " -- what is the poet turning from ?

Ans : The poet is turning from humans to live with animals.

12. Do the humans kneel down to other humans who lived thousands of years ago ?

Ans : Yes, the humans kneel down to other humans who lived thousands of years ago.

Animals Poem Long Question Answer

1. How do the animals act about their condition and duty to God ?

Ans : The animals never sweat and whine about their condition. They don't make others sick discussing their duties to God.

2. How are animals superior to human beings ?

Ans : The animals are so placid and self-contained. Unlike humans, they do not worry about their conditions and their sins. They don't make others sick discussing their duty to God. They are not demented with the mania of owning things. So, they are superior to human beings.

3. What are the tokens that the poet says he may have dropped long ago and which the animal have for him ?

Ans : The tokens are of mutual love understanding that the ancestors of the poet used to share with the animals thousands of years ago. The poet says that they dropped them and the animals kept them and bring to the poet.

4. How do the animals accept their condition ?

Ans : The animals accept their condition without any excuses. They never complain about their condition. Whatever the situation may be, they accept it with strong will.

5. Why did the poet feel more at home with animals than humans ?

Ans : Animals are placid and self-contained. They neither worry about their condition nor about their sins. They are not dissatisfied, respectable, unhappy or demented with the mania of owning things. They show their relation to the poet . So, the poet feels more at home with animals.

6. Mention three things that humans do and animals don't ?

Ans : The three things that humans do and animals don't are ----

      a. Humans sweat and whine about their condition but animals don't.

      b. Humans lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins but animals don't.

      c. Humans make others sick discussing their duty to God but animals don't.

7. Give the meaning of the following words : ----

Ans :  Placid - calm

         Self contained - independent

         Weep - cry

         Demented - mad

         Kneels - rest on the knee

         evince - show clearly

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