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                                                                                         Thinking about the poem

1. Notice the use of the word ‘turn’ in the first line. ‘I think I could turn and live with animals…’ what is the poet turning from? 

Ans: The poet is turning from a human – being to an animal. 

2. Mention three things that humans do and animals don’t. 

Ans: Humans cry over their condition. Humans lie awake at night and cry for the wrong they have done. Humans make each other sick by discussing their duties to God. But animals don’t do this. 

3. Do humans kneel to other humans who lived thousands of years ago? Discuss this in groups. 

Ans: yes, humans – beings kneeling to other humans who lived thousands of years ago. They worship their ancestors and pray by kneeling in front of their portraits.

4. What are the ‘tokens’ that the poet says he may have dropped long ago, and which the animals  have kept for him? Discuss this in class. (hint : Whitman belongs to the romantic  tradition that includes rousseau and wordsworth, which holds that civilization has made humans false to their own true nature. What could be the vaise aspects of our nature as living beings that humans choose to ignore or deny?) 

Ans : The ‘ tokens’ are love, affection, kindness, sympathy etc. The  poet says that Humans may have dropped these qualities.  The poet wonders where did human beings lose their qualities such as signs of love, calmness, tenderness, selflessness, honesty, patience, empathy, and passed these qualities to animals. Humans lose these qualities but not the animals. That’s why poets say that animals are better than humans. 

Short answers type questions and answers: 

1. Name the book where the poem “Animals” has been extracted.

Ans:- The poem “Animals’ ‘ has been extracted from Walt Whiteman’s song “of myself’ ‘ in leaves of grass.

2. Name some qualities possessed by animals?

Ans:- Placidity, simplicity, self- contentment are some qualities possessed by animals. 

3. How are animals different from humans about owning things or kneeling to one another?

Ans:- Human beings are mad about possessing things. But animals do not care for possession. It is madness only for humans. Animals do not kneel to others as humans do. For them, all are equal.

4. Why would the poet like to turn and live with the animals? 

Ans:- Because the animals are innocent, calm and quiet.The poet considers them superior to humans.

5. What quality does man have but animals do not?

Ans:- The poet wondered where did human beings lose their qualities such as signs of love, calmness, selflessness, honesty, patience and empathy and passed these qualities to animals. These qualities are the lost value once human beings possessed them.