Wind Summary in English
In the poem, the poet is talking to the wind and he asks the wind to come softly. The poet further says that the wind should not be strong and it should come delicately and softly. Then he describes that powerful wind is destructive and it breaks the shutters and windows and scatters the paper. Moreover, when the wind is very powerful , it takes down the books from the shelves. After that, he asks the wind to look at the damage it has caused.
Further, whenever the wind is strong all the weak things like plants, children, etc. get fearful and sometimes get hurt. In the initial part of the poem, the poet is referring to the wind as a young child. Firstly, he says that it comes softly as a child does. Later on, we come to know that it becomes destructive like a youth full of energy, violence, and destruction.
In the next part he continuously repeats the word ‘crumbling’ to lay stress that everything crumbles in the face of strong wind. So, the poet wants to say that everything is broken when the wind is very strong and powerful. He says that all the weak houses, weak doors, beams, wooden structures, bodies of people, animals, etc. fall and crumble. In addition, everything which is weak reacts by breaking or falling down in the face of hardship. Hence, the poet says that whenever weak people face hardship or challenge in life, they fall or break down.
In the next paragraph, he addresses the wind as ‘wind god’ and he says that the powerful god of wind examines, means it shifts people and those who are weak fall down and get crushed. Therefore, here the poet makes a comparison between wheat and people. Just like we sort the wheat to separate the grain from the chaff, in the same way the wind god separates the strong people from weak people. Moreover, when there is strong wind, all the things that are weak fall and get crushed.
After that, the poet wants us to make friendship with the wind i.e. the hardships in our lives. He says that we should be ready for the problems as they will come and will not listen to us. Also, we should build strong homes and close the doors of our house firmly so that the wind cannot enter them. Moreover, the poet says that we should make our hearts and bodies stronger to face these challenge and when we are strong enough to face challenges we will not feel troublesome.
He keeps the wind on a pedestal and comparing it to god. The poet says that wind is a god and we praise it daily. He also adds that everything that is weak gets over in the face of the strong wind. In addition, all the things that are strong flourish and grow stronger. The poet gives us the message we should make ourselves physically and mentally strong to face these challenges. Also, when we become their friends, we will be happy. As they will help us to become stronger and better because the challenges and hardships of life make us better.
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Question 1:
The wind blows strongly and causes a lot of destruction. How can we make friendship with it?
ANSWER:
Strong winds cause a lot of destruction and damage but its energy can be of great use once we make friendship with it. This we can do by taking proper precautions and measures. For instance, we can build stronger homes, keeping in mind the fatalities of the wind. We can also build windmills to harness its energy that can be used to generate electricity.
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Question 1:
1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
2. Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give words in your language if you know them.)
3. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
4. What should we do to make friendship with the wind?
5. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
6. How does the poet speak to the wind—in anger or with humour? You must also have seen or heard of the wind “crumbling lives”. What is your response to this? Is it like the poet’s?
ANSWER:
1. The wind breaks the shutters of the windows; scatters the papers; throws down the books from the shelf; tears the pages of the books; and brings showers of rain.
2. Yes, I have seen women winnowing grain at home in the villages.
Winnowing is generally known as phatkna, pichorna or anaj parchana in Hindi.
The village people use the winnowing fork and more commonly, the winnowing fan, known as chhaaj in Hindi, for winnowing.
3. The poet says that the wind god winnows the weak crumbling houses, doors, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and hearts, and then crushes them all.
4. To make friendship with the wind, the poet asks us to build strong homes, join the doors firmly and practise to make our bodies and hearts stronger.
5. In the last four lines, the poet inspires us to face the wind, which symbolises the hardships of our lives, courageously. He tells us that the wind can only extinguish the weak fires; it intensifies the stronger ones. Similarly, adversities deter the weak-hearted but make stronger those who have unfaltering will. In such a case, befriending the wind or the hardships of life makes it easier for us to face them.
6. The poet speaks to the wind in anger.
Yes, I have witnessed stormy weather and I have seen the wind uprooting trees. I have watched on the television many instances where wind has caused destruction, crushing houses with people stuck inside.
No, my response would not be similar to the poet. Violent wind causes destruction but its energy, if harnessed, can be utilised in generating electricity and for other productive purposes.
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Question 2:
The poem you have just read is originally in Tamil. Do you know any such poem in your language?
ANSWER:
Yes, I have read another poem on wind. It is titled 'Toofan' that was originally written in Hindi by Naresh Aggarwal.
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