COMPREHENSION __ TA) Answer the following questions : The bubble claims to have a rainbow - robe. * What happened to the ‘foolish bubble’ at the end of the : At the end of the poem, the foolish bubble dashed at the rock At whose feet did the waves ‘dance merrily’? The waves danced merrily at the feet of the bare brown rock, Who claims to have a ‘rainbow robe’? poem? and broke. 1 Ans. : Ans, Ans. : . What is the rock's response to the bubble's demand? : When the bubble demands the rock to make way, the rock . What angers the bubble to rudely dash at the rock? . What advice do the birds give their tittle ones at the end ee What does the bubble want the rock to do? Why? The bubble wants the rock to make way for him because the bubble calls himself to be the fairest thing floating on the sea whereas the clumsy rock has blocked his way. pleasantly tells that the bubble has to go some other way as the rock has not stirred for many years Great waves and fierce winds also cannot overthrow the rock's sturdy form. At the rock's answer to go some other way, the waves laugh and the sea birds keep on looking so the bubble gets angry. Saying that the rock shall move for the bubble as the bubble is not at all afraid of the rock, the bubble rudely dashes at the rock and breaks, of the poem? At the end of the poem, the birds advise their little ones never to be head strong, rude and vain like the bubble who resorts to violence to gain the Object. The tittle ones should be like the rock steadfast, true, strong, cheerful and firm against wrong.1. What qualities are assigned to the bubble and the rock in the poem? Why? Ans. : The poem ‘The Rock And The Bubble’ focuses on the impact of vanity, boastfulness. The bubble, calling itself to be the fairest thing floating on the sea, having rainbow-robe and crown of light and glittering form, wants the rock to make way for it. The bubble fails to realize that the rock is huge and the bubble is very small and insignificant in comparison to the rock. Failing to realize its transitory nature, the bubble tries to compete with the strong and powerful rock. In the end, the bubble dashes itself against the rock to move it and breaks. - The rock is very firm but very gentle so the rock pleasantly tells the bubble that it is impossible for it to move as the great waves or fierce winds also cannot make it move so the bubble should go by other way. The poem clearly shows that the bubble is headstrong, rude and vain so it cannot realize the strength of others. On the other hand, the rock is steadfast, strong but still kind and cheerful and standing firm against the wrong. 2. Comment of the following lines : ‘wiser you'll be / For the lesson learned / To-day by the sea’. Ans. : The lines given are the concluding lines of the poem where the sea-birds are advising the bird siblings about whose example they should follow to become truly wise in life. This is actually the moral of the poem. After seeing the entire incident between the rock and the bubble and hearing their conversation, this advice has been given so it carries a great significance. The vain bubble unnecessarily disputes with the huge and firm rock about giving way. Though the rock talks to the bubble pleasantly and gently, the bubble's vanity remains in tact. The laughter of waves and the sea-birds watching everythingf Poet, S.Y.B.A. Compulsory English 2.16 ry hart his vanity and in its anger, the bubble forgetting the strength of the rock dashes against the rock and: breaks. So the sea-birds advise the bird lings not to be headstrong, rude and vain like the bubble but they should be steadfast, strong, cheerful, and firm like the rock. We should remember that vanity has its own fall. So it is always better to be firm in viewpoint, observant and considerate towards others. Mw ake ome XK OK