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TEXTUALQUESTI
ONS
Quest
ion1.Whatar
ethet
hingst
hewi
nddoesi
nthef
ir
stst
anza?

Answer.Thewindbreakst
hedoorsofthewindows,scat
ter
sthepaper
sandthrowsdownt
he
booksontheshelf
.Ital
sotear
sthepagesofthebooksandtheandbri
ngsrai
n.

Q2.
Doyour
sel
f

Quest
ion3.Whatdoest
hepoetsayt
hewi
ndGodwi
nnows?

Answer
.Thepoetst
atesthatt
hewi ndgodwinnowsbecausei
tisnatur
e'swayofrej
ect
ingt
he
weakorunhealt
hyobject
s.Inthesameway, t
hewindgodseparat
estheweakfrom t
he
st
rongl
iket
hechafi
ssepar at
edfrom t
hegrai
nsthr
oughtheprocessofwinnowi
ng.

Quest
ion4.Howdoeswemakewi
ndourf
ri
end?

Answer.Wecanbef
ri
endt
hewindonl
ybybecomingasstr
ongandforcef
ulashei
s.I
fweare
physi
call
yandment
all
yst
rongt
henwecanembraceitasafr
iendwi
thoutbei
ngaf
rai
dofi
ts
fur
y.

Quest
ion5.Whatdot
hel
astf
ourl
inesoft
hepoem meant
oyou?

Answer.Thelastfourl
inesconveythemessagethatt
hosewhoareweakorl
ackconf
idence
facedefeatort
heyareeasil
ydefeatedwhereast
hosewhosetthetar
get
sandmakesi
ncere
effor
tsunwaveri
nglyarenotdist
urbedbyanyobstacl
es.

REFERENCETOCONTEXT
Fr
ailcr
umbl
inghouses,
crumbl
ingdoor
s,cr
umbl
ingr
aft
ers,

cr
umbl
ingwood,
crumbl
ingbodi
es,
crumbl
ingl
ives,
crumbl
inghear
ts-

t
hewi
ndgodwi
nnowsandcr
ushest
hem al
l.

Quest
ion1.Expl
aint
heexpr
essi
on'
crumbl
ingl
ivesandcr
umbl
inghear
ts.'

Answer.Manyl i
vesarel
ostwhenwindwreakshavoc.Theli
vesofsur
vivorsareshat
teredtoo
becausethei
rlovedonesaredeadandt
hei
rhomesandpr oper
tyar
edestroyed.Theyarelef
t
wit
hnohopei nlife.

Quest
ion2Whyhast
hewi
ndbeencal
led'
god'
?
Answer
.Windhasbeencal
ledgodbecausel
ike'
god,
heusesi
tspowert
oremoveandcr
ushes
t
heundesi
rabl
eortheweekthi
ngs.

Quest
ion3.
.Whatdoest
hewi
ndgoddo?

Answer
.Thewindgodusi
ngi
tsf
orcewi
nnowsandcr
ushesever
ythi
ngandever
ybodyt
hat
comesi
nitscont
act
.

Quest
ion4.
Whi
chpoet
icdevi
ceshasbeenusedi
nthef
ir
stt
hreel
ines?

Answer.Thepoet
icdevi
ceusedintheseli
nesi
sAnaphoraietherepet
it
ionofcer
tai
nwords.
Thewordcrumbli
nghasbeenrepeatedl
yusedtoemphasizet
hedestr
ucti
oncausedbyt
he
wind.

THEMEOFTHEPOEM
Thepoem depictstheenormouspowerofwi ndi
nt heworl
dandhowi thast hepotenti
alof
beingbothadestroyerandacr eator.Theweakandf r
agil
ecannotwit
hstanditsangerwhile
thestrongcanuseittotheiradvant age.Thesamei strueoft
headversit
iesorproblemsoflif
e
thosewhoar eweakcaneasi lybr eakdownandt hosewhoarestrongtakethem inthei
rstr
ide
andcomeoutst ronger.Therefore,ouratti
tudetolif
eanditspr
oblemsdet erminesour
responsetothem.

MAI
NPOI
NTSOFTHEPOEM
1.Thepoetur
gest
hewi
ndt
oSl
owdowni
tsspeedandnott
ocauseanydest
ruct
ion

2.Thewindmakesf
unoft
heweakast
heyar
emadet
ofacedamagescausedbywi
ndi
n
severalways.

3.Thepoetsuggest
sthepeopl
ethatt
heyshoul
dbuil
dstr
onghousesandtheyshoul
dhave
str
ongbodyandmi ndsothatt
heycanfacet
hewindandthusbehi
sfri
ends.

4.
Thepoetconcl
udeswi
tht
hemessagethatt
heweakpeopl
eareeasi
lydefeat
edwher
east
he
st
rongpeopl
emakethei
rwayt
hroughdi
ffi
cul
ti
esandar
eunaff
ectedbythem.

DOYOURSELF

*Summar i
sethepoem ont
hebasi
sofyourunder
standi
ngoft
hepoem andyoumayt
akehel
p
ofthesepoint
s.

ASHA,
TGTENGLI
SH