Class 11 Eng. Hornbill Poem-5 Father To Son Que./Ans. IN Hindi and English
Father To Son
Class 11
TEXTUAL QUESTION ANSWER
Question 1:
Does the poem talk of all exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
Answer:
The poem is autobiographical in nature and describes the relationship between a
father and his son. Beginning on an exclusively personal experience, the poem rises to a fairly universal phenomenon—the growing generation gap and lack of communication.
Question 2:
How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
Answer:
The father’s helplessness is brought about by the existing circumstances. Usually a father is the best friend and advisor of the son. However, there is no bond of affinity or relationship between the two. It seems that the two are not on speaking terms even while living under the same roof. The father feels helpless that he can’t share what his son loves.
Question 3:
What does the speaker say about father-son relationship?
Answer:
Actually, the father-son relationship is non-functional. The father does not understand the aspirations, longings or cravings of the son. They speak like strangers. Their exchanges, if any, are just formal. Otherwise, silence surrounds them.
Question 4:
What do you think is responsible for the distance between father and son?
Answer:
The lack of understanding on the part of the older generation (here, father) is the root of the problem. The father wants the young man to stick to home turf. The son, now a young man, seeks fresh avenues and lives in a world of his own. The father finds it hard to adjust to the growing changes.
Question 5:
How can you infer that the father wishes his son to remain at home with him?
Answer:
The father finds the son’s interests quite different. He is home bound, whereas the son is on the look out for fresh avenues. He aspires for a world of his own. The father wants him to return home even if he undergoes losses by his extravagant ventures. He is willing to make up with him if he agrees to live with him.
Question 6:
What sort of father-son relationship has been depicted in the poem ‘Father to Son?
Answer:
The poem depicts a father-son relationship which exists in name only. The two have been living together in the same house for years. Even then the father does not understand his son. He confesses that he knows nothing of his son. The bond of affection between them lie broken. They have become formal just like strangers. Although the son resembles his father physically, yet he had his own vision, dreams and aspiration. He is not home bound and is not afraid to venture forth. The protective father is willing to forgive him for incurring loss of material wealth provided he returns home. The painful experience of lack of communication fills the father with utter helplessness, anger and grief. His efforts to restore the relationship fail as there is no response from the other side.
Q7.Why does anger grow out of grief?
Ans. The father feels highly frustrated when after endless efforts, he is not able to maintain a cordial relationship with his son. His initial feeling of grief turns into anger as the father feels he is a failure in maintaining a healthy relationship with his son.
Q8.Why does the father think he has "killed the seed"? The speaker really feels sorry that his son has not
Ans.The speaker really feels sorry that his son has not grown up into a person he always wished. Although the father made all efforts but the son turned out to be a spoilt child and the father feels that to some extent he is responsible for what his son is.
Q9. Explain "The land is his and none of mine".
Ans. The growth of seed largely depends on the quality of land and soil. The speaker metaphorically calls his son the 'land' and his teachings as the 'seed'.
Now, despite all his efforts the son has grown to be a different kind of a person all because of his own individuality. The father is helpless in this regard.
Q10.
Why does the father want his son to come back?
Ans. Naturally, the father loves his son very much. No father wants his son to form a world of his own and leave him forever.
Q11. Write the theme of the poem Father To Son.
The poem 'Father to Son' is written by Elizabeth Jennings. The poem is about the anguish of a father who doesn't have a good relationship with his son. His son is now grown up and is busy in his life. The father is bitter about the generation gap between them and the feeling of separation.
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