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CBSE Solutions Class 10 English First Flight Poems
Thinking about the Poem
Q1. What does the young man mean by “great honey- colored/Ramparts at your ear?” Why does he say that young men are “thrown into despair” by them?
Answer: “Great honey-coloured/Ramparts at your ear” means white hair of the beloved. White hair reflects the maturity and the growing age of the beloved. The young are thrown into despair on seeing her white hair because they find her unattractive and too old to be a beloved.
Q2. What color is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so?
Answer: The young woman’s hair is of yellow color. She says that she could get her hair dyed to brown, black or carrot color. She would change the color of her hair so that the young men in despair would love her only and not her yellow hair. She wanted them to love her for what she was and not for her appearance such as her hair color.
Q3. Objects have qualities which make them desirable to others. Can you think of some objects (a car, a phone, a dress…) and say what qualities make one object more desirable than another? Imagine you were trying to sell an object: what qualities would you emphasise?
Answer: here are various objects having qualities in our lives that make it desirable to others. Here we bring to you a list of objects that make it desirable to others:
| Object | Qualities |
| Car Dress Phone Bag | Colour, speed, fuel consumption, brand Pattern, colour, material, fit Brand, technology, user-friendliness, memory, price Design, colour, brand, price, style |
While selling an object, a person should emphasise on the different features of the product and also help the buyer identify how it is better than other products in the market. Students can also add some points on their own to understand how best an object can be sold to a customer.
Q4. What about people? Do we love others because we like their qualities, whether physical or mental? Or is it possible to love someone “for themselves alone”? Are some people more lovable than others? Discuss this question in pairs or in groups, considering points like the following.
(i) a parent or caregiver’s love for a newborn baby, for a mentally or physically challenged child, for a clever child or a prodigy
(ii) the public’s love for a film star, a sportsperson, a politician, or a social worker
(iii) your love for a friend, or brother or sister
(iv) your love for a pet, and the pet’s love for you
Answer:
(i) A parent’s love for a newborn baby, or a mentally or physically challenged child, etc, will almost be the same. It would be more for a clever or a prodigy because of his or her inborn traits. However, the love of a caregiver .will not be of that level. That would be determined by the relationship.
(ii) The public’s love for a film star, a sportsperson, a politician or a social worker reflects our admiration and being awestruck about their personality.
(iii) My love for a friend or brother or sister can’t be the same. A friend is a friend. A brother or sister are a brother or sister. But my love gets shaken if they fail to act what they are. A friend in that case may be ‘defriended’. But a brother or sister can’t be done with so.
(iv) Your love for a pet, and the pet’s love for you reflects the unconditional and selfless love towards each other.
Q5. You have perhaps concluded that people are not objects to be valued for their qualities or riches rather than for themselves. But elsewhere Yeats asks the question: How can we separate the dancer from the dance? Is it possible to separate ‘the person himself or herself’ from how the person looks, sounds, walks, and so on? Think of how you or a friend or member of your family has changed over the years. Has your relationship also changed? In what way?
Answer: Do Yourself
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