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Class 10th (First night), Poem - 6, ‘Amanda’, , Thinking about the Poem:, Question 1: How old do you think, Amanda is? How do you know this?, , Answer 1: Amnada must have been, about 9-10 years old. We can know, this because she is a school going, girl and her mother scolds her and, gives her all usual instructions which, are given to a 9 or 10 year old., , Question 2: Who do you think is, speaking to her?, , Answer 2: Her mother is speaking to, her., , Question 3: Why are Stanzas 2, 4 and, 6 given in parenthesis?, , Answer 3: Stanzas 2, 4 and 6 are, given in parenthesis because they, are the feelings of a young child, about the advice that she is being, given by her mother, which are given, in stanzas 1, 3 and 5. The scolding of, her mother and the child's thoughts

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are placed in alternate stanzas by the, poet., , Question 4: Who is the speaker in, Stanzas 2,4 and 6? Do you think this, speaker is listening to the speaker in, Stanzas 1, 3, 5 and 7?, , Answer 4: In stanzas 2,4 and 6, the, speaker is the child, Amanda. No, she, is not listening to her mother who, , is the speaker in stanzas 1, 3 and S., She is lost in her own thoughts and, dreams and doesn't listen to what is, being told to her., , Question 5: What could Amanda do if, she were a mermaid?, , Answer 5: If Amanda were a, mermaid, then she would glide, leisurely on a languid emerald sea., She would be the only occupant of, the relaxed green sea and would, move slowly on it., , Question 6: Is Amanda an orphan?, Why does she say so?

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Answer 6: No, Amanda is not an, orphan. She says so because she, wants to be all alone. She wants, to move around in the street alone, and play with dust with her bare, feet. She finds silence ' golden’ and, freedom'sweet '. That is why, she, calls herself an orphan., , Question 7: Do you know the story of, Rapunzel? Why does she want to be, Rapunzel?, , Answer 7: She wants to be Rapunzel, because she wanted to live by, herself. Rapunzel used to live all, alone in a tall tower and had long,, beautiful hair. She was imprisoned, by her grandmother. The girl also, wanted to live alone in a tower as she, didn't want to care about anything, , as life in a tower would be calm,, undisturbed and unusual. She also, decided that she would never throw, her hair down for anyone to come up, as she wanted to live alone always., , Question 8: What does the girl yearn, for? What does this poem tell you, about Amanda?

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Answer 8: The girl yearns for a life of, freedom. The poem tells us that she, is a creative girl who is continuously, nagged by her boring and dull parent., , Question 9: Read the last stanza. Do, , _ you think Amanda is sulking and is, moody?, , Answer 9: No, Amanda is neither, sulking, nor is she moody. She simply, _ longs for her freedom. She wants to, go out and play where she likes.