Page 1 : 1:26 PM 0.0KB/s 2 wall sll &, , Search on Teachmint Q, , eee, the phrase ‘harvest of my womb’ suggest? Why is their, plight compared, to ‘worm-eaten cotton pod’?,, Answer:, The phrase ‘harvest of my womb’ refers to, the four children the woman has borne., Just as the, field produces the crop and has the harvest, the, , woman has produced, children. If she, like her, husband, takes the easier way out by committing, suicide, the, children will be left behind like the ‘wormeaten cotton pod. The woman makes it, clear that if, the children do not have the parent figure to nourish, them they would be, like the unripe cotton pods. They, cannot reach their mature stage of growth. The, poet, deliberately uses the simile which compares the, orphaned children to wormeaten cotton pod because, it was in cotton-growing areas that the highest, , number of, farmers committed suicide., Question 8., To, what condition had her husband's act of committing, suicide pushed her?, Answer:, Her husband’s act of, committing suicide has pushed her to a state which is, worse, than death. The woman uses the word ‘death, blow’ to show that the death blow of, poison which put, an end to the farmer’s life is easier than the death, blow that the, wife has to experience in terms of, money, dignity and complexity of bringing up the,, children without any support., , Page 3:, Question 9., The poem ends with, Answer:, (c) a will to, , 1c) @lir= On Man C, , Download App Now