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The song of India, 1. Identify the two speakers in the poem. What does the, speaker want to sing about?, Answer: The two speakers in the poem are the Mother India and, the poet. The speaker wants to sing about the natural beauty and, glory of past India., 2. What are the epics? Why does the poet call the temples as, ‘epics in stone’?, Answer: Epics are long poems or stories of the heroic deeds in, dignified language. The poet calls the temples as ‘epics in stone’, because they tell grand story of our ancient heritage, culture and, tradition, through images., 3. What according to the poet, is the contribution of the seers, and prophets?, Answer: According to the poet, the seers and the prophets show, the people the right path of life through their preachings., 4. Why is the poet ‘querulous’? What does he want to sing?, Answer: The poet is ‘querulous’ because the Mother India didn’t, allow him to sing the glory of her wholeheartedly. The poet wants, to sing a pure and meaningful song, which would remain forever., 5. How did Mother India answer to the querulous poet?

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Answer: The Mother India answered to the querulous poet by, writing the “Book of Morrow” with the hope of bright future of, India by cancelling all sorrows., 6. Describe the vision of Mother India when the poet was, querulous., Answer: The mother raise, covered in blue sky. Milky oceans, surrounded her. She sat on the entrancing and enthroning light of, waves and wrote the “Book of Morrow” about the bright future of, India., , GHS SIDDAPUR