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This poem is written by Ogden Nash. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of After Twenty Years, Powder and Arms and Life so, you can check these posts as well.
More about People Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Incur(s) – to become liable to or subject to something (usually unpleasant or undesirable) as a result of one’s actions
- Irking – irritating
- Firestone, Ford, Edison – large American companies
- Succumb – to give up or give in
- Quirk – a peculiar way of behaving; something odd or unusual
Question 1: According to the poet, in what way are some people annoying?
Answer: Some people are annoying when they keep asking questions or making suggestions. When they are not doing either of these, they either ignore others or interfere in their lives.
Question 2: What do these same people do that is most annoying?
Answer: It is most annoying when they employ other people.
Question 3: Which lines summarize the poet’s thoughts on what the employed think about the unemployed?
Answer: The line that summarize the poet’s thoughts on what the employed think about the unemployed is -They tell them that work is a wonderful medicine.
Question 4: How do the employed try to persuade the unemployed to work?
Answer: Even if one does not like to work, one still has to work so as to make enough money, in order to be able to avoid working later on in life. Whether one likes it or not, one cannot stop working.
Question 5: In your own words, try to explain the ‘nasty quirk’ suggested by the poet.
Answer: The message is that people never let others be. They like to run others’ lives, and believe in advising others, whether they want it or not.
Question 6: Is there a message or moral to the poem? Try to summarize this message in one sentence.
Answer: I agree with the poet’s views because I have seen people who do not deserve what they get. There are others who get less than what they deserve. But not all people are like that, so this does not apply to all people.
Question 7: Read and answer the questions:
It seems to be very irking…..
(a) What does ‘irking’ mean?
Answer: ‘Irking’ means irritating.
(b) What seems to be irking and to whom?
Answer: When people who work see others who do not work, it irritates them a lot.
(c) What solution did the ‘irked’ people have?
Answer: The solution is to work for as long as they make enough money so that they no longer have to work.
Question 8: How many beats are there in each of the first four lines of the poem?
Answer: There are 8, 6, 9, 16 beats in each of the first four lines of the poem.
Question 9: What is the rhyming pattern in the poem?
Answer: The rhyming pattern in the poem is aabb.
Question 10: Was the poet able to find a suitable rhyming word for ‘something’?
Answer: No, the poet was not able to find a suitable rhyming word for ‘something’.
So, these were More about People Questions & Answers.