Street Cries Questions & Answers

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Street Cries Questions & Answers

Question 1: Choose the correct option:

1. The poem

(a) is a description of the sights and sounds in a city street during the day.
(b) depicts life on the roads of a typical village in India.
(c) focuses on the cries of street vendors at different times of the day in an Indian city.

2. Each stanza of the poem deals with

(a) the different seasons of the year.
(b) different times during a day.
(c) various months of the year.

Question 2: When dawn appears in the sky, the world rises to ‘labour’s various cry’ what are they?

Answer: When the dawn breaks open in Indian cities and towns, the life begins quick. Animals, birds and people start immediately on their respective tasks to earn their morning bread (food). Some are walking off to work. Some are walking busily but silently for buy their breakfast.

Question 3: Why is the street ‘eager’ at dawn?

Answer: The street is said to be eager at dawn because inhabitants of the street both the seller and the buyers are eager to buy the day’s provision and sell whatever they must sell.

Question 4: And fasting men go forth on hurrying feet. Why are the men fasting and why are they in hurry?

Answer: The men are fasting because they go out for work at dawn, empty-stomach. They are in hurry to sell their merchandise to gain a little gain/profit.

Question 5: Do you think people are glad to hear the cry BUY FRUIT, BUY FRUIT? Explain why.

Answer: Yes, people are glad to hear the cry of selling fruits because in the scorching heat, fresh fruits and fruit juices are refreshing which quench their thirst and refresh them.

Question 6: In what ways are the mood and atmosphere of the third stanza very different from those of the first and second stanzas?

Answer: The mood and atmosphere in the third stanza is very different from the first and second stanzas because after the tiring bustle of the whole day activity and harshness of noon, evening is restful, calm and gentle.

Question 7: How is offering of the vendor in the third stanza of the poem different from what is offered on sale in the early morning and at noon?

Answer: The offering of the vendor is different in the third stanza because at the end of the tiring day, people have filled their stomach and quenched their thirst by what the vendors have sold. They are feeling more relaxed. Even flowers are being sold to enhance the romance in the lovers.

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Question 9: What do you mean by ‘Street Cries’?

Answer: Street Cries refer to the shouts rendered by hawkers on the streets to sell their merchandise. The hawkers start their cries at the break of dawn. They have many things such as bread and fruit to satiate the hunger of fasting men and women. There are also flowers for women to adorn their hair.

So, these were Street Cries Questions & Answers.