Hi Everyone!! This article will share Voices Of The Air Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Katherine Mansfield. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Where My Books Go, Samrat Sambar and English In India so, you can check these posts as well.
Voices Of The Air Questions & Answers
Question 1: Read these lines and answer the questions.
1. But then there comes that moment rare
When, for no cause that I can find.
(a) What does the poet mean by ‘that moment rare’?
Answer: By the phrase ‘that moment rare’ the poet means that it does not take place usually. The poet refers to the moment when she is able to hear tiny voices in the air above all the other usual sounds that surround and distract us.
(b) Who does the word ‘I’ refer to?
Answer: The word ‘I’ refers to the poet, Katherine Mansfield.
(c) What can the poet not find a reason for?
Answer: The poet says that there is no reason whatsoever that in those rare moments she can hear the voices in the air, over and above the din of everyday life.
2. The little throats that sing and rise
Up into the light with lovely ease
(a) What does the poet mean by ‘little throats’?
Answer: The poet describes the insects as little because of their size and since they are little, they also have ‘little throats’ which produce small sounds that can go easily unnoticed in the bustle of the human world.
(b) Where do the little throats rise up to?
Answer: The little insects with their little throats rise up into the air, and fly in the sky towards the light of the sun.
(c) How do the little throats rise up?
Answer: The little throats are the insects such as the bee and the fly. These rise up and fly because of their tiny wings.
Question 2: Which sounds does the poet find louder than the sea and the wind sometimes?
Answer: The sounds made by tiny creatures such as the bee and the fly seem to be louder than the sea and the wind at rare moments.
Question 3: Explain the second stanza of the poem.
Answer: In the rare moments, when the little voices can be heard, the sea and the wind decide to reduce the volume and become the background music to the little musical voices of the air. The poet uses the word sigh twice to indicate that the sea and the wind are sighing.
Question 4: How do the ‘little throats’ sing?
Answer: As the ‘little throats’ sing, they also rise effortlessly in the sky, their movement seems rather magical.
Question 5: What is the ‘magical sweet surprise’?
Answer: The ‘magical, sweet surprise’ is to be able to hear, the song of the ‘little throats’ and also to understand what these creatures really are.
Question 6: The poet gives examples of the ‘little voices’. One of these is the tapping sound made by a leaf. What are others?
Answer: The other examples of the ‘little voices’ are the sounds made by the bee, the fly, the pod that breaks, the sound made by grass as the wind gently moves it to make it bend, and the high-pitched repeated sounds made by the insects.
So, these were Voices Of The Air Questions & Answers.