Here are the notes of the poem “The Feed” for the students of 1st year English. 11th class students belonging to all Boards of Punjab can read Explanation of Stanzas, Questions, and Answers, theme, and Synonyms of “The Feed” book-3 notes online.
The Poem, “The Feed” Notes – First Year English Book-3
Stanza 1
Holding a grain of millet in her beak,
The mother sparrow has come to feed.,
The young ones are so tiny and small,
From head to toe, they are beaks,
When they cry.
One grain to be fed to the ten young ones
Reference to the Context
These lines have been taken from the poem “The Feed” by a well-known Pakistani poet Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi. In this poem, the poet describes that a mother sparrow wants to feed its young ones. She has a single grain of millet in her beak. But there are ten baby birds in the nest and all are crying with hunger.
Explanation
In the given lines, the poet says that the mother sparrow is holding only a single grain of millet in her beak. She wants to feed her young ones, which are ten in number. They are very young and have no feathers on their bodies yet. Their tiny bodies mainly consist of beaks only.
The poem shows a deep love and care of a mother for her children. It also shows the hardships of the poor parents who never have enough to feed their children to their fill. As a result, they live a life of utter pain, poverty, and hunger.
Stanza 2
To whom the mother sparrow should feed?
Conjoining beak with beak, With whom should she solace?
Fissuring the atom,
You have learned to weep and wall in a loud tone.
Splitting the grain,
You have learnt to set life on foot,
Could you split the grain?
One grain to be fed to the ten young ones.
Reference to the Context (The Feed)
Same as above
Explanation
In the given lines, the poet says that the mother sparrow is holding only a single grain of millet in her beak. She is worried about how she should feed her ten young ones, which are crying with hunger. She cannot satisfy them all because she is unable to break the little grain into ten pieces. So they have learnt to live a hard life.
The poem shows a deep love and care of a mother for her children. It also shows the hardships of the poor parents who never have enough to feed their children to their fill. As a result, they live a life of utter pain, poverty, and hunger.
Questions and Answers (The Feed)
Q. What is the mother sparrow holding in her beak?
Ans. The mother sparrow is holding a grain of millet in her beak. She wants to feed her young ones, which are ten in number, but all are crying with hunger.
Q. Who is the poet of the poem “The Feed”?
Ans. Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi is the poet of “The Feed”.
Q. Which line in the first stanza tells us that the young ones have no feathers?
Ans. Fourth line. “From head to foot they are beaks”.
Q. How many young ones are to be fed?
Ans. Ten young ones are to be fed. They are all very young. They cannot fly because they have no feathers on their bodies. So they are crying with hunger.
Q. Write the critical appreciation of the poem.
Ans. The poem shows a deep love and care of a mother for her children. It also shows the hardships of the poor parents who never have enough to feed their children to their fill. As a result, they live a life of utter pain, poverty, and hunger.
Q. What do you feel after reading the poem?
Ans. After reading the poem, I feel sorry for the poor sparrow. The poem shows a deep love and care of a mother for her children. It also shows the hardships of the poor parents who never have enough to feed their children to their fill. As a result, they live a life of utter pain, poverty, and hunger.
Synonyms
- Holding a grain of millet in her beak (a small grain of cereal)
- The young ones are so tiny and small (small, little)
- Conjoining beak with beak (joining, connecting, adjoining)
- With whom should she solace? (comfort, relieve, soothe, console)
- Fissuring the atom (cracking, fracture, splitting, breaking)
- Fissuring the atom (grain, particle)
- You have learnt to weep and wail in a loud tone, (weep, cry, howl, moan)
- Splitting the grain (cracking, breaking, opening, tearing)
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