The Wind and The Moon Questions and Answer

 The Wind and The Moon

Words Meaning

Slumbered- slept soundly

grim- seriously

blare- make an unpleasant , loud noise

knocked off her edge- took away any advantage she had over the wind

revels- lively, noisy enjoyment

to blow her to snuff- to blow her to a powder

wedger- a triangular tool with a sharp and pointed edge made of metal wood or rubber, used to break something

to blow her to snuff- to blow her to a powder

hallooed- shouted out a greeting loudly, in excited 

The Moon-scrap grew- the moon which was initially small, gradually grew in size.

Question 1: Why is the wind angry with the moon? What is he threating to do?

Answer: The Wind is angry with the Moon because he thinks that she is always keeping a watch on him. He is threating to blow her out of the sky.

Question 2: The wind he took to his revels once more; what did the wind go on to do express his glee? Did this feeling last long? Why or why not?

Answer: In order to express his glee, the Wind blew violently all across the world, making loud, shrill and harsh noises while doing so. But this feeling of glee did not last as the Moon slowly reappeared in the sky.

Question 3 Even though the wind tries to blow away the moon she keeps reappearing this is because: 

Answer:  Even though the wind tries to blow away the moon she keeps reappearing this is because she is indifferent to the wind and appears and disappears as the pleases.

Question 4 "What a marvel of power am I" In this stanza why does the wind think so highly of himself? What did you think of the wind when you read this stanza?

Answer: In this stanza, the wind thinks so highly of himself because he believes that he himself blew the Moon out of the sky and then back in, using the power of his breath. These thoughts make us feel that the Wind is overconfident of his abilities and is conceited.

Question 5 We know that the wind finds it difficult to blow out the moon and suffers physically in doing so. Find the words or phrases that show this.

Answer: But in vain was the pain of his bursting brain.

Question 6 Find the similes in the poem. Who has been compared to what? What do the similes make you think about the things that are being compared?

Answer: Like a ghost in a chair, here the Moon is being compared to a ghost sitting in a chair because she is white and glows in the dark. 

Like a merry-mad clown; here the wind is being compared to a clown because he is blowing wildly all around in an overjoyed manner, not realising that he is making a laughing stock of himself.

Question 7 Why is the moon unaware of what the wind is trying to do? If you were the moon and you knew what the wind was up to, how would you feel about his behaviour? What would you do?

Answer: The Moon is unaware of what the wind has been trying to do because she is somewhere high up above in space, above the earth's atmosphere where the wind cannot even reach her.

Question 8 In this poem the wind and the moon has been personified. How has the writer used personification to tell us about:

(i) The physical characteristics of the wind and the moon.

Answer; Physical Characteristics: The poet has personified the Moon as a beautiful noble queens who looks upon the sky with one white eye. The wind has been personified as a mighty creature with large cheeks and a brain that is bursting with anger.

(ii) The personalities of the wind and the moon.

Answer: The Moon is personified as a clam, quiet, dignified queen whose dignity and poise span the sky. 

The Wind is shown as selfish, ill-tempered proud person, whose presence makes no difference to the stately queen that is the Moon.

Question 9 Do you agree that the poet's use of personification makes the poem funny? Why or why not?

Answer We agree that the poet's use of personification makes the poem funny as we start considering the wind and the moon as two human beings interacting with each other.