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Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Wind

Wind, come softly.

Don't break the shutters of the windows.

Don't scatter the papers.

Don't throw down the books on the shelf,

There, look what you did - you threw them all down.

You tore the pages of the books.

You brought rain again,

You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings.

Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters, crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives, crumbling hearts the wind god winnows and crushes them all

He won't do what you tell him.

So, come, let's build strong homes,

Let's join the doors firmly.

Practise to firm the body

Make the heart steadfast.

Do this, and the wind will be friends with us.

The wind blows out weak fires.

He makes strong fires roar and flourish.

His friendship is good.

We praise him every day.

Wind, come softly

-Subramania Bharati

Complete the summary of the poem by picking the right option:

The poet urges the wind to blow __15__ because when it blows __16__, it breaks the shutters of the windows, __17__ the paper here and there and throws books down the shelf __18__ their pages in the process. The poet chastises the wind for bringing in __19__. The wind __20__ and destroys the weak but gives __21__to the strong. The wind will not be able to __22__. As if we make our bodies __23__ and heart steadfast. Instead, like a __24__ it will help us to be strong and determined. We will flourish in __25__.

 

A) flings                           

B) upsets

C) topples           

D) removes