Lesson
– 11
CENTRAL IDEA
Reference
This poem is written by an American
poetess Ellen M.H.Gates. She wrote religious songs. Collection of her poems
were published in 1987 and 1910.
Central Idea
Mother’s hands are the symbol of
Love. A mother is a pivot, around which the whole family revolves. She relieves
the tedium of life, sheds the divine light in the darkness, alleviates
distress, does her duties by her children makes them happy, healthy and
intelligent citizens of tomorrow. The progress of a nation depends upon the
care and skill with which mothers rear up their children.
Theme
The theme of this poem can be
expressed in the words of Napoleon that:
“Give me good mothers, I’ll Give you good nation.”
“Give me good mothers, I’ll Give you good nation.”
or
“The hands that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”
Question and
Answers
Q.1 What words or phrases tell us that they are not pretty in the
physical sense?
Ans. The words “ages and wrinkled”
tell us that the hands are not beautiful in their physical appearance. It means
that these hands are old and full of wrinkles. They are neither fair not small
but rough and big.
Q.2 Why does the poetess praise the hands in
the second stanza?
Ans. The poetess praises the hands in
the second stanza because these hands carelessly worked hard inspite of
exhaustion and utter fatigue in order to provide happiness of her children. The
poetess is showing repentance because when she was young, she could’ve helped
her mother in doing chars of daily life but she did not.
Q.3 In the third stanza, what does “These
hands must folded be” mean?
Ans. The words, “These hands must
folded be” mean that the death time of the poetess mother was near to come. The
poetess is showing her grief because soon her mother would be under the layers
of wild flowers in a folding manner.
Q.4 Who does the poetess praise in this
poem?
Ans. In this poem, the poetess pays a
high tribute to her mother’s hands for their spiritual beauty. She further
defined these hands that they worked restlessly inspite of facing tribulations
of life, so that her family might enjoys a happy life.
Idioms
With a high hand – Disregarding the feeling of other
Sentence – He is most unpopular because he decides matter with a
high hand.
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