English - Poetry Chapter 8 Fire-Hymn short Answer Questions

Short Questions Answer

Question 1.How did the passer-by get frightened?

Answer:The passer-by got frightened to see the fire and the dreadful scenes at the ghat.

Question 2.Which event does the expression ‘the burning ghat’ refer to?

Answer:The expression “the burning ghat” refers to the place where dead- bodies are usually cremated.

Question 3.Where do you think is the ghat located?

Answer:Hie ghat is located on the bank of the river.

Question 4.What does the speaker see/observe in the morning at the ghat?

Answer:The speaker observes pieces of wood and coal, not burning but are still red in the morning at the ghat.

Question 5.Why does he say that the redness of the fire is cruel?

Answer:He says that the redness of the fire is so cruel that is swallowed everything.

Question 6.In what sense does the fire forget its dead?

Answer.The fire forgets its dead when it leaves the body half-burnt. The speaker feels it as the fire’s immoral behavior.

Question 7.Why does the speaker reveal his religious identity?

Answer:The Speaker reveals his religious identity by telling that he is a “Parsi” by birth,-because a parsi believes that there is a continuing struggle in the world between the forces of light and dark and as such The “Parsis” dispose of the dead bodies on a structure called “Tower of Silence”.

Question 8.Why did he consign his firstborn to the flames?

Answer:He (speaker) consigned (delivered) his first-bom to the flames (fire) because the nearest “Tower of Silence”, where the Parsis dispose up their dead-bodies, was a thousand miles away. So, he could not lodge (dispose of) the dead-body of his first-bom-child on that place (structure).

Question 9.What did the firm hyam say to him?

Answer: The firm-hymn said to him (the speaker) that he had forgiven him and now it has taken oath to overlook and pardon him this time for the sin he committed

Question 10.Why do you think the speaker consigned his firstborn to the flames?

Answer: The speaker is a ‘Parsi’ by religion. In his religion, the dead-body is not cremated. Parsis dispose of up their bodies in the “Tower of Silence”. The speaker consigned his first bom child to the flames for cremation because the nearest “Tower of Silence”, was one thousand miles away.