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Words And Expressions
Sukata Parashar
About Sukata Parashar
Sujata Parashar is a bestselling novelist, poet, short story writer and activist. Her first book on poetry Poetry Out and Loud was awarded the first prize in 2012. She is also on the Executive Board of Empowering Minds, a Delhi based NGO which focusses on education and mental health issues of the marginalised and neglected sections of society.
Words and Expressions have been my friends.
There's not a day I have slept without them.
My waking hours as well,
were mostly spent in their company,
They taught me to ask and unravel mysteries.
Some got solved, many need careful thought.
Let me come back to that later and continue,
Words and Expressions,
they certainly have been my friends.
As I grew, I relied more on them,
They helped me of course,
they were my closest friends.
Then came a time when I started failing.
The more I used them the more I lost,
I was bewildered and thought;
Are the Words and Expressions playing their part?
In a fit of anger,
I asked them to leave.
It was only when they left,
silence engulfed me,
I realized that the Words were not right,
the Expressions too loud.
Over the years they had,
built a strong defence,
Protecting my Ego falsely;
the Words hid my good heart,
the Expressions misrepresented my mind.
It was only then that is occurred,
That Words and Expressions are powerful things.
They can start a war or gift you peace.
Available Answers
- 1.
What point is the poet making in the first four lines of the first stanza?
- 2.
Why was there a need for words as the poet grew up? Quote the lines that support your answer.
- 3.
When did realisation come to the poet? What did the poet realise?
- 4.
How can words and expressions start a war or gift one peace?
- 5.
Explain these lines:
"They taught me to ask and unravel mysteries
Some got solved, many need careful thought.
Let me come back to that later and continue," - 6.
"Then came a time When I started failing,
The more I used them the more I lost,
I was bewildered and thought;
Are the Words and Expressions playing their part?"- Why was the poet bewildered?
- What was the poet failing to do?
- What did the poet lose and why was this happening despite using words more?
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