Poem 1 Corona Says by Vishnu S. Rai

 CORONA SAYS

 

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION.

a. Who is the speaker in the poem?

ans. Vishnu S. Rai has personalized corona in the poem. So, corona is the speaker in the poem.

b. Who claims that they are superior to all?

ans. Humans claims that they are superior to all.

c. Why has the speaker come to the Earth?

ans. The speaker has came to the Earth to realise us how caged animals feel in a zooand to give a little rest to the mother earth.

d. What positive changes have occurred on Earth after the speaker's visit?

ans. We are able to see the clear blue sky without dust and smoke, realise how caged animals feel in zoo and the earth have get a little rest after the speaker's visit.

REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT

a. What does the speaker mean when he says:

But have you ever counted

How many have died so far

Because of you and your wars?

ans. The given extractis taken from Vishnu S. Rai poem, "Corona Says". Here, the speaker of the poem is Corona because poet has personified it. And in the above given lines speaker wants to talk about humans own behaviour because of which many people have died. But humanbeing don't think about their own activities like many people lose their lives in wars and conflicts. Contrastively, they are quite aware about the loss which happens because of others. Humanbeings are not concious about their own actions and its results.

b. Explain the following:

I will depart one day.

But remember

There're many others like me.

They'll come too.

If you don't get rid of your inflated ago,

You 'll be back to your cave time

That you endured

Long, long, long ago......

ans.  The given extractis taken from Vishnu S. Rai poem, "Corona Says". These lines are last stanza of the poem. Here, Corona being speaker of the poem it is letting us know that one day it will leave the earth and earth will be corona free. But people should not forget that there can be many other virus and diseases likecorona . If human beings don't give up the idea that they are superior than all other creature and they don't conserve nature and natural elements like aquatic plants and animals, arial animals, terristerrial plants and animals then they will have to live their lives like they lived during Corona;s lockdown and they will be caged like animals in zoo.

c. What does the speaker mean in the following lines? Explain.

The earth is not your property alone -

It's as much ours as yours.

ans.  The given extractis taken from Vishnu S. Rai poem, "Corona Says". Here, the speaker of the poem is Corona because poet has personified it. It is written on the theme of the present world crisis Corona  and its devastating  impact on human life. In the given lines the speaker wants to say that the earth is not human's personal property, it is the shelter of all creature  of sky, ocean, and earth. We should not misuse the nature and harm to othere creature. We don't have right to sell or kill others. The earth is motherland for all creature and humans. If human don't get rid of their inflated ego and don't stop thinking that they are superior than others the nature will remains destroying and many viruses like corona will come to the earth and we will caged in our home like the time of corona's lockdown. So, we should  not take earth as personal property.

REFERENCE BEYOND THE TEXT

a. What human behaviours are responsible for the suffering in people's lives?

ans. On the process of development humans forget to conserve nature and environment which inturns distribs people's lives. Many activities like deforestation and bombardment degrades the environment and causes pollution, decrease the concentration of O2 in air,causes global warming etc. Similary, wars, terrorism, fight directly affects human's lives. Many people loose their life in wars, and huge amount of property are destroyed. Thus,the negative interaction of humans towards environment is responsible for suffering in people's lives.

b. How does an epidemic differ from pandemic? Briefly explain the impact of Corona Virus on human life and environment. ans. Pandamic means wide spread of a disease or occurance that spreads world wide or over a very wide area crossing international boundaries like corona virus, zika virus, etc where as epidemic is an occurance over a specific geographical area or a country like flood, landslides etc.

Corona has caused devasticating impact on human life, it has brought a cage life for human, People were locked in their home, there was no source of income for family members due to this. On the other hands it has brought good changes in environment pollution has decrease & we are able to see clear blue sky without dust & smoke. Thus corona has both negative & positive impacts.