Poem 2 Growing With Love

Growing  With Love

Lord, protect the little ones,
Those learning to walk, to run, to climb,
As they take their tumbles and their knocks,

Help them grow strong like chestnut trees,

May they be upright as tall pines climbing the hills.
But teach them to bend too -
To be humble like the willow,
Which bows low gracefully,
And comes to no harm.

Ruskin Bond

On the basis of the reading of the poem, answer the following questions in brief.

1.       Who prays to God in the above poem?

2.       What does he pray to Him in the fourth line?

3.       What does he pray to Him in the fifth line?

4.       What does he pray to Him in the sixth line?

5.       What qualities of the willow tree have been highlighted in the above poem?

Answers

11. Poet Ruskin Bond  

2.  He prays for the children to grow strong like chestnut tree. Chestnut tree are known for their hardness and reliability.

3. He wishes for them to be straight and tall as pines trees. He emphasizes that the children should be taught to deal their life with straightforwardness and truthful

3. He prays to God in sixth line for the children to be flexible and give in for overall goodness.

5. The willow tree is a soft tree which bends and in the drakest storm they blow along with flow of wind whereas upright and strong trees are bound to suffer from damages or uprootment. Willow manages to hold itself. As a man one should be able to face their problem with flexibility and overcome them insetad of giving it up.