The Little Black Boy by William Blake short Questions

The Little Black Boy 

by William 

short Questions  

Why does the black boy sad?
The black boy is sad on the discrimination of the white who dislike the black and treat them in an inhumane way. They use them as slaves.

How does the black boy console himself?
He consoles himself that he is also creation of God and has the white soul like the Whiteman. Then why he should he fall a victim to inferiority complex.

When all human beings will be treated equally?
All the human beings will be treated equally on the Day of Judgment when there will be no discrimination. All the black and the white will be standing in the same line
and same place.

What is the message of the poet in this poem?
William Blake wants to condemn the racism in this
world. He wants his fellow being understand that all the human beings are sons of one father, Adam. They have the same white soul. So they should not prefer someone just because of the colour of his skin.

What does the little boy tell about himself?

The little black boy tells about his childhood how and

where he was brought up and in which circumstance.

Where does the black boy used to live?

The black boy lived in southern areas of subcontinent of Africa, the land of the blacks. He there was happy in the lap of his mother who used to tell about their Creator, God.

Holy Thursday by William Black short Questions

Holy Thursday By William Black 

Short Questions  

From where so many children come to attend the church?
The children gather form different charity schools to attend the church to celebrate the 'Holy Thursday'. 

How do the children walk?
The children walk in pairs. Two children walk together to join the long line of countless others. 

In which uniform do the children come to the church?
The children come to the church with (red, green) and blue uniforms. They look like flowers of different colours. 

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? 
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAB. It is written in four quatrains and possess variation on the ballad stanza. 

What is the theme of this poem? 
The hypocrisy of the rich and the adversities of the poor is the theme of this poem.

What type of the poem is this?
The poem is a ballad. It has religious theme and at-upper level possess the qualities of a ballad. 

Which question does the poet ask the readers? 
The poet asks the readers whether it is the duty of only some specific persons to help the children of charity schools or it is the duty of all the people who live in London. 

What does the winter in this poem signify? 
The winter signifies the adverse circumstance the children facing because they neither get physical 
comfort nor love warmth.

What does "Holy Thursday" symbolize?
"Holy Thursday" symbolize the Blake's love for religion. He chooses a pure religious theme for this thought-provoking poem.

Where do the children gather for a Holy Thursday?
The children gather at Saint Paul's tomb to perform a religious event. They are here to celebrate the Holy Thursday.

How Keats describes a number of children?
Keats describes a great of number of children with the running water of the River Thames. 

What does the poet name the faces of the children?
The poet calls the faces of the children as 'the flowers of London'. Actually, he wants to present the true picture of so-called developed city London. 

The Chimney Sweeper Poem by William Blake Short Questions

The Chimney Sweeper Poem by William Blake 

Short Questions

How many stanzas are in chimney sweeper?
The chimney sweeper has six stanzas of six lines each.

What do you know about the rhyme scheme of the poem?
It has the rhyme scheme of AABV CCDD EEFF.

What are the Boys names who are working?
They are named as Dick,Joe,Ned, and Jack.

Who has hair as curling as lamb's back?
Tom is the boy who has white and curling hair like those found on the lamb's back. But his white hair is turned grey because of living in smoke all the time.

Why does the little boys were employed for
sweeping?
The little boys were employed for sweeping purpose because they were sold just for few pounds. Some of them were sons of master sweepers. A few were sent by the parent to get money.

What dream has Tom seen?
Tom has a dream that he along with other boys have been died and are lying in the graves within black coffins. It is a symbol because they live in the black coffins all the day in their real life.

What does the poem is about?
The poem is about child labour.The children were assigned the hard duty of sweeping the chimneys. They were doing this duty unwilling. Many of them were sold by their parent for just a few pounds.

Why the narrator of the poem seemed unhappy?
The narrator of the poem is unhappy because he was sold by his father to do the humble and humiliated work of sweeping chimneys.

A Poison Tree short Questions

A Poison Tree short Questions 

How many stanzas are in A Poison Tree?
The poem is consisting of four stanzas of four lines each.

What does mean by " A Poison Tree"?
It means by Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. In this way the poem suggests that biblical tree.

What does the ' apple' on the tree signify?
The 'apple' on the tree signifies the fruit of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. The fruit was eaten by Adam and Eve and the both were expelled from the paradise.We see the narrator's foe also becomes a victim in the same way when he eats this fruit.

What the poet wants to say?
The poet wants to say that if we are angry with some one, we should express our anger so that we may avoid ourselves from wrath.

What is the subject of this poem?
The subject of the poem is that how people classify other people as friends and foes and how they treat friends and foes.

What would happen if one suppresses one's wrath?
If one suppresses one's wrath, it becomes more intense and results the loss of some body's life.

What does the poet want us to do?
The poet wants his readers to be brave and express their anger at the very early stage otherwise they may harm their foes.

What is the theme of this poem?
The theme of the poem is that how the suppression of anger leads to the cultivation of anger. We should avoid it.

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
The poem is consisting of two quatrains. It is written in iambic tetrameter, four iambic feet with a variation on the pattern.