I. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence each:<\/span><\/p>\n The Farmer’s Wife Notes 1st PUC Question 1.<\/strong> Farmers Wife Notes 1st PUC Question 2.<\/strong> Farmer’s Wife Notes\u00a0 Question 3.<\/strong> The Farmer’s Wife Summary 1st PUC Question 4.<\/strong> 1st Puc English The Farmer’s Wife Notes 1st PUC Question 5.<\/strong> Question 6. Question 7. Question 8. Question 9. Question 10. Question 11. Question 12. II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph each:<\/span><\/p>\n Question 1. Question 2. The farmer was unable to pay the debts and he left all the debts to his wife, so she was very sad on his act of committing suicide. The feminist concept was also highlighted in the poem, the phrase \u201cI was born with a head bent\u201d justifies die discrimination in our society between men and women.<\/p>\n Man is born with his head held- high, but a woman is born with her head bent. But he did not face his creditors bravely and left all this to his wife to solve. She accused her husband that he poisoned himself and gone away by poisoning his wife\u2019s existence. She remembered the memories of his beating, blaming, drinking, and kicking haunting her. She never dreamt that he would commit suicide.<\/p>\n It was true that the crop was gone but the debt remained there and dignity had hit the dust. She expresses her helplessness that how would she be able to bear the burden of their four children. She compared her condition with \u201cworm – eaten cotton pods.\u201d She got ambiguity and asked what was that and why he committed suicide.<\/p>\n At last, she confidently asserts her determination to struggle out her life even without her husband for the sake of her children. So, she shows a strong will to survive against all difficulties. Her voice is raised against the society in general.<\/p>\n Karnataka 1st PUC English Textbook Answers Reflections Chapter 9 The Farmer\u2019s Wife I. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: The Farmer’s Wife Notes 1st PUC Question 1. Who do \u2018you\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019 in the poem refer to? Answer: \u2018You\u2019 refers to the farmer. \u2018I\u2019 refers to the farmer\u2019s …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90761,"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87547\/revisions\/90761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWho do \u2018you\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019 in the poem refer to?
\nAnswer:
\n\u2018You\u2019 refers to the farmer.
\n\u2018I\u2019 refers to the farmer\u2019s wife (speaker).<\/p>\n
\nWhy has the speaker\u2019s husband committed suicide?
\nAnswer:
\nHis failure in growing cotton crops and his inability to repay his loans.<\/p>\n
\nWhat series of contrasts does the speaker draw between herself and her husband?
\n(or)<\/p>\n
\nWhat expressions in the poem bring out the contrast between the speaker and her husband\u2019s plight? What difference does this indicate?
\nAnswer:
\nThe poetess contrasted the farmer as virtuous and herself as a sinner. He had gone without having to bend his head in shame and she has to bend her head. He found a release with poison, by poisoning her remaining life. The difference was that he was happy in his death and .she was sad being alive. All his sadness and debts fell on her to take care of. Her husband was a coward to end his life instead of facing them bravely. She was the brave soul ready to face all hardships.<\/p>\n
\nThe farmer\u2019s wife in the poem is,
\n(a) complaining about her husband\u2019s death.
\n(b) lamenting the death of her husband.
\n(c) angry that her husband has left her.
\n(d) bitter about her husband\u2019s act.
\n(e) worried about her future.
\n(f) all of the above.
\nAnswer:
\n(f) all of the above.<\/p>\n
\nWhat memories of her husband trouble her now?
\nAnswer:
\nThe memories of him beating her, blaming her, drinking and kicking, trouble her now.<\/p>\n
\nWhat does the phrase \u2018harvest of my womb\u2019 suggest? Why is their plight compared to worm-eaten cotton pod?
\nAnswer:
\n\u201cHarvest of my womb\u201d refers to her children. Their plight is compared to \u201cworm – eaten cotton pod\u201d because that is what causes the farmers to commit suicide by not getting a good harvest. Worm – eaten cotton pod was the root cause of their tragedy and so was their plight.<\/p>\n
\nTo what condition had her husband\u2019s act of committing suicide pushed her?
\nAnswer:
\nHer husband\u2019s act of committing suicide had pushed her into a bottomless pit.<\/p>\n
\nThe poem ends with,
\n(a) an assertion.
\n(b) a deep sense of failure and despondency.
\n(c) a will to survive against all odds.
\nAnswer:
\n(c) a will to survive against all odds.<\/p>\nThe Farmer\u2019s Wife\u00a0Additional Question and Answer<\/h3>\n
\nWhich crop did the farmers grow?
\nAnswer:
\nThe farmers grew cotton crop.<\/p>\n
\nWhat did remain after the death of the farmer?
\nAnswer:
\nThe debt remained after the death of the farmer.<\/p>\n
\nFor whom did the widow live?
\nAnswer:
\nFor her four children.<\/p>\n
\nMany times the tone suggests the attitude of the speaker. What kind of attitudes are suggested by the words \u2018virtuous\u2019, \u2018poor sinner\u2019, \u2018he is but a man\u2019, \u2018what of this?\u2019, \u2018why is this?\u2019
\n(or)<\/p>\n
\nWhat kind of questions does the poem raise about the plight of farmers\u2019 widows? Do you think that these questions are only addressed to the speaker\u2019s dead husband?
\nAnswer:
\nThe poem \u201cThe Farmer\u2019s Wife\u201d is a tragic poem that reflects the helpless conditions of farmers’ widows. The plight of the widows is explained by one such widow. The poet uses many phrases to contrast her condition with that of her dead husband. She called the farmer as \u2018virtuous\u2019 and herself a \u2018poor sinner\u2019.<\/p>\n1st PUC English Textbook Answers\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"