POEM 5- JUSTICE - QUESTION AND ANSWERS - 2 MARKS - CLASS 9

 

POEM 5- JUSTICE - QUESTION AND ANSWERS - 2 MARKS - CLASS 9 

JUSTICE

I.

1. What is justice reduced to trade?

Ans: Justice reduced to trade when it is earned for money

2. What is poet’s concern about justice expressed in the line, ‘A distressing gain through loss?’

Ans: The poet feels that getting justice for money become trade.

3. What kind of aright is justice?

Ans: According to the poet inherent right is justice.

4. What kind of justice is dead, according to the poet?

Ans: According to the poet justice with no heart for truth and no dash for right cause is dead.

5. How does the poet describe justice?

Ans: The poet describes justice as cool like ice and still like rock.

6. What present status of justice worries the poet?

Ans: Justice is lost in thick jungle of lightless night like a deer caught in lion’s lair. This status of justice worries the poet.

II.

1. The poet compares justice to ‘gold strains’, ‘ice’ and ‘rock’ why?

Ans: Gold strains are highly valuable and bounded in earth but man exploits it. In the same way justice is also valuable. Man exploits it for his selfish end. Ice is cool and rock stands still. The justice also has the characters of coolness and stillness.

2. Poet says ‘No easy road charm her soul, While hardship makes her no more justice.’ Do you find his opinion about justice?

Ans: Yes, we find poet opinion about justice is contrasting. Poet says that justice is inherent right and at the same time he says that justice is cool like ice and still hard like rock. Poet says that getting justice through hard ship is not a justice.