Do not Ask of Me My Love question and answer for class 11. We explained notes of the poem Do not Ask of Me, My Love for first PUC.
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Do not Ask of Me My Love question and answer for class 11
Comprehension: I
1. When does the speaker realize what he thought about love was not true?
Ans: The speaker saw the society there are other sorrows then love he finally understood that the love is an illusion.
2. ‘That’s the way I imagined it to be.’ suggests
(a) that the speaker’s concept of love is naive.
(b) the speaker’s realisation of realities.
(c) the speaker’s view of love was just a wishful thinking.
Ans: (a) that the speaker’s concept of love is naive.
3. ‘for there are other sorrows in the world than love,’ here ‘sorrows’ refers to miseries
(a) Generated by love.
(b) Caused by poverty and deprivation.
(c) Caused by jealousy and envy.
Ans: (b) Caused by poverty and deprivation
4. ‘You’re beautiful still, my love’ here the speaker is expressing his
(a) fidelity to his love.
(b) inability to pay the same undivided attention to his love.
(c) preoccupations with other issues in life than his love.
Ans: (a) fidelity to his love.
Comprehension: II
1. What does the line ‘those dark and brutal curses of countless centuries’ suggest?
Ans: The poet expresses his faith in love and at the same time he remembers his responsibility to contribute something to his country. The lines “those dark and brutal curses of countless centuries” suggests there are many problems of poverty and deficiency.
notes of the poem Do not Ask of Me My Love for first PUC
2. What harsh realities of life have drawn the speaker’s attention much more than the beauty of his beloved?
Ans: The speaker paid attention to the realities of life rather than the beauty of his beloved. His own people struggled under the cruel authorities of the powerful countries. Everywhere dead bodies of the people are seen. Market places are the places of dead bodies. The speaker’s eyes had seen all the sorrows of the native people so he had to turn towards them.
3. What transformation in the perception of love do you see in the poem?
Ans: A transformation from imagination to reality can be seen in the perception of love. Every teenager lives in a world of illusions and dreams of his love, but when he is more mature and delves deep in the society and its problems, he realises that love is not a complete world and there are other more important issues out there.
Comprehension: III
1. At the end of the poem we feel ‘the speaker does not love his beloved less, but the suffering humanity more’. Do you agree?
Ans: Yes, I agree. In this poem the speaker changed his mind towards the social things. The subject of the country struggled without freedom. He started his focus on the suffering people who had cruelly been killed by the oppressed. The speaker advocated the cruel barbaric attitude of the foreign countries.
Do not Ask of Me My Love questions and answers for PUC first
2. Many critics have pointed out in this poem ‘the beloved’ means not just a lover but country and nationalism. With this observation, does the poem read differently?
Ans: The speaker loved his country more than his love. His patriotism has been spread throughout this poem. He cares for his people who suffered in the hands of the foreigners, He had given more importance to sorrows in the world rather than his personal love. He wished this country must turn towards freedom and prosperity as such.
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