NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Poem 2 Wind

Short Note:

• Subramania Bharati was a great Tamil poet and freedom fighter whose works often carried strong messages about courage and inner strength.

• In this poem, the wind is personified as a powerful, sometimes destructive force that breaks weak houses, doors, shutters and fragile objects.

• The poet addresses the wind directly, questioning why it seeks out and destroys only weak things, using this as a metaphor for how life challenges reveal and break those who are not inwardly strong.

Short Note:

• The poem's central message is that only those who build inner strength, sound bodies and firm hearts can withstand the difficulties and 'winds' of life.

• It encourages readers to become strong and resilient rather than complaining about hardships, comparing the wind's mockery of the weak to how life tests everyone.

• The poem ends with the idea that the wind, representing life's challenges, can actually become a friend to those who are strong enough to befriend it.

Short Note:

• Personification: The wind is given human qualities, described as laughing, mocking and roaring at weak things.

• Repetition: Phrases like 'come, let us build strong homes' emphasise the poem's call to action and resilience.

• Symbolism: The wind symbolises the difficulties and obstacles of life, while weak doors and lamps symbolise fragile, unprepared people.