ANIMALS

Human beings

WALT WHITMAN

ANIMALS

BY: WALT WHITMAN

In this poem the poet, Whitman compares man to animals. He finds that man

lacks many virtues that animals have. The poet says that he feels more at home with animal than human

beings since they are selfish, false, and always

dissatisfied, while animals shows their love for us.

I think I could turn

and live with animals,

they are so placid and

self contain’d,

I stand and look at them long and long

PLACID

CONTAINED

CALM

SELF -CONFIDENT

They do not sweat and whine about their

condition,They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for

their sins,They do not make me sick

discussing their duty to God,

SweatSalty liquid come out of

the body

Whine Complaint

Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of

owing things,Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands

of years ago,Not one is respectable or

unhappy over the whole earth.

Owing

Demented

Mad

possessing

So they show their relations to me and I accept them,

They bring me tokens of myself, they evince them plainly in their possessionI wonder where they get those tokens,Did I pass that way huge times ago and

negligently drop them?

Question time

Q.1 What does Whitman want to turn from?a.Human beingb.Animalc.Good qualityd.All of the above

Q.2 Whom does the poet wish to live with?a.Human beingb.Animalc.Both A and Bd.None of the above

Q 3. How do animals appear to the poet?a.Calmb.Full of self confidentc.Well contentedd.All of these

Q 4. Who is/are always complaining about their condition?a.The poetb.animalsc.human beingd.All of these

Q. 5 Animals don’t do?a.Never sweatb.Never complain c.Never weep for sinsd.All of the above

Q. 6 Who kneels to another?a.human beingb.Animalc.Both A and Bd.None of the above

Q. 7 According to Whitman who are greater?a.Human beingb.Animalsc.Both A and Bd.None of the above

Q. 8 What do the animals possess?a.Kindnessb.Fellow-feeling for allc.Sympathyd.All of the above

Q. 9 What mania do the human beings suffer from?a.Possessing of thingsb.Good qualityc.Peaced.Contentment

Q. 10 Who is the poet?a.Robert frostb.W.B Yeatsc.Walt Whitmand.Carl Sandburg