Most often people keep silent against sensitive social issues. This silence can be interpreted as some kind of stammer. Do you agree with this argument? Express your views in the form of a write-up.
(Hints: fear of social seclusion - public reaction - self-centeredness)
Score: 6
March 2020
Read the lines from the poem ‘Stammer and answer the questions that follow:
Stammer is the silence that falls
between the word and its meaning
just as lameness is the
Silence that falls between
the word and deed
1. What is common to ‘stammer’ and ‘lameness’ ‘?
2. Identify the figure of speech employed in the lines.
3. What does the poet think of ‘stammer’?
Score: 3x1=3
March 2018
Comment on the lines : “When a whole people stammer Stammer becomes our mother tongue; just as it is with us now.”
Score: 2
June 2024
Model Answer:
When the poet says that stammer has become our mother tongue, he means that we are afraid to raise our voice against all kinds of injustice. When we are asked about our opinion on sensitive topics, we either keep silence or we stammer. When the whole people exhibit this trait, we can say that stammer has become our mother tongue. The poet is actually accusing the present generation reminding us that we have become spineless.
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