Long Answer Questions:

1.In response to the speaker’s question.” What singed thy wings?” The Koel replies, “The fire of love has charred my wings.” What does the Koel’s answer suggest? Can love burn like fire? Is this burning a positive thing on a negative one? Explain.

The Koel’s answer suggests the separation from his beloved is unbearable. His heart is always at his beloved. His mind was rapt in the feeling of love.

No, love can not burn like fire, but its effect on a lover is great. His feeling make him hot. Regarding burning it is a negative one. Because it is fire which burns everything good or bad.

2.Why does the poet call the Koel “a rain of spark” Explain?

“The Koel’s strains likes a rain of spark” means as raindrops cover a vast area So is the spark. In spark tinny glowing fit is thrown off from a burning substance, and fire the others. So do the Koel’s voice. So the poet has compared Koel’s voice to the rain of spark.

3.Why is the Koel restless? Is she able to win over his restlessness? If no, why?

The Koel is restless because he is far from his beloved, that is why his song is shedding a sad song which seems to be setting on fire.

4.Why is a Koel praised? How do you feel when you hear its voice?

A Koel is praised for his/her song. The bird is praised and welcomed as the darling bird of spring. It is a sweet singing bird which sing in spring. It is the darling of the spring. I have been hearing his song in the spring ever since my school-boy days. The Koel’s song reminds him of his memories. The Koel’s song echoes through out the valley and seems to pass hill to hill.

5.Do you think that the Koel symbolises true love?

No, the Koel does not symbolise true love. The koels do not build their own nest and so he koel and she koel do not live together. They are wandering birds. Their lives are separate They are seen only in Spring and his/. her voice is heard. They do not live togather like other birds.

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