Rajneesh, the running brook!

4. THINNER THAN A CRESCENT        By: VIDYAPATI  C.1. Long Answer Questions: 1. Describe Radha's condition, as reported by her friend? Ans. : According to the friend, the tears shed missing Lord Krishna by Radha  has carved out a river of tears and She painfully thinks of Him only on its bank. She is so careless about Her health. She is even not mentally balanced due to over thinking. 2. Why is Radha's friend so worried? Ans. : Radha's friend is so worried as she is concerned about her friend's health, both physical and emotional. Radha is totally confused and her health is detoriating day by day. She is growing thinner and thinner and now she seems to be thinner than the crescent in the sky. 3. " Radha each day/ grows thinner/thinner than the crescent in the sky," comment on the use of imagery. Ans. : The present poem is full of imageries to flash the realistic picture of the pathetic condition of Radha. They are so powerful as they give a pictorial represent

STD. X          SUBJECT: ENGLISH POETRY         4. THINNER THAN A CRESCENT                  By: VIDYAPATI          PRACTICE QUESTIONS  B. Answer the following questions briefly: 1. Why is Radhika crying? Ans. : Goddess Radhika is crying as She has not seen Lord Krishna, Her beloved, for sometime. 2. What two feelings of Radha have been referred to by her friend ? Ans. : The following two feelings have been referred to by Radha's friend: (i.) Her tender cry for Lord Krishna and (ii.) Her nervousness and confusion               caused by separation between the both. 3. To whom does the friend make a report? Ans.: The friend makes a report to Lord.        Krishna about Radha's pathetic condition. 4. What do Radha's friends believe in? Ans. : Radha's friends believe in their joyful meeting in the near future. 5. Why did Radha's friend run to Lord Krishna? Ans. : She ran to Him to report Radha's pathetic condition. - RAJNEESH KUMAR MISHRA