Important short questions: Brotherhood
Q. 1:- What does the word ‘Brotherhood’ suggest?
Ans:- The word ‘Brotherhood’ suggests that everything in the universe is organically related.
Q. 2:- Whom does the poet dedicate his poem, ‘Brotherhood’ ?
Ans:- The poet dedicates his poem, ‘Brotherhood’ to Claudius Ptolemy who was a Greek astronomer and mathematician from ancient Rome.
Q. 3:- What time of the day is mentioned in the poem, ‘Brotherhood’ ?
Ans:- Night time is mentioned in the poem, ‘Brotherhood’.
Q. 4:- What do ‘the star’ symbolize ?
Ans:- ‘The stars’ symbolizes the cosmic force that shape our life and control the human world.
Q. 5:- What is the full name of the poet of this poem ?
Ans:- The full name of the poet of this poem is Octavio Paz Lozano.
Q. 6:- What does the poet think about his life ?
Ans:- The poet thinks that his life is short and his destiny is pre-determined.
Q. 7:- In this poem there is a contrast between two things. What are they?
Ans:- The two things are universe and man.
Q. 8:- Why is the night enormous?
Ans:- The night is enormous because it represents the whole universe.
Q. 9:- “Unknowing I understand” — What does the poet mean by this expression?
Ans:- By this expression the poet says that human life is merely a small span in the continuity of time and that life's purpose is determined by the stars.
Q.10:- By which poet was Octavio Paz much influence ?
Ans: Octavio Paz was much influenced by the South American poet Pablo Neruda.
➣➣Last Years Questions | HS Final Examination:
Q. 1:- “Unknowing I understand” — What does the poet understand ? HS - ’14, ’18
Ans:- The poet understands that his destiny is pre-determined.
Q. 2:- Who do the stars control in the poem, ‘Brotherhood’ ? HS - ’14
Ans:- In the poem ‘Brotherhood’ the stars control the whole universe, as well as the human world.
Q. 3:- What does the poet see when he looks up in the poem ‘Brotherhood’ ? HS - ’15, ’17
Ans:- When the poet looks up, in the poem ‘Brotherhood’, he sees the stars writing his destiny.
Q. 4:- Who, according to Octavio Paz, writes the destiny of man ? HS - ’15, ’17
Ans:- According to Octavio Paz, the stars write the destiny of man.
Q. 5:- In ‘Brotherhood’, what does Octavio Paz mean by “Little do I last” ? HS - ’16
Ans:- The expression means that human life is very short on this earth.
Q. 6:- What do the stars write ? HS - ’16, ’20
Ans:- The stars write the destiny of man.
Q. 7:- How is the night in ‘Brotherhood’ ? HS - ’18
Ans:- In ‘Brotherhood’ the night is enormous.
Q. 8:- How does the poet introduce himself in the poem ‘Brotherhood’ ? HS - ’19
Ans:- In the poem ‘Brotherhood’, the poet introduces himself as a simple man and earthly life is temporal.
Q. 9:- Who spells out the poet's destiny ? HS – 19
Ans:- The reader of the poem spells out the poet’s destiny.
Q. 10:- What does the expression “Little do I last” refer to? HS - ’20
Ans:- The expression reflects the sheer insignificance of human existence against the enormity of night which also connotes the cosmos.
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