All Important Questions with answers from the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’.
Q. 1: Give the substance of the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’.
Ans: The poet cherishes a long desire for travelling. The sunrise designates the starting of poet’s journey to an infinite. The seas, the stars and the sky call him clearly. The poet can’t imagine where the roads and Blue hills are at an end. Man takes the sun for friend and the star for guidance. The call of the rivers, the roads and the birds symbolise the end of the voyage. The horizon lies at a distance in view. The incoming and outgoing ships add to the urge of the poet for voyaging. The poet may come but he must go. The stars, the sun and the white road are to blame because it is they who have enticed the poet away.
Q. 2: Justify the title of the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’.
Ans: the title of the poem reflects the very theme of the poem. In the present poem this trend is followed too. The title of the poem ‘Wander-Thirst’ is as simple as the theme of the poem. The word ‘Wander’ simply means the ‘journey’ or ‘a voyage’. The word ‘Thirst’ is used simply express the voyager’s thirst about a sea voyage. But here the word ‘Thirst’ is used idiomatically. The poet is thirsty not only to wander here and there but also to explore the unknown world such as white road and blue hill. The poet became mad hearing the call of the stars and the sky. His thirst for wandering let him forget and leave the house. Here also the poet makes no secret of the fact that adventurism works in him like madness. So the title justifies the theme of the poem.
Q. 3: Describe the journey which Gerald Gould intends to depict in the poem Wander -Thirst.
Ans: The poet Gerald Gould has an irresistible desire for going to different places to see the unseen and to know the unknown. He has the thirst for travel far and wide. Beyond the East there is the sunrise and beyond the West there is the sea. The seas, the stars and the sky call him clearly. He can not ignore the call of the seas, the stars and the sky. He can not resist himself from travel. The unknown calls him. The white road and the blue hills symbolise the unknown. But he will not travel alone. The sun will be his friend and the North Star will be his guide. His voyage will be his friend and it will be unending. If a man hears the call of the rivers, the roads and a bird, he will never lose his appetite for visiting beautiful scenes and sights. He will wander from one place to another to feast his eyes and relish his desires. In the sea he observes the return of the old ships and the departure of the new ships for different places. The poet may have returned from his last visit, but again he is eager to go for his next journey. This is possible because of the irresistible call of Nature and his wander thirst.
Short Questions
Q. 1: Explain the meaning of ‘Wander-Thirst’.
Ans: Wander-Thirst means thirst for wandering. The poet has the unquenchable thirst for going out. The seas, the sky, the road, the hills call him. The poet hears the calls from the seas and the sky and the roads and he cannot rest from travel.
Q. 2: Why does the poet uses capital letters in Wander-Thirst?
Ans: The poet uses capital letters in Wander-Thirst to put emphasis on the word and gives a significance to it.
Q. 3: Where does the long horizon lie? What does the poet see there?
Ans: The long line of the horizon is stretched very far nearly.
The poet finds there the home-coming old ships and the out- going young ships.
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