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● Fable Poem Short Questions Answers:
Here is the detailed study of the poem Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this lesson we will study the every line of the poem Fable and will try to get the explanation of every line of the poem. Just click on the Play button of the video below and study the poem Fable.
● Analysis of the poem Fable in details
Fable Poem Questions Answers:
1) Who had a quarrel in the poem Fable? What was the quarrel about?
Ans:- The mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel in the poem Fable. The quarrel was about the superiority claimed by the mountain over the squirrel.
2) What is the name of the squirrel in this poem?
Ans:- The name of the squirrel in this poem is Bun.
3) What did the mountain call the squirrel?
Ans:- The mountain called the squirrel ‘Little Prig’.
4) “And the former called the latter Little Prig” – Who was the former and who was the latter?
Ans: Here the former was the mountain and the latter was the squirrel.
5) What was the indirect claim of the mountain when he called the squirrel ‘Little Prig’?
Ans: By calling the squirrel ‘Little Prig’, the mountain claimed that he was far bigger than squirrel.
6) Why did the mountain call the squirrel ‘Little Prig’?
Ans:- In the poem the mountain called the squirrel ‘Little Prig’ because the squirrel plays the role of a moralistic and tries to justify himself that he is self-righteously correct.
7) What according to the squirrel can make up a year?
Ans:- According to the squirrel all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make up a year.
8) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?
Ans:- It is not a disgrace to the squirrel that he is small creature in size and occupy a small place on the Earth.
9) Why does the squirrel not feel disgrace to occupy his place on the Earth?
Ans:- The squirrel does not feel disgrace to occupy his place on the Earth because in spite of being a small creature, he has an important role to play on the Earth.
10) What was doubtlessly accepted by squirrel?
Ans: The squirrel doubtlessly accepted the fact that the mountain was very big in size.
11) What does the squirrel say about the mountain and itself?
Ans:- According to the squirrel, the mountain is doubtlessly very big in size but it does not even have half the liveliness and energy of the squirrel.
12) In which aspects does the mountain and the squirrel differ from each other and how?
Ans:- The mountain and the squirrel differ from each in their size and also from their respective talents.
A squirrel being a very small in size can not carry forest on it’s back like mountain. But at the same time, the mountain though big in size, can not perform a simple task like cracking a nut.
13) What does the squirrel say about talent?
Ans:- According to the squirrel, every living and non-living things and species has been gifted with natural skills and potentials. Only the skills are not identical. But all the talents are well and wisely put together to maintain the balance of nature.
14) What is fable?
Ans:- A fable is short story mainly with animal characters and it conveys a moral at the end.
15) Why is the poem given the title ‘Fable’?
Ans:- The poem is given the title ‘Fable’ because there is an animal character, the squirrel who plays an important role in the poem and the poem has a moral that every living and non-living thing whether they are small or big has an important role to play on the Earth.
16) What does the mountain boast of ?
Ans:- The mountain can boast of its enormous size. It feels proud of taking a huge place on the earth.
17) What type of attitude does the squirrel have in his nature in the poem?
Ans: The squirrel has a strong moralistic attitude in his character. He feels himself righteously correct and does not feel shame to occupy small place on the earth.
18) What according to the squirrel are the limitations of the mountain?
Ans: According to the squirrel, the mountain can not perform a simple task like cracking a nut and does not even have half of the energy like squirrel.
19) What is the cause of the quarrel between the squirrel and the mountain?
Ans: The causes of the quarrel between the squirrel and the mountain are for their size, power, capability and the place they occupy on the earth.
20) How does the mountain belittle the squirrel?
Ans: The mountain belittles the squirrel by calling him a ‘Little Prig’. He mocks at his small size and his moralistic behaviour.
21) What is the logic behind the argument of the squirrel?
Ans: The logic found behind the argument of the squirrel is that every little or big living or non-living being or thing has been created well and wisely by God with a significant purpose and importance behind their existence.
22) Why are all kinds of weather important to make up a year?
Ans: According to the atmospheric condition a year is the amalgamation of all types of weather. So it is impossible to complete a year without any kind of weather as it can break the ecological balance.
23) Mention two qualities of the mountain.
Ans: The two qualities of the mountain mentioned in the poem “Fable” are – the mountain can carry forest on its back and it can make a pretty squirrel track.
24) What is it that the squirrel does not deny?
Ans: The squirrel does not deny that he is not as large as mountain in size and also can not make a pretty squirrel track which the mountain can do.
25) “All is well and wisely put” – What is suggested here?
Ans: Through this line the poet wants to suggest that nature is kind and judicious to all of her creations.
26) What is the moral lesson of the poem “Fable”?
Ans: The poem “Fable” gives us a valuable lesson that every object or creature on earth has its own talents to justify its existence.
27) “You are doubtless very big” – What attitude of the speaker is revealed here?
Ans: Here the squirrel admits that superiority of the mountain in respect of size though the mountain mocks at the small squirrel. It suggests that squirrel is humble and appreciative to the mountain.
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