The Power Of Music
“The Power of Music” by Sukumar Ray celebrates how music can negatively inspire and evoke emotions and human experience. Practise the following MCQs and questions & answers from the poem.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the poet describe the impact of music on emotions?
2. Which of the following is used to illustrate the power of music?
3. Which literary device is used predominantly in the poem?
4. What is the meaning of the word ‘languish’?
5 Arrange the following in the correct order
1.blast of brutal violence, 2.The welkin weeps to hear his screech, and mighty mansions tumble. 3.The people, dazed, retire amazed although they know it’s well-meant. 4.stop your singing quickly!
6. What tone does Sukumar Ray adopt in the poem?
7. What is the central theme of the poem?
8. How does the noise end?
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The fishes dived below the lake in frantic search
for silence, The very trees collapse and shake – you hear the
crash a mile hence –
Question: What does the action of the fishes signify about their environment?
Answer: The fishes are disturbed by the noise or chaos above them indicating that their environment is noisy and they need refuge from the disturbance. The noise here refers to the song sung by Bhisma Lochan Sharma.
Question: What does the imagery of fishes and trees contribute to the overall tone of the passage?
Answer: It is the universal impact of disturbance on both aquatic and terrestrial life interconnecting nature and the turmoil affecting all forms of life. The Poet humorously quotes that all forms of life are affected by the song of Bhisma Lochan Sharma.
The strains of song are tossed and whirled by
blast of brutal violence, And Bhisma Lochan grants the world the golden
gift of silence.
Question: What does the term brutal violence contribute to the overall tone of the passage?
Answer: The term brutal violence contributes to the harsh and aggressive tone emphasising the destructive nature of the situation contrasting sharply with the notions of music which usually convey beauty and harmony. On the other end, the attack of the goat is referred to as the brutal violence here.
Question: What is the significance of the line 'Bhisma Lochan grants the world the golden gift of silence'?
Answer: A wise goat attacks Sharma with its horns and makes a bellowing sound similar to the noise made by him. The singer Bhisma is hit and tossed in the air thrown away by the goat with a heavy blow. Thus the noise ends and everyone gets the golden gift of silence.
