THE POWER OF MUSIC (Textbook Answers)

 THE POWER OF MUSIC (Class-IX)

1. Bhisma Lochan Sharma sings during summer season. His songs can be heard all over from hill to plain and from Delhi to Burma.
2. Bhisma Lochan Sharma sings as if he has put his life at a stake or in other words risked his life. He also sings as if he determined to sing regardless of what might happen. He does not care for anything on his way and just goes on singing.
3. The people on the road are awestruck when Bhisma Lochan Sharma starts singing. They are trampled in panic and start running about in a disorganized way, trying to escape from the strain of Bhisma’s song. They plead him to stop his song immediately or else they will die.
4. Bhisma’s songs do not only have their effect on the humans, but also animals. The bullock-carts are overturned, horses neigh in panic. But Bhisma passes by unconcerned. The poor animals start screaming in annoyance the moment his singing starts. The fishes dive deep into the lake in search of peace.
5. The moment Bhisma starts singing, the trees collapse and shake and their crash can be heard far away. The birds in the sky flip over by Bhisma’s ear-piercing melody.
6. (7)The goat is described as being sagacious because it is clever and has a clear knowledge and understanding of the world. He understands the torture which is caused by the song of Bhisma. Therefore, he decides to teach Bhisma a lesson for his life and thereby end his raucous. So, the goat charges Bhisma with his horns and thus the latter turns silent for life.
7. (8)The expression “with bellow answ’ring bellow’ implies an eye for an eye. In other words, to reply someone in the same way or action that he or she does. In the poem, the goat replies Bhisma in the same violent way as Bhisma’s song had brought about to everyone.
Reference to the Context
1. He sings….hell-bent’
a. Bhisma Lochan Sharma has staked his life. The phrase implies that Bhisma Lochan Sharma sings as if he has put his life at a stake or in other words risked his life.
b. Hell-bent means that he also sings as if he determined to sing regardless of what might happen. He does not care for anything on his way and just goes on singing.
c. The people on the road are awestruck when Bhisma Lochan Sharma starts singing. They are trampled in panic and start running about in a disorganized way, trying to escape from the strain of Bhisma’s song. They plead him to stop his song immediately or else they will die.
2. ‘But Bhisma Lochan…broadside’
a. Bhisma Lochan Sharma is unconcerned about the raucous he has created through his singing. Bhisma Lochan Sharma sings as if he has put his life at a stake or in other words risked his life. He also sings as if he determined to sing regardless of what might happen. He does not care for anything on his way and just goes on singing.
b. ‘Broadside’ refers to the verbal attack that Bhisma was constantly doing through his song and it is directed to the poor animals on the road.
c. The people on the road are awestruck when Bhisma Lochan Sharma starts singing. They are trampled in panic and start running about in a disorganized way, trying to escape from the strain of Bhisma’s song. They plead him to stop his song immediately or else they will die. Bhisma’s songs do not only have their effect on the humans, but also animals. The bullock-carts are overturned, horses neigh in panic. But Bhisma passes by unconcerned. The poor animals start screaming in annoyance the moment his singing starts. The fishes dive deep into the lake in search of peace. The moment Bhisma starts singing, the trees collapse and shake and their crash can be heard far away. The birds in the sky flip over by Bhisma’s ear-piercing melody.