Questions: 'farm within farm' Why am I unable to find the real truth hidden within? 'finds him in space' What stops me from being free.? 'nothing' Where should I begin.?
QUESTIONS: 1.What truth does the summer farm uncover behind my identity? 2.Why am I in this situation? 3.How do I connect to what I observe in Nature? MY ANSWER:(to question 3) McCraig is seen to be the 'hen' and visualizes himself in terms of what he observes in the 'summer farm'. It(the hen) stares at 'nothing' suggesting that the poet is meaningless to the world and is unable to form his own well know identity. The description of the 'empty sky'refers to his absent-mindedness and his inability to answer his own questions about his past.He scrutinizes 'farm within farm', indicating that his mind is flooded with queries one after the other, leaving many unanswered.In the end, he realizes that he is lost 'in the centre', feeling cornered by all his simultaneous thoughts, incapable to decide where to start. He seems helpless.
PEEP:As to portray Caig's self, he seeks around to find answers to his various question, lying in a complete contravention. Being stacked beneath 'self under self' he hesitates to find his true 'self' which lies a suspense till the mere end. His quest in search to find his true identity ,'threaded on time,' searching for the odds or evens in his life, which would put forward a thousand answers, yet remains a page turner.. The setting of it further nourishes to help the readers feel for the poet by keeping standard rhymed paras with words which portray more about the poet then of nature. All in all it being a complete insight into the author's feeling where once again nature plays its beautiful hand in helping a soul to bring out his/her individuality.
QUESTIONS a)Why is my landing so unpredictable? b)Who am I? c)Should I or should I not think? Ans. to c) MacCaig portrays himself to be in a great dilemma. His attempts to find answers based on his identity seem to fail and so he questions his way of trying to find the ideas. Ironically, he contradicts himself by "not thinking" but actually thinking. This leads to the readers thinking of the poet as a depressed soul who is on a quest to find answers on his ancestry and identity, thus overcoming his perplexity and depression.
Sagar , for your third question I feel its wrong as the poet tries hard to think, being within a mental prison. Thoughts do strike him but those seem to be no use to him and hence all haywire. He wants to learn his true 'self' as to understand and discover what he is capable and destined to do. Hence I feel your question should be changed to ' Why such a soul inside me, preventing me from acting naturally'.
This question was discussed and approved by sir in class. Also for your reference you can read stanza no. 3 first line, where the poet is contradicting himself by saying he is not thinking whereas in real life he is thinking but none of the thoughts are of any use to him since his questions are not being answered.
Sagar, I think that your 3rd question is not wrong, but it should be phrased a little differently as the poet doesn't think about whether to think or not, but actually ponders upon where to start as his mind is already preoccupied with several thoughts.So, according to me, your question should sound more like 'where do I start?' as he begins to unravel the truth behind his existence. The evidence 'not thinking' just signifies that he is not thinking of what he wants to actually think about.
QUESTIONS: 1)What is nature trying to convey to me of my ancestry? 2)Why is this subconscious confinement making my thoughts hazy? 3)Do I have a dubious identity or am I a manifestation of my ancestors?
QUESTIONS : a)Do I belong to this world? b)Which path will lead me to a brighter future? c)When I find my true self, will I like him or would I wish I never knew him?
ans. c)the poet seems to think that he is just another manifestation of nature as he tries to find his true identity. the 'farm within farm' symbolizing his true self which MacCaig believes would make him belong to the world he lives in. His journey to find himself ends here at the summer farm as he has finally found what he was looking for, his personality. The key to finding answers to his dilemma was himself.
The poet portrays his internal dilemma within himself for his identity. He searches all through the “farm” for the answers. He finds answers in many abstract forms. The “swallow” represents his thought which suddenly disappears into nothingness. But towards the end of the poem, the poet seems to be satisfied with the partial truth of connection with the farm as he is ‘threaded on time’.
Questions: 'farm within farm' Why am I unable to find the real truth hidden within?
ReplyDelete'finds him in space' What stops me from being free.?
'nothing' Where should I begin.?
QUESTIONS:
ReplyDelete1.What truth does the summer farm uncover behind my identity?
2.Why am I in this situation?
3.How do I connect to what I observe in Nature?
MY ANSWER:(to question 3)
McCraig is seen to be the 'hen' and visualizes himself in terms of what he observes in the 'summer farm'. It(the hen) stares at 'nothing' suggesting that the poet is meaningless to the world and is unable to form his own well know identity. The description of the 'empty sky'refers to his absent-mindedness and his inability to answer his own questions about his past.He scrutinizes 'farm within farm', indicating that his mind is flooded with queries one after the other, leaving many unanswered.In the end, he realizes that he is lost 'in the centre', feeling cornered by all his simultaneous thoughts, incapable to decide where to start. He seems helpless.
PEEP:As to portray Caig's self, he seeks around to find answers to his various question, lying in a complete contravention. Being stacked beneath 'self under self' he hesitates to find his true 'self' which lies a suspense till the mere end. His quest in search to find his true identity ,'threaded on time,' searching for the odds or evens in his life, which would put forward a thousand answers, yet remains a page turner.. The setting of it further nourishes to help the readers feel for the poet by keeping standard rhymed paras with words which portray more about the poet then of nature. All in all it being a complete insight into the author's feeling where once again nature plays its beautiful hand in helping a soul to bring out his/her individuality.
ReplyDeleteQUESTIONS
ReplyDeletea)Why is my landing so unpredictable?
b)Who am I?
c)Should I or should I not think?
Ans. to c)
MacCaig portrays himself to be in a great dilemma. His attempts to find answers based on his identity seem to fail and so he questions his way of trying to find the ideas. Ironically, he contradicts himself by "not thinking" but actually thinking. This leads to the readers thinking of the poet as a depressed soul who is on a quest to find answers on his ancestry and identity, thus overcoming his perplexity and depression.
Sagar , for your third question I feel its wrong as the poet tries hard to think, being within a mental prison. Thoughts do strike him but those seem to be no use to him and hence all haywire. He wants to learn his true 'self' as to understand and discover what he is capable and destined to do. Hence I feel your question should be changed to ' Why such a soul inside me, preventing me from acting naturally'.
DeleteThis question was discussed and approved by sir in class. Also for your reference you can read stanza no. 3 first line, where the poet is contradicting himself by saying he is not thinking whereas in real life he is thinking but none of the thoughts are of any use to him since his questions are not being answered.
DeleteExactly my point...' none of the thoughts are of any use to him'
DeleteSagar, I think that your 3rd question is not wrong, but it should be phrased a little differently as the poet doesn't think about whether to think or not, but actually ponders upon where to start as his mind is already preoccupied with several thoughts.So, according to me, your question should sound more like 'where do I start?' as he begins to unravel the truth behind his existence. The evidence 'not thinking' just signifies that he is not thinking of what he wants to actually think about.
DeleteQuestions:
ReplyDeletea)Why is the truth so cryptic?
b)Why is everything converging on me?
c)Why is this confusing?
Questions:
ReplyDeletea) What have I become?
b) What if I am not able to find myself?
c) Why am I in this situation?
questions:
ReplyDelete1)where have I come from?
2)what is the truth of my identity?
3)what have my ancestors left for me?
QUESTIONS:
ReplyDelete1)What is nature trying to convey to me of my ancestry?
2)Why is this subconscious confinement making my thoughts hazy?
3)Do I have a dubious identity or am I a manifestation of my ancestors?
QUESTIONS :
ReplyDeletea)Do I belong to this world?
b)Which path will lead me to a brighter future?
c)When I find my true self, will I like him or would I wish I never knew him?
ans. c)the poet seems to think that he is just another manifestation of nature as he tries to find his true identity. the 'farm within farm' symbolizing his true self which MacCaig believes would make him belong to the world he lives in. His journey to find himself ends here at the summer farm as he has finally found what he was looking for, his personality. The key to finding answers to his dilemma was himself.
The poet portrays his internal dilemma within himself for his identity. He searches all through the “farm” for the answers. He finds answers in many abstract forms. The “swallow” represents his thought which suddenly disappears into nothingness. But towards the end of the poem, the poet seems to be satisfied with the partial truth of connection with the farm as he is ‘threaded on time’.
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