The Song of an Unborn Girl
Read the Peom Carefully and answers the following Questions:-
I’m an angel disguise with dimpled cheeks and laughing eyes.
Don’t you want me? I am your baby.
I have come as a gift from heaven’s hall in your heart.
Oh, hear my call Mother keep me I am your baby
Oh Mother, let me live, don’t take away my life. Mother let me live.
You know it isn’t right to stop me being born, I want to be yours
Oh Mother, let me live, don’t take away my life. Mother let me live.
I want to live my life.
Mother, you will see when you look at me and you hold me in your arms
You’ll fall In love with me,
Like a flower in your care, I am a gift so pure and fair.
Don’t you want me? I am your baby.
My little life please don ‘t abort, let me live, don ‘t cut me short.
Mother, keep me I am your baby.
(Multiple Choice Questions)
- 1 Choose the most appropriate option:
- The poem is a cry of:
(A) an angel (B) an unborn baby girl (C) a daughter (D) a girl child
- The speaker is in danger because:
(A) the mother is cruel (B) she is ugly (C) she is a girl (D) people don’t like her
- The mother knows that:
(A) she has a girl (B) it is wrong to kill her (C) she will be killed (D) she wants the girl
- The expression that expresses the girl child’s desire to live is :
(A) I’m an angel (B) I have come as a gift (C) keep me I am your baby (D) hear my call
- The mother will fall in love with the girl when:
(A) she will be born (B) she will be gifted (C) she will grow (D) she will hold her in her arms
- The poet wonders why people abort girls even when:
(A) they are tender, pure and fair (B) it is a sin (C) it is illegal (D) it is a crime
- The word ‘abort ‘ means
(A) to lose (B) to halt (C) to suspend (D) to terminate or end
Answers
1.B (2) C (3) B (4) D (5) D (6) A (7) D
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