English X - Chapter No.1 - Questions-Answers and Text Book Exercise

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THE VOICE OF GOD

Questions-Answers and Text Book Exercise

Q.1: Who has composed the poem “The voice of God” and what do you know about the poet?
Ans: The poem “The voice of God” has been composed by “Louis I Newman”. He was an American poet. He was a religious man and this poem also shows his religious bent of mind.

Q.2: Why did author climb to the steeple?
Ans. The poet climbed the steeple because he believed that God would be found of such high places. Therefore, he climbed up in order to have the honour of being close to God and hear His voice.

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The author climbed the steeple because he thought that by climbing the steeple he will get closer to God and be able to hear the voice of God.

Q.3: Why did God tell him to go down again?
Ans: God told him to go down again because he does not live only in the sky. He is every where, we may find Him by serving the suffering humanity and by removing their difficulties. The poet is trying to say that even a common man can find Him.

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God told him to go down because He(God) lives among his people, if we want to get close to God we must have faith on him and should perform good deeds and love his fellow beings.

Q.4: “ I dwell among the people” what does this line mean according to the poem” The voice of God”.
Ans: The poet wanted to hear the voice of God. He climbed the highest steeple in order to seek the nearness to God but God told him to go down and mingle among the people. The experience of ascending the steeple taught the poet a lesson that the search of God is hidden in the services of mankind.

Q.5: Say in your own words what do you think is the message of this poem. 
Ans: Through the poem “The voice of God”, the poet conveys the message that God is present everywhere. He is all seeing and hearing. We may win His happiness by serving our fellow beings and by putting them at ease.

Q.6: What is the central idea of this poem? 
Ans: The poem “The voice of God” gives an idea that God is omnipresent that is He is present in the whole universe and if we want to gain nearness to God, we should love and serve the suffering humanity.

Q.7: Say in your own words what you think is the message of the poem " The Voice Of God"?
Ans: The message of the poem ''Voice of God '' is that to love fellow's men is the best way to win God love.