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- Q1) Who is the poet of the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country”?
- Q2) Why was Faiz Ahmed Faiz, was jailed, and for how many years?
- Q3) Whose “Lanes” had the poet talked about in the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
- Q4) “I can sacrifice all I have” – Explain
- Q5) Who are the ‘Lovers’ indicated in the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
- Q6) “afraid of life and limb” – locate and explain.
- Q7) “the bricks and stones are imprisoned,
- and the stray dogs free to roam.” – Explain
- Q8) ‘apologists of tyranny’ – who are called this and why? Explain.
- Q9) ‘who can you ask justice from’- Justify
- Q10) ‘but manage somehow.’ – who manage somehow and why?
- Q11) “my heart sees stars sprinkled in your hair,” – whose heart had the poet talked about and why?
- Q12) “I know your face would be bathed in dawn”- whose face and why?
- Q13) “I exist in the shadow of the prison walls” – Explain
- Q14) “This is how we always grew flowers in fire
- their defeat isn’t new, our victory isn’t new”- Explain
- Q15) ‘We are apart today’ – who are apart and why?
- Q16) ‘Separation for one night isn’t much.’- who said this and why?
Q1) Who is the poet of the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country”?
Ans) The poet of the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” is Faiz Ahmed Faiz, who was born in 1911 in undivided India. And died in Lahore in 1984.
Q2) Why was Faiz Ahmed Faiz, was jailed, and for how many years?
Ans) Faiz Ahmed Faiz was jailed by the government of Pakistan for the conspiracy. And was incarcerated (put behind metal bars- jailed) for four long years along with Sajjad Zaheer, one of the founders of the Progressive Writers Association and The Communist Party of Pakistan.
Q3) Whose “Lanes” had the poet talked about in the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country“ by Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
Ans) The poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the poem, ‘For Your Lanes, My Country‘ had described the ‘Lanes‘ of Pakistan. Lanes mean roads, i.e., the roads of Pakistan.
Q4) “I can sacrifice all I have” – Explain
Ans) The question quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Here the poet wanted to say to us that, he can sacrifice his life, his property, his everything but the customs (traditions) of corruption, fakeness, and negativity, but these days don’t let him do that.
Q5) Who are the ‘Lovers’ indicated in the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country“ by Faiz Ahmed Faiz?
Ans) The phrase ‘Lovers‘ is taken from the poem, For Your Lanes, My Country“ by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Here lovers are indicated to Faiz Ahmed Ahmed and his motherland, Pakistan. He had described here the love between his motherland and him. The poet had written it from the patriarchal point of view, i.e., his love for his own country, Pakistan.
Q6) “afraid of life and limb” – locate and explain.
Ans) The line “afraid of life and limb” is taken from the poem ” For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Here the poet wanted to tell us that whoever wanted to take a stand for justice for the country was afraid of the powerful, corrupted political leaders, and businessmen. They will destroy the life and break the limbs of those who will come to fight for justice for the country rather than supporting them in their illegal work.
Q7) “the bricks and stones are imprisoned,
and the stray dogs free to roam.” – Explain
Ans) The quoted lines are recollected from the poem “Mosleh al-Din Saadi Shiraz” by the Persian poet, Saadi. Through these lines, the poet wanted to tell us that the good people, who are compared to bricks and stones are imprisoned. The people who work hard, be honest, and struggle is imprisoned and tortured. But the bad people who are compared with the stray dogs are those who don’t do anything but also roam freely.
Q8) ‘apologists of tyranny’ – who are called this and why? Explain.
Ans) The phrase ‘apologists of tyranny‘ is taken from the poem, For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Through this phrase, the poet tells us about the supporters (apologists) of corruption. That is, in the name of politics and to do real judgments, people tend to become power seekers and corrupted, and as they become corrupted, they do things according to their needs. They don’t think about common or poor people. They do false judgments and don’t properly make a fair decisions.
Q9) ‘who can you ask justice from’- Justify
Ans) The line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The poet talks about the people who claim to be a supporter of people, a supporter of Pakistan but all they do is work according to the way they want. They say, they will do the right judgment for the people but they are the reason behind every problem of the common and poor people. So the poet says, to whom they will ask for justice. As the power holder had become a power seeker.
Q10) ‘but manage somehow.’ – who manage somehow and why?
Ans) The line is taken from the poem, For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Through this line, the poet wanted to say that, the people who are real and still worry about their motherland, Pakistan are there. They think about it day and night by remaining away from it but still caring for Pakistan. A sense of consolation is what we find here.
Q11) “my heart sees stars sprinkled in your hair,” – whose heart had the poet talked about and why?
Ans) The quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz“. Here the poet talked about the heart of Pakistan. Pakistan had been personified here and presented as a beautiful woman, with stars sprinkled in her hair. Here the poet wanted to tell us that, maybe he was in jail/prison behind the gratings/barriers in dark, but he knows that whenever he sees the lights through that gratings he hoped for better days in the future and everything will be perfect and life will restart with a new beginning. Here we can see the optimistic thought of the poet.
Q12) “I know your face would be bathed in dawn”- whose face and why?
Ans)The question quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz“. Here the poet talked about Pakistan’s face. “Dawn” symbolizes a new beginning. That means, after all the struggle and torture the country, Pakistan had faced, there will be someday when Pakistan will win the battle of corruption and all the negative things going on there. And whenever they will win this battle of fakeness, a new beginning, a new life, a new hope will start.
Q13) “I exist in the shadow of the prison walls” – Explain
Ans) The question quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz“. Here the poet says that he may be in the shadow, i.e., the darkness of the prison walls, but metaphorically he was out of it. He was thinking about good days and new life. He was having an optimistic thought her. Maybe they were in dark now but someday they will surely get the light.
Q14) “This is how we always grew flowers in fire
their defeat isn’t new, our victory isn’t new”- Explain
Ans) The question quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz“. Here flower is symbolized hope. Fire is symbolized by sufferings, struggles, hard times, etc. So basically the poet wanted to tell us here that they may have to tolerate the sufferings and struggle for their basic rights, but someday will come and they all will truly get their freedom. Here we can see the optimistic thoughts of the poet. That’s why he says, “their defeat isn’t new, our victory isn’t new”. Bad times will surely be overcome by good times someday, and they will win this battle.
Q15) ‘We are apart today‘ – who are apart and why?
Ans) The question quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz“. Here, ‘we’ are referring to Pakistan and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. That is they are apart today by the barriers, but the poet hopes that someday they will surely meet. And this separation is not for much time. They will be together soon.
Q16) ‘Separation for one night isn’t much.’- who said this and why?
Ans) The question quoted line is taken from the poem “For Your Lanes, My Country” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz“. The line was said by the poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. He said it because he was separated from Pakistan, by the barriers of prison. As he was captured by the corrupted people. And being an optimistic person he said this line, in the hope to get freedom as soon as possible. And for the country lovers like him, separation of one night isn’t much. He can die for his country too.
