Father Returning Home Poem Central Idea|Questions and Answers

 CLASS - 12TH

               FATHER RETURNING HOME

(Dilip Chitre)

CENTRAL IDEA

 

The central idea of this poem is modern man’s alienation from the man-made world. This world is full of hurry and worry. Nobody has the time to take interest in others. The senior citizens are a neglected lot in society. The poem gives us a picture of a sad old man who travels to work by local train every day in the city of Mumbai. He does not feel comfortable or at home in his environment. He feels lonely even in a crowd. His isolation is seen in his inability to have dialogue with his family and friends. He feels uneasy in his present. So the old man enters into the distant world of the past or into the world of his own dreams. The modern man is alienated in a complex urban world.

Q1. Name the poet and the poem?

Ans. The name of the poet is Dilip Chitre and the name of the poem is ‘Father Returning Home’.

Q2. Which Lines in the poem describe father’s irrelevance to the train?

Ans. Now I can see him getting off the train

        Like a word dropped from a long sentence. 

Q3. Write two reasons for father’s eyes being dimmed?

Ans. His eyes are dimmed because of old age and humid monsoon night.

Q4. Where does father go after getting off the train?

Ans. After crossing the railway line he enters the lane where his home is situated.

Q5. Explain the behaviour of the old man’s children toward him?

Ans. The children are indifferent to their father and they have refused to shear their jokes and secrets with him.

Q6. What does he do after being written off by his children?

Ans. He goes to sleep listening to the radio which is accompanied with noise.

Q7. How can you say that his dream mirrors that the old man is either thinking about his past or future?

Ans. He dreams of his ancestors and grandchildren.

Q8. Draw a pen portrait of the poet’s father?

Ans. The poet’s father is a sad old man. He travels to work by a local train every day in Mumbai. He does not feel comfortable in his home or environment. He feels lonely even in a crowd. He is isolated from his family and friends. He is alienated from people. He lives in a world of his own dreams.