Activity 4 – Answer the following questions

Question

Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of a life does the vagabond want?
2. What are the things that do not interest the vagabond?
3. What would the vagabond do when winter falls?
4. How does the poet describe a field in autumn?
5. Why does the poet repeat the second stanza once again?
6. What message does the poet want to give through the poem?

Answer

1. The vagabond wants a simple and free-spirited life, surrounded by nature and the open road.
2. The vagabond is not interested in wealth, hope, love, or having acquaintances who truly know him.
3. When winter falls, the vagabond refuses to yield or give in. He will continue to wander and not be affected by the cold.
4. The poet describes a field in autumn as white as a meal, covered in frost. It portrays a cold and desolate scene.
5. The poet repeats the second stanza once again to emphasize the vagabond’s unwavering desire for a life connected to nature, free from materialistic pursuits.
6. The poet, through the poem, wants to give the message that if a man once hears the irresistible call of nature, he cannot help responding to it.  Nature captures him under her spell, and all worldly comfort and social bindings become useless to him.