Are You Still Playing Your Flute 1. Why are the words `breath of the artist `used? 2.

Write down two words from the poem which are related to music. 3. Why do you think the persona feels guilty about longing for the flautist`s song? Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer. 4. What is the symbolic significance of the word `song? 5. Write down two words from the poem which are related to how a flute is played. 6. Why do you think the persona can hear the songs of the flautist? Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer. 7. Why is the word `luxury` used in the stanza above? 8. Write down two words from the poem which area related to the state or situation in the village. 9. Why do you think the rice fields are described as `sick`?. Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer. 10.What does the words `conscience` tell about the persona`s character trait? 11.Write down two words from the poem which are related to the persona`s brothers. 12.Why do you think the persona says the world is old and bleeding? Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer. 13.From stanza 1, explain how the melody can be concealed in the bamboo. 14.Write down two words from the poem, which are related to natural phenomena that occur every day. 15.What do you think the persona enjoyed doing when she was in the village? Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer. 16.What does the word `composed` tell us about the flautist and his songs? 17.From stanza 3, write down two words which are related to the loss of a human life. 18.Why do you think the persona is concerned about the flautist and his passion. Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer. 19.Write down the line that shows the persona has little time for recreation. 20.State two problems mentioned in the last stanza. 21.In your own words, suggest two ways to make the world`s a better place. 22.Name any one activity which the persona considers a luxury. 23.Give any one reason why the persona feels guilty about wanting to hear the flute being played?

24.From the last stanza, what does the word hazard symbolize? 25.The persona says that the world is too old and bleeding. Do you agree? Why? 26.From stanza 1, which line tells us that the persona is deeply touched by the melody of the flute? 27.State two pleasurable pastimes in the countryside mentioned in the poem. 28.In your own words explain what is meant by the line my younger brothers unemployed and desperate 29.The word you in the poem refers to 30.I am feeling guilty In your own words, what do you think the perosna means by the statement above? 31.Why is the persona wondering whether you is still playing the flute? 32.From stanza 1, what has touched the personas heart? 33.State one problem faced by the villagers 34.Why has the village become so quite and deserted? 35.Without using examples from the poem, suggest two activities that you would do to spend your past time in the village.