Read the poem and answer the question
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved and by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother’s wife has been wife to other brother’s brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stooped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
The mood of the poet is one of
- recklessness
-
hopelessness
- happiness
- loneliness
The correct answer is: B
Explanation
The poem conveys a sense of despair, sorrow and a feeling of hopelessness about the state of the land and the community. The descriptions of environmental degradation, societal decay, betrayal and loss contribute to an overall mood of hopelessness and desolation.