THE VOICE OF GOD
Reference:
This poem is written by Louis I. Newman. The poem emphasis on the importance of humanity.
Central Idea:
The poem “The voice of God” gives an idea that God is omnipresent that is He is
present in the whole universe and if we want to gain nearness to God, we should
love and serve the suffering humanity.
Theme:
“The
poet implores Duty to guide him when he erroneously follows his own judgement
rather than listening to the mandate of Duty.”
Fill in the blanks.
i.
The
Voice of God poem is written by Louis I. Newman.
ii.
He was
born in 1893 in Providence Rhode Island (USA).
iii.
Louis
I. Newman studied at Brown University and after his
doctorate lectured at Columbia.
iv.
Louis
I. Newman is the author of many books on religious subjects.
v.
This poem brings out his religious bent of mind.
vi.
Louis
I. Newman died in 1972.
vii.
I sought
to hear the voice of God.
viii.
And climbed
the topmost steeple.
ix.
But
God declared: Go down again.
x.
I dwell
among the people.
Question and Answers:
Q.1 Why did
author climb the steeple?
Ans: The author climbed up the steeple because he wants to
hear the voice of God.
Q.2 Why did God
tell him to go down again?
Ans: God tells him to go down because God lives among the
people.
Q.3 Say in your
own words what you think is the message of this poem.
Ans: The message of this poem is this that we don’t have to
do big things in our life to get close to God, we just have to love his best
creation which is mankind to get close to Him. Like Allama Iqbal said.
Q.4 Who has written the poem, The Voice of
God'? What does the poet want us to do?
Ans:
The poem was written by Louis I Newman. The poet wants us to serve humanity
because this is what God really wants from us. And the basic concept which all
the religion preached was serving humanity. By which we can seek our path to
God.
Reference to the context:
“I sought to hear the voice of God,
And climbed the topmost steeple,
But God declared: "Go down again,
I dwell among the people."
i.
Name the poem. Who wrote this poem?
Ans. The name of
the poem is the voice of God. Louis
I. Newman wrote this poem.
ii.
Why did the author climb the steeple?
Ans. The author
climbed up the steeple because he wants to hear the voice of God.
iii.
Why did God tell him to go down again?
Ans. God told him to go down again because God
lives among people.
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