Multiple choice

What does the poet suggest in the closing lines?

Directions: Read the poem and answer the given question.

UNFOLDING BUD

One is amazed
By a water-lily bud
Unfolding
With each passing day
Taking a richer colour
And new dimensions
One is not amazed,
At a first glance,
By a poem,
Which is as tight-closed
As a tiny bud.
Yet one is surprised
To see the poem
Gradually unfolding,
Revealing its rich inner self
As one reads it
Again
                                                Naoshi Koriyama

  1. It is very difficult to understand the meaning of a poem.

  2. It is very essential to look at a bud again and again to enjoy its beauty.

  3. One has to read a poem again and again to reach its rich inner meaning.

  4. One needs to read a poem many times to enjoy its rhyme.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The closing lines 'As one reads it Again' suggest that to truly appreciate and understand a poem's full meaning, one must read it multiple times. Just as a bud gradually unfolds to reveal its inner beauty, a poem gradually reveals its rich inner meaning as you read it again and again. Option A is incorrect because the poet doesn't suggest difficulty - he suggests surprise at gradual revelation. Option B is incorrect because the bud is a metaphor for the poem, not the main subject. Option D is incorrect - the poem is about meaning, not specifically rhyme.