Multiple choice

What does the poet suggest in the closing lines?

Directions: Read the following poem carefully 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' directly emphasize that reaching a poem's deeper meaning requires repeated reading. The poem contrasts the first glance where it appears 'tight-closed' with the later surprise of seeing it 'gradually unfolding' to show its 'rich inner self.' This supports option C about reading repeatedly to discover inner meaning.

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