Amanda

Ans. Amanda desires herself to be an orphan as she wants to live a life of her own without any disturbance. She feels troubled by her parents.

Ans. Amanda is a moody girl. She is nagged most of the time. She often escapes from reality, which makes her moody and dull.

Ans. the title of the poem revolves around the little girl, Amanda, who feels that her life is full of struggle with no freedom. She imagines calmness away from her nagging parents. So we can say that the title is justified.

Ans. Amanda might be 9-10 years old school going girl. This fact is known because her parents are trying to inculcate good habits in her, but she is very innocent and immature.

The poem depicts the state of a little girl Amanda’s mind, who is constantly intruded by her parents about what she should do and what she shouldn’t. She is asked not to bite her nails, hunch her shoulders, she should sit up straight. She is told to finish her homework, tidy her room and clean her shoes. She is forbidden from eating chocolates, because she has acne problem. She is sick and tired of per parents, nagging nature. She completely ignores them and dreams of her becoming a mermaid in the emerald sea, of roaming barefoot in the dusty streets to the extent of becoming orphan and of the golden haired Rupunzel, who lived alone in a high tower. She wants to remain isolated, all alone without her parent’s interference. Parents are over possessive about their children. They want to inculcate good habits in their child. But no child learns all in one day. Children need freedom like Amanda. But parents who are judging their child every time would do more harm than good. She is continuously scolded every time. We witness miserable failure of parents when Amanda wishes to be an orphan, so that she could be free. Thus, the poem teaches us that a child should never be denied of his/her freedom. It highlights the struggle faced by a child within himself/herself. They should not be forced to take wrong step by their parents.

Ans. Robin Klein wrote the poem Amanda.

Ans. Amanda is a teenaged girl.

Ans. Amanda likes to bite her nails.

Ans. A mermaid lives in a languid, emerald sea.

Ans. The speaker asks her whether her homework was finished or not.

Ans. the speaker asks Amanda to clean her shoes.

Ans. Amanda was asked to remember her acne.

Ans. Life in a tower is tranquil and rare.

Ans. Amanda is a moody type of girl as mentioned in the final stanza.

Ans. Hunch- to raise

Slouching- bending

Drifting- moving slowly

Roaming- wandering/purposelessly moving about

Hushed- silent

Tranquil- relaxed/calm

Nagged- disturbed

16. Who is Amanda? How old is she?

Ans. Amanda was a young school-going girl. She was in her teen age.

Ans. A mermaid is an imaginary creature having the body of half a woman and half a fish which lives in the oceans.

Ans. Amanda could drift blissfully in a calm, emerald sea if she were a mermaid.

Ans. Amanda imagines roaming around the streets as an orphan, patterning soft dust with her silent, bare feet.

Ans. No, Amanda isn’t an orphan. She says so because she imagines herself as an orphan and wants to lead a carefree life just like orphans do.

Ans. Amanda is asked not have chocolates because of her acne.

Ans. Amanda wishes to lead a tranquil and rare life in a tower like Rapunzel did. Besides she has excessive like for her bright hair like Rapunzel. So she wishes to be Rapunzel.

Ans. Yes, I think.

Ans. The name of the poet is Robin Klein and the poem is “Amanda”

Ans. Amanda thinks herself as a mermaid.

Ans. The speaker here is probably Amanda’s mother.

Ans. Amanda is asked not to eat chocolate because of her acne.

Ans. The ‘I’ referred to here is Amanda.

Ans. Amanda wants to lead a tranquil and rare life in a tower like Rapunzel did. Besides she has excessive like for her bright hair like Rapunzel. So she wants to be Rapunzel.