HSC English First Paper (Ques No. 3)

1) Write a summary of the following poem.
Amidst killer speeds I stand
Facing the traffic, stretching my hand.
I am seen on kid's books and as cartoons everywhere
Educating people and asking them to beware
Of the erratic traffic and the signboards
Seen on almost all the roads.
So that you're safe I see each one of you
But my sweat, my plight on the road sees who?
Be it sunny or rainy,
For your safety I must be
Vigil and agile, on the middle
Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle. [Unit-2; Lesson-3]

Summary :A traffic police is a very dutiful and hard working person. He stands amidst the speedy movement of vehicles on the road. He works hard, although people do not understand and properly evaluate his work. He stands on the road being cautious and serious. He stands in the middle being straight and erect like a fiddle. The poet wants to honour the traffic police, who makes an important role in the society inspite of being deprived. 

2) Write a summary of the following poem.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly :
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly. [Unit-4; Lesson-2]

Summary: It is a song in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. Shakespeare was a poet of deep insight and profound knowledge of human character. He keenly observed the shrewdness, hypocrisy, treachery, betrayal and sinfulness of human beings. Here the poet thinks that human friendship is also feigning and hypocritical. It has no depth or significance. So he glorifies winter wind and invites it to blow. He thinks that winter wind is not as unkind as man's ingratitude. That's why, he prefers winter wind, which has no sensation, to human beings.