Life is Fine
- Langston Hughes
Summary
=> The poem "Life is fine 'is written by langston Hughes. It is about his beloved (baby) and a lover who has been deceived by thinking of committing suicide The lover goes to the river and sits down by the bank to think. He cannot concentrate. So, he jumps into the water and sinks. He surfaces and cries out. If the water had not been so frigid, he would have died. He says, "But it was cold in that water! It was cold!" He takes the elevator to the sixteenth floor of his buildings and ponders about his baby and considers jumping. He stands up and yells. If it had not been so high, he might have leapt off and died. He says, "But it was High up there! it was high! At last, he thinks that he might have died for love but he was born to live. He still has a will to live is life Ultimately, he abandoned the idea of contempleting suicide - by saying "Life is fine ! Fine as wine ! Life is fine !".
Main Theme
- The poet has defined the life and it's value through his poem .
- Such attempts encouraged & developed the feeling oflove towards his life.
- We can never regain life ,if it is lost. Infacts, the hardships & struggles of our life are it's meanings.
- Life is just like a wine. It is very romantic & pleasurable if we live our life properly. In this way, the poet depicts the meaning & valveof life using a fine example of metaphor.
Possible Questions from this chapter
1) What is the poem about? Elucidate.
Ans:- The poem is about a man who is having hard time with his life. He has lost his energy to overcome obstacles and difficulties in his life. But later, he is illuminated or enlightened by the knowledge that life is a beautiful gift of nature & we must not waste it by simply committing suicide for others.
2) 'Life is wine, enjoy the drink. Or Life is a journey, nobody knows what'll happen tomorrow'. Which one do you think sounds more convincing to you and why?
Ans: For me, the first one sounds convincing because the poet Langston Hughes also says the same in his poem "Life is fine." If we drink in limited quantity, it is good for our health. Doctors opine that alcohol can do more good than harm when one knows how to use it. Although using alcohol is generally considered bad for our life, there is a safe way of drinking. The use of alcohol in an optimum quantity is harmful(detrimental). The good and bad effects depend upon how we use it.
Safe level of drinking is an essential. According to medical science, we we should take 1 1/2 ounce (42.42 grams) of alcohol per day to remain safe from it. But many people do not stick to this limit. Crossing this limit can be dangerous. Alcohol is a good slave but bad master. Drink alcohol, but not let it drink you. So, life is wine, enjoy it.
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