The document provides context and summary for the poem "Newton's Law" by Indian poet Nandita Das. It summarizes that the poet was asked by her science teacher to explain Newton's law of gravity and mass while she was inattentive in class. Though her mind went blank from fear of being questioned, she started trying to answer clumsily, even though she did not know the actual explanation. The document then provides the definition of Newton's second law of motion and asks questions to check the reader's understanding of the poem.