1. Who is the speaker in the poem ?
School boy
2 what does he experience in the summer morning?
He experiences the beauty of nature and thus loves to rise.
3 Pick out example for auditory image
Birds sing on every tree
4 why does he love to rise in the morning?
The whole nature calls him with all its beauty
5 who gives him the company?
Birds ,huntsman, and the nightingale ( the entire nature)
6 what drives his joy away?
The thought of school
(School)
7 what does "it" refer to?
School
8 who does cruel eye refer to?
Unfriendly teacher
Outworn means old ,out of date)
9 who do " little ones" refer to?
Children
10 where do the children spend the day in sighing and dismay?
At school
11 How do children spend the day
In sighing and dismay
12 why do children spend the day in sighing and dismay
The atmosphere at school is not at all democratic, so the child is always afraid
13 How does the child sit in class
Dropping sit ( the child is afraid of the cruel teacher and so anxious, hence he sits drooping )
14 why does children sit with drooping heads?
The atmosphere at school is terrific and awe inspiring
15 why can't the child find happiness in books?
There is nothing of his interest in books
16 what does "learnings bower" refer to?
Nature ( place of learning where the child is accompanied by nature instead of the teacher.
17 what does the boy compare himself with?
Caged bird
18 "How can a bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sit" what does it imply ?
A caged bird can not sing ,likewise a child arrested in classroom can never find happiness in his life.
19 what can the child only do when fears annoy?
The child can only droop his tender wings and forget his youthful spring.
20 what could be the fears that annoy the child?
Fears inflicted upon him by social, and familial institutions.
21. What do "tender wings" suggest?
Dreams and hopes of the youth.
22 what does " forget the youthful spring suggest?
Give up all your dreams and hopes of the youth.
23 what does the boy tell his parents?
Not to nip the buds and not to blow away the blossoms.
( buds and blossoms refer to children)
24 who do " tender plants" refer to?
Children
25 How do parents strip of their joy
By sorrow and cares dismay
26 what does " cares dismay" suggest?
Cares of parents which later instills only fear in children
27 why can't the summer arise in joy?
Because the blasts of winter appear in the form of sorrow.
28 when can one gather" what grifs destroy"
When the person is being one with nature
29 what does mellowing year suggest?
Fruitful and prosperous future.
30 what does " blast of winter" refer to?
The heavy stroke of social, institutional and familial rules and norms that destroy the natural tendencies in human beings
PREPARED BY
RAMACHANDRAN.K
CHMHSS POOKOLATHUR
School boy
2 what does he experience in the summer morning?
He experiences the beauty of nature and thus loves to rise.
3 Pick out example for auditory image
Birds sing on every tree
4 why does he love to rise in the morning?
The whole nature calls him with all its beauty
5 who gives him the company?
Birds ,huntsman, and the nightingale ( the entire nature)
6 what drives his joy away?
The thought of school
(School)
7 what does "it" refer to?
School
8 who does cruel eye refer to?
Unfriendly teacher
Outworn means old ,out of date)
9 who do " little ones" refer to?
Children
10 where do the children spend the day in sighing and dismay?
At school
11 How do children spend the day
In sighing and dismay
12 why do children spend the day in sighing and dismay
The atmosphere at school is not at all democratic, so the child is always afraid
13 How does the child sit in class
Dropping sit ( the child is afraid of the cruel teacher and so anxious, hence he sits drooping )
14 why does children sit with drooping heads?
The atmosphere at school is terrific and awe inspiring
15 why can't the child find happiness in books?
There is nothing of his interest in books
16 what does "learnings bower" refer to?
Nature ( place of learning where the child is accompanied by nature instead of the teacher.
17 what does the boy compare himself with?
Caged bird
18 "How can a bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sit" what does it imply ?
A caged bird can not sing ,likewise a child arrested in classroom can never find happiness in his life.
19 what can the child only do when fears annoy?
The child can only droop his tender wings and forget his youthful spring.
20 what could be the fears that annoy the child?
Fears inflicted upon him by social, and familial institutions.
21. What do "tender wings" suggest?
Dreams and hopes of the youth.
22 what does " forget the youthful spring suggest?
Give up all your dreams and hopes of the youth.
23 what does the boy tell his parents?
Not to nip the buds and not to blow away the blossoms.
( buds and blossoms refer to children)
24 who do " tender plants" refer to?
Children
25 How do parents strip of their joy
By sorrow and cares dismay
26 what does " cares dismay" suggest?
Cares of parents which later instills only fear in children
27 why can't the summer arise in joy?
Because the blasts of winter appear in the form of sorrow.
28 when can one gather" what grifs destroy"
When the person is being one with nature
29 what does mellowing year suggest?
Fruitful and prosperous future.
30 what does " blast of winter" refer to?
The heavy stroke of social, institutional and familial rules and norms that destroy the natural tendencies in human beings
PREPARED BY
RAMACHANDRAN.K
CHMHSS POOKOLATHUR
