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Given below are the ideas conveyed through the poem. Match the pairs and draw out the hidden meaning from those expressions: Expressions Meaning 1. The father hurries home crossing railway line (a) Uncomfortable journey 2. Suburban area, visible through the train, is passed unnoticed. (b) Has least value in the society where his presence or absence might hardly make any difference 3. He is just as a small word, dropping from a sentence. (c) Because there is hardly anything enchanting/ interesting in the monotonous routine journey to look out of the window 4 He doesn’t get a place in a crowded train. (d) Father is so eager to meet family members that he doesn’t even bother about his safety. |
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Answer» 1. Children avoid expressing themselves – Hostility of children 2. Father was deprived of refreshing hot beverages or nourishing diet – His basic daily requirements were also not catered to. 3. The father was destined to listen only to the crackling sounds on media – The father could not even have some entertainment by himself on the radio. 4. His sordid present is devoid of any hope – He could only indulge in imagination about his past and future. 5. The father’s endless commuting distance him from his children – Father is not less than any tribal wanderer, a modern nomad. |
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