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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :“Open-handed map Awarding the world its world. And yet, for these, Children, these windows, not this map, their world, Where all their future's painted with a fog. narrow street sealed in with a lead sky Far from rivers, capes, and stars of words”.(a) What does the poet mean by 'a lead sky'?(b) What does the poet say about the children's future?(c) What kind of world do we see on the map?(d) Who are these children? What is their world like? |
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Answer» (a) 'A lead sky' suggests a grey and dull sky which means that there is no hope for the slum children. They have a bleak future (b) The children's future is bleak and dark. They nurture hopes for a better future but achieving these hopes is merely a dream for them. (c) The map of the world is symbolic of hopes and aspirations and a mere look at this world motivates the children to explore this world, which is full of the bounties bestowed by God. (d) These are school children living in dingy and dirty slums. Their world is foggy, narrow and polluted. It is far from the open sky, clean rivers and capes. |
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