Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :When

1.	Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :When did my childhood go? Was it the day I ceased to be eleven, Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven, Could not be found in Geography, And therefore could not be, Was that the day! When did my childhood go? Was it the time I realised that adults were not all they seemed to be, They talked of love and preached of love, But did not act so lovingly, Was that the day! When did my childhood go? Was it when I found my mind was really mine. To use whichever way I choose, Producing thoughts that were not those of other people[The poet misses his childhood innocence. He feels that now he has grown up. Now he also realises the emptiness of preachings and showy behaviour of adults. He understands that they pretend to be good but actually they are not]1. What does the poet miss?2. When exactly did the poet feel to have grown up?3. What do the adults preach?4. What did the poet realise about the adults?5. What did the poet find about his mind?
Answer» 1. The poet misses his childhood. 2. On turning twelve, the poet felt to have grown up. 3. The adults preach about love. 4. The poet realised the adults pretended being good but in reality they were not so. 5. The poet found that his mind was really his own.

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :When did my childhood go? Was it the day I ceased to be eleven, Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven, Could not be found in Geography, And therefore could not be, Was that the day! When did my childhood go? Was it the time I realised that adults were not all they seemed to be, They talked of love and preached of love, But did not act so lovingly, Was that the day! When did my childhood go? Was it when I found my mind was really mine. To use whichever way I choose, Producing thoughts that were not those of other people[The poet misses his childhood innocence. He feels that now he has grown up. Now he also realises the emptiness of preachings and showy behaviour of adults. He understands that they pretend to be good but actually they are not]1. What does the poet miss?2. When exactly did the poet feel to have grown up?3. What do the adults preach?4. What did the poet realise about the adults?5. What did the poet find about his mind?

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1. The poet misses his childhood.

2. On turning twelve, the poet felt to have grown up.

3. The adults preach about love.

4. The poet realised the adults pretended being good but in reality they were not so.

5. The poet found that his mind was really his own.