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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.“ And, yet for these . children, these windows, not this map. their world, Where all their future’s painted with a fog.”(a) Which map is the poet talking about in the above lines? (b) To what do the words, these windows, their world”, refer? (c) What sort of future do the slum children have? (d) Why is all their future painted with a fog? |
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Answer» (a) The poet is talking about the map which depicts only the world of the rich and the important, the world that comprises civilised domes, bells, flowers and the scenic beauty of nature. (b) “These windows” refers to the windows of the school classroom where the slum children are sitting. “Their world” refers to the world of the poverty-stricken slum dwellers. It has narrow lanes, small congested houses, foggy skies and dim classrooms. (c) The future of the slum children is dark and uncertain. They have no hopes for their future. (d) Their future is painted with a fog as it is not clear. They are not welleducated, and there is no one to guide them. |
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