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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 pointed with a fog, A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky Far far from rivers, capes and stars of words.”(a) Who are the ‘children’ referred to here? (b) Which is their world? (c) How is their life different from that of other children? (d) Why is the future of these children “painted with a fog”? |
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Answer» (a) The ‘children’ referred to here are the poor children living in the slum. (b) Their world comprises of the dull and unpleasant classroom and its windows, amongst the dirty surroundings of the slum (c) The children of the slum are emaciated and poverty-stricken, as against the other children who are healthy and have all the comforts and luxuries of life. The life of the slum children is filled with darkness and hopelessness. (d) The future of these children is dark and uncertain. So, the speaker says that it is painted with a fog. |
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