#45 Class-9 The Road not taken (21/04/2020)

Paraphrasing of the poem

Then took the other, just as fair

After inspection the first road, the poet gave a look at the second road. It was looking fair in the same way like the first road.

And having perhaps the better claim

The second road appeared  more appealing. It had better claim.

Because it was grassy and wanted wear.

The second road looked more appealing to the poet because it was full of grass. It seemed that no one had attempted that. It invited people to walk on.

Though as for that passing there had worn them really about the same.

If people had walked on this road also, there would not have any difference between these two roads. This second road also would have become just like the first one.

#44 Class 12 An elementary school classroom in a slum (21/04/2020)

The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones reciting his father's gnarled disease.

That paper seeming boy (Thin boy) indicates towards malnutrition in slum areas. We can see one more child in the class who is stunted (his bones have not developed). He has inherited the gnarled disease (the disease of twisted bones) from his father.

His lesson, from his desk.

He is taking his lesson sitting at from his desk.

At back of the dim class one unnoted, sweet and young.

The class is dim because of less light. It is situated in a narrow street that's why the sun-rays are not reaching to the class. In this dim class we can see one sweet and young who has gone unnoticed till now.

His eyes live in a dream of squirrel's game, in tree room, other than this.

That sweet boy has a dream  in his eyes. He wants to play and move like a squirrel who keeps up moving from his tree nest to the classroom. He wants that liberty to move out of his slum.


Poetic devices used--

1. Alliteration--- Far, far from gusty waves.......

2. Simile-- these children's faces like rootless weeds

3. Metaphor-- The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones.