Question

2. What do you think these phrases from the poem mean?
(i) punished in the corner
(ii) leave their greens

NCERT Class 6th: Honeysuckle English Where do all the teachers go? (Poem)

Answer 1

(i) punished in the corner means that when someone (here:teachers) did mischief he or she gets punished and were made to stand in corner of room.

(ii) leave their greens means that they left their vegetables especially green vegetables.

Answer 2

This lyric by "Peter Dixon" discusses the teachers as some special beings. His thoughts on teachers were that they did not do any mistakes and punished those who did the wrong. They are considered disciplinary ideals who were typically very strict. Such traits of the teachers made the writer wonder if these ideal people lived the same lives as did the commoners. Anyhow, the constructed query asks the elaboration of two phrases from the lyric. They are explained below.

Answer:

(i) This phrase refers to the punishment given by the teachers on doing undisciplined activities. Elaborately, "punished in the corners" implies to the punishment of standing in the corner of the room.

(ii) This refers to the action of leaving the playground at the stroke of the bell to enter the classroom. "Their greens" is the illustration utilized for the grassy playground.