Question

Do u think the poet is arguing against education? Give reasons.
Answer based on Book-Honeydew
Class-8
Ch -The School Boy

Answer 1

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➜ The poet is not against education he only recents formal and conventional education.

➜ Being a Romantic poet his love of nature is seen in his poems. Nature can impart better education than a formal classroom where a child fears authority and has to learn what is forcibly taught.

➜ For Blake, making children learn on their own exposed to a natural environment makes learning more fun and enjoyable.

➜ He states that if we do not appreciate nature to its fullest, then ultimately we will destroy it. Blake suggest that it the educational system of his time destroyed the joyful innocence of youth.

➜ The schoolboy identifies himself with the free, singing birds. Later, his life is directly related to the trees that bloom in summer. By contrast, schooling is associated with what is unnatural.

➜ It oppresses children and rather than developing their gifts, ruins them, leaving them with nothing of value in their maturit. Education prevents children from growing up with nature, from learning from it and in turn destroys any inborn appreciation for it.

Answer 2

The poet is not against education he only recents formal and conventional education.

Being a Romantic poet his love of nature is seen in his poems. Nature can impart better education than a formal classroom where a child fears authority and has to learn what is forcibly taught. 

For Blake, making children learn on their own exposed to a natural environment makes learning more fun and enjoyable.