Please read these 2 poems and write a comparison summary on them. I know it's too long but take your time to answer the question. (Don't answer unnecessarily just for some points, I will report those type of answers)
The School Boy by William Blake
I love to rise in a summer morning,
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me:
O what sweet company!
But to go to school in a summer morn,-
O it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
Ah then at times I drooping sit,
And spend many an anxious hour;
Nor in my book can I take delight,
Nor sit in learning's bower,
Worn through with dreary shower.
How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring!
O father and mother if buds are nipped,
And blossoms blown away;
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care's dismay,-
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?
The one furrow by R.S Thomas
When I was young, I went to school
With pencil and foot rule
Sponge and slate,
And sat on a tall stool
At learning’s gate.
When I was older, the gate swung wide;
Clever and keen-eyed
In I pressed,
But found in the mind’s pride
No peace, no rest.
Then who was it taught me back to go
To cattle and barrow,
Field and plough:
To keep to the one furrow,
As I do now?
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Answers
Answer:
The One Furrow” by R.S.Thomas has a civilized setting in the beginning but goes on to draw a pastoral setting towards the ending. Beginning with a picture of the school, a sign of progress and learning, the poet moves to drawing a pastoral scene with the names of a few equipments needed for agriculture, going on to elaborate how the latter is an example of going back to the roots, his roots and commenting on the universal quality that every soul possess within. The mood is that of progress even though the steps taken are backwards. The worldwide setting is represented within the microcosm of school and field mentioned by the poet, enhancing its worldwide appeal.
"The School Boy" is a poem written in the pastoral tradition that focuses on the downsides of formal learning. It considers how going to school on a summer day "drives all joy away". The boy in this poem is more interested in escaping his classroom than he is with anything his teacher is trying to teach. In lines 16–20, a child in school is compared to a bird in a cage. Meaning something that was born to be free and in nature, is instead trapped inside and made to be obedient.
Answer:
this poem depicts a boy who doesnt likes going to school on summer mornings...he says that going to school takes away his joy.he says his eye will be strainned.he neither pays attention towards the class nor likes to hold the books in his hands...he compares himself with a bird ...
and a boy who is annoyed...he now says that wt if buds r nipped,springs r gone and the fun v had....pity on me...
I could do this much
I tried up 2 my knowledge:-)
Explanation:
the 2nd poem says....
when a kid was young he used 2 go 2 scl with a pencil and a a ruler.....sponge and a slate...and he say on a tall stool on a learning gate...but when he grew older he was clever and was kneed....his mind was in pride...neither did he have peace nor rest....then he had 2 go back 2 feild nd plough....
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