Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
When did my childhood go?
Was it the time I realised that adults were not All they seemed to be,
They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
Was that the day!

1.What did the adults preach?
2.What they actually did?
3.What quality of the adults shown in the above lines?​

Answer 1

Answers:-

1. The Adults preached of love and talked of love.

2. The adults, although they preached of love, did not act lovingly towards the poet.

3. The adults are shown to be someone who are hypocrites, since they didn't practice what they preached. They are also shown to be people who did not show and spread much love, nor act lovingly.