Summary of poem flower school
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THE FLOWER SCHOOL
--RabindhraNath Tagore
The flower school by Rabindranath Tagore is a beautiful poem depicting his longing for his deceased mother. The poet starts the poem by potraying a rainy day scene from the cloudy sky and shower coming down in the month of June. The wind passing through bamboos produces a melodious sound. In the monsoon season, the flowers blossom out of nowhere and dance joyously; here the poet communes with his mother saying he feels to flowers go to underground school where they learn their lessons behind the shut doors; their master does'nt let them come out to play.
However, when the rain fall they have their holidays. In the rains the rustling of trees in the forest clash, the loud clouds make noise by clapping their big hands; at this time the flower children come out dressed in vibrant colours
In the last stanza, the poet's longing for his deceased mother evokes pathos in the reader's mind. He asks her if she knew the flowers' home too was in the sky among the stars. He again asks her if sh had not noticed how eager the flowers always were to get back to their home.
The last line of the poem brings tears to the eyes of the reader's. The poet says he knows why the flowers raise their arms to the sky. They do so because their mother is in the sky, exactly like the poet's mother who also become a star after her demise.