Question

Television class 10 poem ICSE 1. Give the significance of the lines:
Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!
Oh, books, what books they used to know​

Answer 1

The poem ‘Television’ by Roald Dahl advises and inspires students to read books rather than watching the television. The poem discusses a significant issue today with young children. It warns us of the risks of over-watching TV. Television takes away the capacity of imagination and ingenuity

Explanation:

• In these line Dahl mentions some of the stories that he had read in his childhood and also mention a few  characters from those stories. These lines "Oh, books, what books they used to know,Those children living long ago!" shows the poet’s love for those books and how he enjoyed them in his childhood days.
• Dahl says nowaday children are only before a television set, they ‘sit and stare and stare for long hours. They do not seem to be moving from there, and they probably forget everything around them in the real world. They have no interest in spending time with books and nature, and interacting with others. Their minds, filled with the images and stories of a virtual world.

To know more

Summary of the poem Television by Roald Dahl - Brainly.in

https://brainly.in/question/3698647

Answer 2

Answer:

the word they in the first refer to