Question

the school boy sumery

Answer 1

“The School Boy” is a poem included in William Blake’s collection Songs of Innocence. It is told from the perspective of a young boy going to school on a summer day. The boy loves summer mornings, but to have to go to school when the weather is so nice is a misery to him. He sits at his desk in boredom and cannot pay one iota of attention to the lesson, so desperately does he wish to be playing outside. In the fourth verse, the speaker asks, “How can the bird that is born for joy / Sit in a cage and sing?” Here the poet is comparing young children, so full of energy and happiness, to songbirds, who deserve to tumble free and soar on the winds. But, like songbirds trapped in a cage, children trapped in a classroom cannot express themselves, cannot capitalize on all that excess energy, and therefore their potential is being wasted.

The speaker addresses parents in the final two verses, asking how, “…if buds are nipped / …and if the tender plants are stripped / of their joy...How shall…the summer fruits appear?” That is, if children are stripped of their ability to play and have fun in the summer season, how shall they grow and develop to the fullest extent?

This poem is about allowing children to be children – to run and play outside, to experience the benefits of nature and of the seasons. This practice is equally as beneficial to them as academic learning, and in times such as those in the poem, arguably more so, for on this beautiful summer day the speaker can pay no attention to his lessons – he would rather be outside.

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Answer 2

.The School Boy.

Author : William Blake

Summary ➤

The school boy is a poem which is based upon the perspective of a young school boy. The boy love the summer mornings. He love the singing of the birds in every tree. He listens to the blows and sounds of the clarion by the Hunter.

But he don't like to go to school during such a sweet and nice weather. He didn't liked to stay under the strict super-vision of the teachers and the school system. The class sessions bring boredom to the child. The child couldn't even spend the time in the garden where he could learn many interesting things with the nature.

The boy compares himself with a bird in a cage and a withered tree. A bird can't sing sweet songs in a trapped cage, similarly, a child can never enjoy the happiness under the umbrella of fear and tension. If a growing bud is picked and swept off in the early of its life where no one cares about it, how can it grow into a mature plant.

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