the trasure trove reference to context
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This is stanza has been taken from the poem Patriot into Traitor” written by Robert Browning.This poem is a criticism of politics and people’s opinion. When a leader comes into power, people call him a patriot. When he is dethroned, the same leader is considered a traitor. This is the tragedy of modern politics. The leader in this poem fell a victim to the same state of affairs. When he came into power, people showered flowers at him as a patriot. But after a year, they declared him a traitor, when he was no more in power. They took him to the gallows. But Browning has ended his poem not on a tragic, rather on a next world optimistic note.
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Explanation:
(i) 'We' are referred to the parents who are unaware of the bad effects of television, which is affecting their children's future, and killing their precious time.
(ii) The ignorant parents of the children who are addicted to television are being referred to, by the poet, as he wants to inform them of the bad effects of watching television.
(iii) 'Idiotic thing' refers to the television set. It is being called 'idiotic' as all it does, is kill the children's precious time where they can study, and learn something, instead of watching television.
(iv) The poet tries to reason, and convince the parents, that the television set is useless, and that the parents should not even install the television in the first place.
(v) There is some relevance of this advice in our present-day world, as the television does waste our time, but then again, we can what is happening around the world via new channels, we can also gain knowledge from channels like Discovery, National Geographic, etc.
PASSAGE-2
(i) The advice that was given by the poet to the parents earlier in the context was to stop their children from wasting their time in front of the tube, and not to install the television at all.
(ii) The poet describes the television as an 'idiotic thing', saying that it is a device with no benefits at all, and it only wastes our time and money. He says that books are better than television.
(iii) The thing that the poet has observed in every house, is a television set, which he hates to see, and does not understand why parents even install it for.
(iv) According to the poet, the 'eyes' of the children pop out when they keep watching the television for too long, and with no stopping. In order words, he tries to say that their eyes are harmed.
(v) In the last lines of this context, the poet is using metaphor when he is comparing the children with a dozen eyeballs. He uses this figure of speech, to make the poem more amusing, and interesting.
PASSAGE-3
(i) The children who continuously keep watching the television for a long time without taking a break, are being addressed to, in the poem.
(ii) The poet's main concern is children, who are taking damage to their body as well as their future by watching the television without studying or taking a break.
(iii) 'That shocking ghastly junk' is addressed to the programs which appear on the television, which the children love to spend their precious time on.
(iv) The parents let their children watch television uninterrupted since then their children do not annoy or disturb them anymore, as their time is mostly spent in front of the television.
(v) According to the poet, watching television makes the children dull, as they are only wasting their time on the tube, instead of reading books, or play outside, which can provide actual benefit for them