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Answer the questions briefly.
(a) What does the poet do with his paper boats
(b) Why does he write his address or name on
(c) Where does he want his 'Shiuli' flowers to
(d) What does he dream about at night? Think
B. Do you find anything different about the
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(a) Does it have lines
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Explanation:
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Rabindranath Tagore is an outstanding poet of modern India. He was the first to popularise modem India in the world literary scene. Primarily he was a Bengali poet. But he was equally a master at writing in English. He translated many of his works into English. His poetry shows his deep humanism. His is a universal message of peace, love and joy. He transcends the barriers of space and time. So his poetry has a universal appeal.
'Paper Boats' is a nice poem of Tagore, taken from his collection, "The Crescent Moon." This poem is on a childhood experience. Like Wordsworth and Walter de la Mare, Tagore also found in children a mystic quality. The poem narrates the child's, experience of floating paper boats down the stream. The child imagines that some other child tries to compete with his boats by sending clouds down the air in the sky.
The poem shows the child's peculiar psychology.
The child loves the worlds of playfulness and fun. Day by day he floats paper boats down the running stream. He sends them with the intention that they would reach some distant lands. Out of curiosity he writes his name and address on those boats. He fondly hopes that somewhere someone will find them and know him:-