What does the poet of the poem ‘Geography lesson’ say, about hatred that dwells in the heart of man?
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Answers
The poem is written from the perspective of a person who is observing the city from
above, seeing it seated in a jet plane. As he ascends the heights in the sky, he is able to
understand the real meaning of geography.
As the plane took off from the ground and went into the sky, it becomes clear why the
city was developed in a certain way. From a certain height, the city started to look smaller in
size. A mile was reduced to six inches on the scale. But, what looked haphazard and without
logic on the ground, seemed inevitable and necessary when viewed from the sky.
When the plane attained ten thousand feet of height, tne logic of geography unravelled
itself. The speaker is able to comprehend that it is land and water that attract man or
habitation. And therefore, many cities developed where the rivers were flowing and the valleys,
too, were populated for similar reasons.
As the plane attained another six miles, it became amply clear that the earth was round
and there was more water than land. However, the logic of geography failed to answer one
question. The speaker was unable to understand why people hate and kill each other. Why was
there a need to build walls across the cities. Even from that height, the causes behind human
hatred remained unclear.