Question

Where do the children spend 'many an anxious hour' in the poem, "The School Boy"?​

Answer 1

Answer:

And spend many an anxious hour. Nor sit in learning's bower, Worn thro' with the dreary shower. Paraphrase: Instead of enjoying the pleasures of summer, the child has to spend many tensed hours in his school not in the garden where he can learn many things in interesting way with the nature.

Answer 2

Answer:

In the poem "The School Boy", the children spend 'many an anxious' hour in their classroom.

Explanation:

• The poem "The School Boy" by William Blake reflects the thoughts of a boy who feels to be a victim of formal education.

Ah! then at times I drooping sit,

And spend many an anxious hour;

Nor in my book can I take delight,

Nor sit in learning's bower,

Worn through with dreary shower.

• In this stanza, the child and his classmates are annoyed by his teacher's strict and suffocating lectures and they long for freedom.  

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