✴Write the summary of the poem " The Plaything".
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This poem opens up with a child playing with a broken twig (not even a nice twig), and being happy even though he has nothing. In the third line however, Tagore appears to be burdened with work. This poem is set on this contrast: the child playing happily with nothing, and Tagore being stressed with many things. To the child, everything is a game. He is refers to Tagore's work as a game. something that Tagore agrees with in the conclusion of the poem. Whether it is mud piles or accounting, it's all a game, the difference between the two is that the child finds and creates his own games, while Tagore has to follow rules and standards. The child is happy playing with nothing, while Tagore has gathered lumps of gold and silver, but is still saddened by the work. He has to spend his efforts toward things he will never achieve, so he begins to wonder why he wastes the effort. While the child is happy with his broken twig, Tagore struggles to cross the sea of desire. He struggles because it is a never ending sea. the more he achieves, the more he wants, the more he will be let down, the more sadness he will find. The only true way for someone to be happy is to forget about lumps of gold and silver, and remember that life is a game. One must find and create out of nothing if they want to be happy.
Also, Tagore refers to this game as an art form. It is the art of simplicity, as Tagore often writes about simplicity. Everyone is born with this art, as the child has, and then forget as they grow older, as Tagore has found. Once you set out across the sea of desire, you lose sight of the simplicity in life. Like Tagore, you forget to see the game in everything. "Playthings" is about finding joy in everything and being content with what you have.
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This poem opens up with a child playing with a broken twig (not even a nice twig), and being happy even though he has nothing. In the third line however, Tagore appears to be burdened with work. This poem is set on this contrast: the child playing happily with nothing, and Tagore being stressed with many things. To the child, everything is a game. He is refers to Tagore's work as a game. something that Tagore agrees with in the conclusion of the poem. Whether it is mud piles or accounting, it's all a game, the difference between the two is that the child finds and creates his own games, while Tagore has to follow rules and standards. The child is happy playing with nothing, while Tagore has gathered lumps of gold and silver, but is still saddened by the work. He has to spend his efforts toward things he will never achieve, so he begins to wonder why he wastes the effort. While the child is happy with his broken twig, Tagore struggles to cross the sea of desire. He struggles because it is a never ending sea. the more he achieves, the more he wants, the more he will be let down, the more sadness he will find. The only true way for someone to be happy is to forget about lumps of gold and silver, and remember that life is a game. One must find and create out of nothing if they want to be happy.
Also, Tagore refers to this game as an art form. It is the art of simplicity, as Tagore often writes about simplicity. Everyone is born with this art, as the child has, and then forget as they grow older, as Tagore has found. Once you set out across the sea of desire, you lose sight of the simplicity in life. Like Tagore, you forget to see the game in everything. "Playthings" is about finding joy in everything and being content with what you have.
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Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning.
I smile at your play with that little bit of a broken twig.
I am busy with my accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
Perhaps you glance at me and think, "What a stupid game to spoil your morning with!"
Child, I have forgotten the art of being absorbed in sticks and mud - pies.
I seek out costly playthings, and gather lumps of gold and silver.
With whatever you find you create your glad games, I spend both my time and my strength over things I never can obtain.
In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am playing a game.
This poem opens up with a child playing with a broken twig and being happy even though he have nothing. In the third line of the poem ,the poet appears to be burdened with works. The poem is set on this contrast - "THE CHILD HAPPILY PLAYING WITH NOTHING AND THE POET STRESSED BEING WITH MANY THING".To the child everything is a game, Tagore agrees that whether it is mud piles or accounting ,its all a game. The difference between the two is that the child finds and create his own games, while Tagore has to follow rules . The child is happy plaything with nothing , while Tagore has gathered lumps of gold and silver but he is still sadden by the work. He spends his efforts towards things he will never achieve. So he begins to wonder why he waste his efforts. While the child is happy with the broken twig , Tagore struggles to cross the sea of desire. It is a never ending scene. The more he achieves, the more he wants. The only true way for someone to be happy is to forget about lumps of gold and silver and remember life is a game . One must find and create out of nothing if they want to be happy.
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