writing: Describe the frustrated and sorrow of the poet in the poem. Once upon a time.
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Explanation:
Based on your understanding of the poem answer the following questions in one or two sentences each:
i. What do you associate with the title of the poem?
The title clearly indicates about the past. I associate that a fairytale may be in a poetic form. Here ‘Once upon a Time’ suggests how people were once. It is far from what is being witnessed in the society now.
ii. What is the relationship between the narrator and the listener?
The relationship between the narrator and the listener is father and son.
iii. What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?
When the poet visits someone for the third time, they will get fed up and slam the doors shut. In other words they won’t allow him to come into their house.
iv. Pick out the expressions that indicate conflicting ideas.
The expressions that indicate conflicting ideas are “laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes”, and “laugh with their teeth”. Laughing with one’s heart and eyes reveal real gladness. But laughing with one’s teeth reveals one’s external showy love.
v. How does the poet compare his face with dresses?
The poet learnt how to change faces in different situations. Like changing dresses, he is forced to wear facial expressions.
vi. What does the poet mean when he says ‘good bye’?
The poet has been able to change with the society. He has learnt learnt to say ‘good bye’ in an unnatural way.
vii. What pleasantries does the poet use to fake cordiality?
In the first line of the third stanza “Feel at home!”, “Come again” the poet uses fake cordiality. People welcome the guests for two times but the third time they will treat the guests differently.