Flamingo Poem Chapter 3 Keeping Quiet — English STD 12 Science — Question

What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels? ### What kind of pain does Kamala Das feel in ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’?

To whom does the poet in the poem ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum” make an appeal? What is his appeal?

Which symbol from nature does the poet invoke that there can be life under apparent stillness?

What does the poet want for children of the slums? How can their lives be made to change?

How is the world depicted on the classroom walls different from the world of slum children? ### The walls of the classroom are decorated with the pictures of ‘Shakespeare’, ‘buildings with domes’, ‘World maps’ and beautiful valleys. How do these contrast with the world of these children?

Bring out the contrast between the urban rich and the rural poor.

How do we get joy from life which is otherwise full of sorrows? ### Life is full of sorrows. What brings joy in it?

What lovely tales have we read or heard? Explain.

What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?

What does the poet want all the perpetrators of war to do?