The Flower-School

Rabindranath Tagore


About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a famous Bengali writer who was also known for his contributions to art and music. He experimented with new prose and verse forms. In 1913,he became the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his collection of poems called Gitanjali. 

When storm clouds rumble in the sky and June showers come down, 

The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos. 

Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where, and dance upon the grass in wild glee.

Mother, I really think the flowers go to school Underground. 

They do their lessons with doors shut, and if they want to comeout to play before it is time, their master makes them stands in corner. 

When the rains come they have their holidays. 

Branches clash together in the forest, and the leaves rustle in the wild wind, the timber-clouds clap their giant hands and the flower children rush out in dresses  of pink and yellow and white. 

Do you know, mother, their home is in the sky, where the stars are. 

Haven't you seen how eager they are to get there? Don't you know why they are in such a hurry? 

Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms: they have their mother as I have my own. 

 

Summary
In this poem the speaker is excitedly watching the monsoon rain and noticing small flowers that have bloomed all over the place He wonders where they had been all year He imagines they must have been in school just like him The speaker wonders why the pretty flowers are so eager to come out and play He concludes that they too need the warmth and love of their ...

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    What does the east wind do in the month of June?

  2. 2.

    What did the speaker see while the storm clouds rumbled in the sky?

  3. 3.

    Where are the flowers all year? What does the speaker imagine?

  4. 4.

    How does the speaker describe the storm?

  5. 5.

    Who do the flowers raise their arms up to?

  6. 6.

    Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground.

    1. Why does the speaker think that the flowers go to school underground?
    2. According to the speaker, what do the flowers do in their school?
    3. According to the speaker, when do the flowers have their holidays?
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16 Nov 2022sofia s.
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