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    The poem "The Flower School" by Rabindranath Tagore compares newly bloomed flowers in the spring to young school children. The speaker notices small flowers that have bloomed after the monsoon rains and wonders where they had been during the year, imagining they must have been in school. He wonders why the pretty flowers are so eager to come out and play. The speaker concludes that the flowers, like children, need the warmth and love of their mother. The poem uses personification, metaphor, and imagery to develop symbolism where the flowers represent the emotions and internal life of the speaker.

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    The poem "The Flower School" by Rabindranath Tagore compares newly bloomed flowers in the spring to young school children. The speaker notices small flowers that have bloomed after the monsoon rains and wonders where they had been during the year, imagining they must have been in school. He wonders why the pretty flowers are so eager to come out and play. The speaker concludes that the flowers, like children, need the warmth and love of their mother. The poem uses personification, metaphor, and imagery to develop symbolism where the flowers represent the emotions and internal life of the speaker.

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    The Flower School-Summary

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    The poem "The Flower School" by Rabindranath Tagore compares newly bloomed flowers in the spring to young school children. The speaker notices small flowers that have bloomed after the monsoon rains and wonders where they had been during the year, imagining they must have been in school. He wonders why the pretty flowers are so eager to come out and play. The speaker concludes that the flowers, like children, need the warmth and love of their mother. The poem uses personification, metaphor, and imagery to develop symbolism where the flowers represent the emotions and internal life of the speaker.

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    The flower school - Summary

    The flower school is a poem by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. This poem is a vivid
    description of budding flowers and their growth in spring and it compares flowers to young
    school children. 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 through
    the 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 mother.
    New words and its meaning.
    • Moist : Slightly wet
    • Heath : a large area of open lend covered with wild grass.
    • Bagpipes : a wind instrument with read pipes to play music.
    • Clash : hit against one another during a storm.
    • In wild glee : in a very excited and happy way.
    • Master : the class teacher.

    "The Flower-School" by Rabindranath Tagore uses figures of speech like personification,


    metaphor, and imagery. The poem uses these to develop the symbolism of the flowers. These
    flowers represent the emotions and internal life of the speaker, who uses them to put words to
    his or her joys and struggles.

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