Poem = 3 Television (Roald Dhal) IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION CLASS 11TH

                                 Poem 3

                            TELEVISON


Q. The most important thing weve learned

, So far as children are concerned,

 Is never, NEVER, NEVER let 

Them near your television set

 Or betterstill,just don'tinstalu 

The idiotic thing at all. 

Question and Answer

Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which this stanza has been taken. 

Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, 7Television, written by Roald Dahl, 

Q. What according to the poet has been found about the television ? 

Ans. t- been found that children should in no case be allowed to go near a televiSion se

Q. What does the poet say about the television ? 

Ans. He that there should not be any television set in the house.

Q. Give the rhyme scheme of the given stanza. 

Ans. aa bb c. 

                                      (2) 

In almost every house weve been, 

Weve watched them gaping at the screen.

 They loll and slop and lounge about, 

And stare until their eyes pop out.

 0en k- k (Last week in someones place we saw A dozen eyebals on the floo) 

They sit and stare and stare and sit

 Until theyre hypnotisedby it,

 Until theyre absolutely drunk 

With all that shocking ghasth junk. 

Question and answer

Give the name of the poet and the poem from which this stanza has been taken. 

Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, Television, written by Roald Dahl. 

Q. What is common in almost every hous ? 

Ans. the poet presents the viewpoint of some parents who do feel that television is of not m use for kids, still they find one advantage of it. 

Q.  What is meant by a dozen eyeballs on the floor ? 

Ans. It means six chil= Sitting or lying on the floor and staring at the screen

Q. What is meant by a dozen eyeballs on the floor ? te the figure of speech used in the following line: hey sit and stare and stare and sit. 

Ans. Alliteration

                             (3) 

Oh yes, we know it keeps them still, They don't climb out the window sill, 

never never fght or kick or punch, They leae you free to cook the lunch And wash the dishes in the sink-But did you ever stop to think To wonder just exactly what This does to your beloved to

Q. Give the name of the poet and the poem from which this stanza has been

Ans. This stanza has been taken from the poem, "Television, written by Roald Dahl. 

Q. What, according to the parents, is the use of watching television

Ans. the poet presents the viewpoint of some parents who do feel that television is of not m use for kids, still they find one advantage of it. 

Q. What can the mothers do when their children are busy watching television

Ans. ey can do their cooking and washing peace. 4

Q. Give the rhyming words of the given stanza. 

Ans. still- sill); (punch- lunch); (sink -think) ; (what- tot). 

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