Activities on Suburbs

Factual : Complete the statements
1. The poet celebrates ..............
2. People buy..................... on credit .
3. The luxuries of the suburban people are..............
4. The bosses treat the workers ............
5. The two classes of society mentioned in the poem are............
6. ................ is the way of the world.
7. ................ are the executioners.
Complete the web charts.

Interpretation : Pick out
1. Pick out the line which means the middle-class people imitate the rich.
2. Pick out the line which means people have limited ambitions
Poetic Device
1. 'I celebrate the virtues and vices.' Name and explain the figures of speech and find one more example of the similar type.
2. Find two examples of Metaphor.
3. 'or of a shy hotel for travellers' Identify and explain the figures of speech.
4. ' their medals, their titles, their names' Name and explain the figures of speech.
Appreciation
1. The middle-class is treated as unimportant in cities. Explain
2. State harsh realities of middle-class conveyed in the poem.
3. Describe two types of people. Note the words employed to describe them.
Poetic Creativity
Compose four lines of your own comparing the life in city and suburbs.