Windows Poem By Wes Magee
Paraphrase
This beautiful poem “Window” had been written by Wes Mage, who was born in Greenock, UK, in 1939. The poem is about a student. He heads down a long corridor as he is on his way to the classroom. As he walks through the corridor, he sees hundreds of books lying there inside the corner and their pictures covers colourful and bright. Each one a window. That means each book had something new which took him to a new world – the world that he has never visited and the world that he has never seen. It’s a fascinating world in which he sees elephants on the plains of Africa, jet airliners cruising high over the white clouds, icebergs, waterfalls, cavemen battling a sabre-tooth(wild-cat), while the family fears being prey to the wild beast.
The poet has not seen the kind of world he sees through the windows of the books. But when he sits back in class, what he sees through the classroom windows, he sees a familiar world-a boring one. He sees the deserted playgrounds, the grey November sky, the rows of houses, the chimneys of the closed factories and many other things.
In the last stanza, the poet says that he is always ready to get such an opportunity where he has to carry messages or registers to other classrooms or office as it gives him an ample chance of seeing these things again and again.
Summary of Windows
The poem is about a student who has a strong desire to visit all those places he has not visited so far. He walks through a long corridor and sees different things. He gazes at things through a windows of books. He sees elephants in Africa, a jet airliner cruising far above the white clouds, waterfall, icebergs and many other things. When he sits in the classroom, he sees now through window the deserted playground and the grey November Sky. He also watches rows of houses and the chimney of a closed-down factory. He is always willing to carry messages or registers to other classrooms or office as it gives him a chance of seeing these things again and again. In short, the student wants to observe everything around him willingly and enjoy the sights.
Reading is Fun |Questions and Answers
Q. 1. Where does the speaker walk?
Ans. The speaker who is a student walks down the long corridor on the way to his classroom.
Q. 2. What ‘view’ does he get from the window of the classroom? Is it dull or exciting? Pick out words in support of your answer.
Ans. From the window of the classroom, the poet sees a familiar view . It is dull because it has deserted playground, the grey November sky, rows of houses and chimneys of closed – down factories.
Q.3. Why does the family cower in the cave?
Ans. The family cowers in the cave because of fear of becoming prey to a sabre-tooth ( wild cat). The family has apprehension that the wild cat may attack them. They rescue themselves from wild beasts.
Q.3. Why does the family cower in the cave?
Ans. The family cowers in the cave because of fear of the wild cat. The family has apprehension that the wild cat may attack them. They rescue themselves from wild beasts.
