Punishment in Kindergarten: Today World Remember Pain Blue Woman
Punishment in Kindergarten: Today World Remember Pain Blue Woman
Punishment in Kindergarten: Today World Remember Pain Blue Woman
No need to remember the pain
A blue-frocked woman caused, throwing
schoolmates sipping
Children are funny things, they laugh
Standing lonely in the sky.
Kamala Das
that a past event might have occurred in which the poet would have felt all
The poet then narrates her story of childhood when she was scolded by her
teacher for remaining alone and separate from other students on a picnic.
The poet was a sensitive person and hence she was deeply hurt by the
harsh words of the teachers and the funny faces of students around her.
However, now she is grown up and is not alone as she was then.
that they should never scold them in the way poet’s teacher did. Not all
students are alike. They have different ways of living the life and also have
different personalities. Thus the teacher should not judge them based on
their personality.
The words of teacher can be dangerous for the students if they are harsh.
They may the words seriously and thus would be affected by them.
4. What hurts more physical
punishment or harsh words?
not go easily.
In the poem, the poet is not punished physically. Instead, the teacher
harshly asks her to join other girls and not stand alone. However, these
words hurt the poet a lot and she remembers the incident throughout her
life.
“Honey-coloured day of peace” means a sweet day full of peace and prosperity. In the
poem, the poet remembers the day when she was a child and went on a picnic. A picnic is
always sweet, joyful and prosperous.
6. Give an example of visual imagery
from the poem Punishment in
Kindergarten
Visual imagery is a type of imagery which appeals to the eyes of human. In the
1. blue-frocked woman
2. honey-coloured day
3. steel-white sun
The blue-frocked woman was teacher of the poet in her childhood days.
The poet remembers her because the latter ruined poet’s day on the picnic
by using harsh words against her.
remembers a day in her childhood when she was on a picnic. She was an
introvert and hence was standing alone. However her lovely day was ruined
when her teacher scolded her for not joining other girls. Her schoolmates also
started laughing at her. The poet was in deep pain. She hid her face in the
came and harshly asked her why she is sitting alone and not joining other girls. She
her like pots and pans (making huge noise). Meanwhile other students started
laughing at her. She buried her face in a grass hedge as she was feeling pain.
While watching the steel-white sun, alone in the sky, she felt as if she is also alone.
The poet says that she hid herself behind a hedge and watched the sun which was
standing lonely in the sky. Here, the poet feels that she is also like that sun because
she was too alone and was pale like the sun because of the insult.
16. Summarise the speaker’s experience
on a picnic day when she was in
kindergarten
The speaker, who was a child then, preferred to remain alone. However, soon the
came and harshly asked her why she is sitting alone and not joining other girls. She
The speaker was a sensitive person and felt as if the words were being thrown upon
her like pots and pans (making huge noise). Meanwhile other students started
laughing at her. She buried her face in a grass hedge as she was feeling pain.
While watching the steel-white sun, alone in the sky, she felt as if she is also alone.
the pain which she felt while listening to the cruel words which a blue-frocked
The peace of the day was gone due to that and she cried while other friends of her
were laughing. Even then, she was sensitive towards beauty so the punishment
ended up in a mixture of the smells of flower and pain which she felt.