Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
Paraphrase: The first stage of life is that of an infant. He is always crying and vomiting in his nurse’s arms. The second stage is that of a schoolboy who is complaining as he is not interested in going to his school. With his shining morning face and a small bag over his shoulder, he is walking slowly towards his school inching like a snail.
(a) What does man do in the first stage of life?
(b) Does the schoolboy show eagerness to go to school?
(c) How does the schoolboy walk up to his school?
(a) In the first stage of life man plays the role of an infant. He is always crying and vomiting in the nurse’s arms.
(b) No, the schoolboy doesn’t show any interest in going to school. Rather he is unwilling to go there.
(c) He is inching slowly and unwillingly like a snail towards his school.