2. Stanzas 1, 2

  

This poem explains about the learnings we get from life. The first stanza speaks about friendship. The poets say that having a friend is like planting a flower. To grow plants, we carefully pour water and add manure to our plants so that it grows well.

 

 

Similarly, we should cultivate friendship by showing love and kindness to all. If we show love and kindness to all, one day, the flower of friendship will blossom. Friendship is compared to growing a flower in this stanza. Like how we grow our plants, we should develop our friendship with others.

 

 

As we walk on the land that earth has given us, we should be conscious of all the small creatures that live here along with us. Even the tiniest ant needs its space on this earth, we cannot invade any other creature's space. The poet could have also implied to say that while we walk, we may stamp the tiny creatures like ants/insects. So we should be cautious to respect their homes and not hurt them.

 

What we learn from life is not simple. There are some hard lessons, and there are some costly lessons. Whatever we get in our life has a cost. For example, the education that we get today has a cost. Our parents spend money so that we get educated. Another example is the air that we breathe in, given by Mother Nature. It may seem free, but we should thank our nature and repay by planting more trees and by not destroying nature and her resources. Even if someone gives us a small gift, we should appreciate it and thank them. Even the smallest gift has a cost, as nothing is free in this world. We should not think that it is a small gift and it does not require thanks. We should respect each other and think of the other person - what the other person needs, what we can do to help them etc.

 

 

 

No.	Words	Meanings
1	room	space that can be occupied
2	bloom	become a flower, blossom into a flower
3	lessons	teachings, learnings
4	deserves	has qualities worthy of

 

The rhyming words from the first two stanzas: