"Geography Lesson" by Zulfikar Ghose:
Question & answer
(1) How do the earth and other things look from the height?
From the height, the earth looked very beautiful and well-planned. Cities and land appeared organized, and rivers followed their natural paths. Everything looked neat and orderly from above.
(2) What was clear looking at the things from the height?
It was clear that the land and cities developed where there was water. The planning of the land was understandable, but the reason for hatred among people was not clear.
3. What lesson of Geography did the poet learn when he flew above his city?
When the poet flew above his city in a jet, he understood why the city had developed the way it did. He realized that cities are usually built near rivers and valleys because they provide water and fertile land. The planning of land and settlements became clear from the height. He saw the earth seem to be a whole one but still people divided it by necessary borders.
4. (1) What does the poet think when he goes up in the jet?
When the poet goes up in the jet, he thinks that the Earth's layout and human settlements make sense from a new perspective.
(2) How does the set up on the ground seem to the poet?
The setup on the ground seems quite disorderly.
(3) What, according to the poet, is 'inevitability'?
According to the poet, the way the city has developed is ‘inevitability’ means as the need arose it continued to progress gradually.
Stanza (2)
(1) What became clear to the poet when the jet soared ten thousand feet?
When the jet soared ten thousand feet, it became clear why cities are built near rivers and valleys and why certain areas are populated.
(2) What logic of geography is revealed in this stanza?
The logic of geography revealed in the stanza is that land and water attracted human settlement, so those are mostly cities.
(3) Pick out the refrain from the stanza.
The refrain from the stanza is "When the jet reached high the valleys are looking populated."
(3) Stanza Questions:
(1) What became clear to the poet when his jet rose six miles high?
When poet’s jet rose six miles high he saw that the earth was round and there was more sea than the land.
(2) What was difficult for the poet to understand?
For poet it was difficult to understand that why people on earth find reasons to and kill each other, why build walls across the land.
The message the poet wants to convey by his poem is that the world is whole and we all shall live together in harmony but even they all are hating each other