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  1. The poem mainly deals with two important themes: 1. How Earth Looks First how earth looks from height. The poet explains how it looks when the flight took off, then at a distance of 10000 feet and finally from 6 miles above. All the times, the view of earth was quite difference. Only after going toRead more

    The poem mainly deals with two important themes:

    1. How Earth Looks

    First how earth looks from height. The poet explains how it looks when the flight took off, then at a distance of 10000 feet and finally from 6 miles above. All the times, the view of earth was quite difference.

    Only after going to such a height, the poet understands why people have settled in an organised way. Water and land are the reasons that led to the establishment of civilisations along rivers.

    2. Division Among People

    The second and the most important theme of the poem is poet’s questions why people have divided themselves from each other. He wonders why there are border, why people hate each other and why shed blood.

    Earth is one, people were also supposed to be one and remain peacefully with each other. But instead, they have hate against each other. This is why there are borders.

    As the poet has seen partition and riots, the poem somehow reflects his experience of worst times.

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  1. Zulfikar Ghose, an Indian-born novelist, poet and prose writer is the poet of Geography Lesson. After partition, he migrated to Pakistan and later settled in USA. Read summary of this poem.

    Zulfikar Ghose, an Indian-born novelist, poet and prose writer is the poet of Geography Lesson. After partition, he migrated to Pakistan and later settled in USA.

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  1. In the poem Geography Lesson, the poet tells us how the earth looks from height. According to him he found that people have settled in an unorganised way. He provides with the reason why it is so. According to him the land and the water are the most important parts of humans. Hence they preferred liRead more

    In the poem Geography Lesson, the poet tells us how the earth looks from height. According to him he found that people have settled in an unorganised way. He provides with the reason why it is so.

    According to him the land and the water are the most important parts of humans. Hence they preferred living at a place where both are available. This led to the establishment of civilisations near the water bodies.

    Finally he expresses his pain by seeing the people divided by borders and their hatred against each other.

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