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“Standing lonely in the sky”. What has the speaker got in common with this?

“Standing lonely in the sky”. What has the speaker got in common with this?

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  1. This phrase is the last line of the poem Punishment in the Kindergarten written by Kamala Das. Here, the poet remembers an incident when she was scolded by her teacher for remaining 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.

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