2. Poet :
Junaid Yahya loves writing for children. Several of his poems and stories have been published on various platforms.
Besides writing , he likes travelling and observing the vast animal kingdom.
The game of life represents people from two different classes and their attitude towards something something as
simple as a game of carrom. The poem has a rhythm and can be sung like a song.
The game of carrom probably orginated in the Indian subcontinent. Intially a family game popular among both
children and and adults , the game now has international federation that organises tournaments at state and national
levels.
Junaid Yahya
5. Rhyming Schemes of the
poem
Example: June soon ,Carrom madam, game lame , fool Rule
AABB is the rhyming schemes
6. Poetic Devices
Simile: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another
thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic.
Example: 1.You were as brave as a lion.
2.They fought like cats and dogs.
3.He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.
4.This house is as clean as a whistle.
5.He is as strong as an ox.
6.Your explanation is as clear as mud.
7.Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
7. Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or
action to which it is not literally applicable. A thing regarded as
representative or symbolic of something else.
Example: 1.He snow is a white blanket.
2.He is a shining star.
3.Her long hair was a flowing golden river.
4.Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.
5.The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.
6.Kisses are the flowers of affection.
7.The falling snowflakes are dancers.
8.The calm lake was a mirror
8. Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-
human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Example: 1.Lightning danced across the sky.
2.The wind howled in the night.
3.The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
4.Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
5.My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
6.The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.
7.The door protested as it opened slowly.
8.My house is a friend who protects me.
9.The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.
10.The approaching car's headlights winked at me.
9. Summary of the poem
A person being called by his madam Mrs.
Gupta Ji calls him to play carroms and the
person don’t know how play carrom , and he
asks Mrs. Gupta Ji How to play carrom. Then
Mrs. Gupta Ji starts to teach how to play
carroms.. And she describes the game as life
and teaches him how to play in the presence of
life.. She describes about carroms in a detailed
way..
10. Learning Objective:
In this poem, he writes that people need to
understand the basic rules of living the life.
We often care about ourselves and forget
others. We need to understand that every
person in our lives is like a lottery ticket and
we just have to scratch it carefully to find the
gold underneath.