The poem describes life before and after World War through symbolic imagery. It contrasts the carefree lives of children enjoying fruits with the worries and darkness experienced by the poet as an adult in the postwar period. The fruits arranged in stalls are compared to cannon balls, representing the destruction of war. While the children forget their troubles by eating fruits, the poet stands in darkness, saddened by the poverty, misery and hopelessness brought by war. The poem conveys the poet's view that war disrupts lives and snatches human happiness.

1. INTHE NAME OF ALLAH

2. JAN STALLWORTHY
 18 January 1935 – 19 November 2014
 He was BORN IN LONDON
 He got HIS B.LITT AND MA at the University of Oxford
 he was THE PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD
 He was a MODERN POET AND LITERARY CRITIC
 He uses CONVENTIONAL FORM OF POETRY
 His poetry is SYMBOLIC
 He writes about
◦ WAR
◦ ENGLAND
◦ FAMILY
 He got fame AS A WAR POET

3. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1.Wicks balance flame, a dark dew
falls
In the street of the fruit stalls
Melon, guava, mandarin,
Pyramid-piled like cannon balls,
Glow red-hot, gold-hot, from
within.
2.WICKS: candle
3.PYRAMID: conical,
4.PILED: heaped, collected,
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LIFE BEFORE
WAR
WAR

4. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1.Wicks balance flame, a dark dew
falls
In the street of the fruit stalls
Melon, guava, mandarin,
Pyramid-piled like cannon balls,
Glow red-hot, gold-hot, from
within.
2.WICKS: candle
3.PYRAMID: conical,
4.PILED: heaped, collected,
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TEMPORARY
LIFE
WAR/DESTRUCTION

5. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1.Dark children with a coin to spend
Enter the lantern’s orbit; find
Melon, guava, mandarin—-
The moon compacted to a rind,
The sun in a pitted skin
2.ORBIT: circle, circumference
sphere
3.COMPACTED:packed, solid, dense,
compressed,
4.PITTED:hole, hollow, porified, cavit
y,
5.RIND: skin, peel, outer
layer, covering, shell
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POOR
SOCIETY/CHILDREN
LIGHT/HOPE
HAPPINESS

6. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1. Dark children with a coin to spend
Enter the lantern’s orbit; find
Melon, guava, mandarin—-
The moon compacted to a rind,
The sun in a pitted skin
2. ORBIT: circle, circumference sphere
3. COMPACTED:packed, solid, dense,
compressed,
4. PITTED:hole, hollow, porified, cavity,
5. RIND: skin, peel, outer
layer, covering, shell
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DARK MOON
WAR EFFECT
PITTED SUN
FAILEDTO GIVE LIGHT

7. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1.They take it, break it open, let
A gold or silver fountain wet
Mouth, fingers, cheek , nose chin:
Radiant as lanterns, they forget
The dark street I am standing in.
2.RADIANT:-happy, joyful, glowing,
brilliant, glowing,
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CAREFREE CHILDHOOD
CONTRAST ADULTHOOD
CAREFREE OF PRESENT AND
FUTURE PROBLEMS

8. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1.They take it, break it open, let
A gold or silver fountain wet
Mouth, fingers, cheek , nose chin:
Radiant as lanterns, they forget
The dark street I am standing in.
2.RADIANT:-happy, joyful, glowing,
brilliant, glowing,
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ENJOYMENT WORRIED ANDTROUBLES

9. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1. Thought provoking poems
2. War poem
3. Describe the effects of war
4. Written in the backdrop of the world war
5. Temporary shops
6. Compare the world with stalls
7. Show the grand scale of the subject
8. Represent the temporariness of the world
9. Uncertain and temporary
10.Also reflect the uncertainty and chaos
after world wars
1. WICKS BALANCE FLAME, A DARK DEW FALLS
1. Symbolic lines
2. Compares human life with a flame
3. Describe the situation before war
4. Balanced and undisturbed
5. Disturbed with the dark dew of war
6. Symbol of worries and troubles
7. Extinguish the light of life
8. Also the symbol of war
9. IN WAR, WHICHEVER SIDE MAY CALL
ITSELF THE VICTOR, THERE ARE NO
WINNERS, BUT ALL ARE LOSERS.
2. IN THE STREET OF THE FRUIT STALLS
1. Compare human life with the street of
fruit stalls
2. Man in the street of fruit stalls
3. Subjected to annihilation and destruction
4. Show temporariness of life
5. AND WHEN I FEEL, FAIR CREATURE OF
AN HOUR!
3. MELON, GUAVA, MANDARIN,
1. Various fruits in the stalls
2. Named as
3. Show the blessings of life
4. Worried and confused
5. Cant enjoy life and its blessings
6. Criticize the consequence of war
7. Bring death and destruction
8. IN PEACE, SONS BURY THEIR FATHERS.
IN WAR, FATHERS BURY THEIR
SONS…HERODOTUS
4. WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF WAR?
5. WHAT ARE THE FRUITS MENTIONED IN THE
POEM?
6. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE/MEANING OF
THE TITLE?
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10. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1. PYRAMID-PILED LIKE CANNON BALLS,
1. Arranged in a pyramid shape
2. Look like cannon balls
3. Find them the weapons of destruction
4. Show
5. Lose his interest in life
6. Surrounded by war, poverty and misery
7. Get frightened by everything
8. ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF
THE WAR.
2. GLOW RED-HOT, GOLD-HOT, FROM WITHIN.
1. Elaborate the condition of war
2. Burning with fire
3. Become red hot while on other time
become gold hot
4. Show
5. Burning with the fire of weapons, poverty
and misery
3. DARK CHILDREN WITH A COIN TO SPEND
1. Elaborate the condition of war
2. Describe the effects of war
3. Show the picture of poverty
4. Dark children with limited resources
5. One coin to spend
6. Metaphor of limited resources
7. Contrast the two types of countries
8. Indulging themselves into war
9. Surrounded by misery and troubles
10.Mention a poor society
11.May be an African country
12.Facing severe problems
13.YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS
A MYSTERY, TODAY IS A GIFT OF GOD,
WHICH IS WHY WE CALL IT THE PRESENT
4. ENTER THE LANTERN’S ORBIT; FIND
1. Care for the war
2. Forget the darkness of war
3. Enter the light of the lantern
4. Symbol of hope and optimism
5. EVERYTHING IS CEREMONY IN THE WILD
GARDEN OF CHILDHOOD
6. Develop the contrast of two levels of life
7. Characterized by worries and troubles
8. Featured by carefree life
9. EVERYDAY IS A NEW DAY.
5. HOW ARE THE FRUITS ARRANGED?
6. WHY DOES THE POET CONSIDER THE FRUITS
CANNON BALLS?
7. WHAT TYPE OF SOCIETY IS DISCUSSED IN
THE POEM?
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11. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1. MELON, GUAVA, MANDARIN—-
1. Eat different fruits
2. Enjoy the blessings of God
3. Care for the future
4. Enjoy their present
5. Give us a practical lesson
6. Live for present
2. THE MOON COMPACTED TO A RIND,
1. Describe the fruits metaphorically
2. Covered by the shell
3. Can be the source of light of prosperity
and peace
4. Failed to provide light to human beings
5. Also represent melon
3. THE SUN IN A PITTED SKIN
1. Porous
2. Failed to illuminate the earth
3. Symbolize the mandarin
4. THEY TAKE IT, BREAK IT OPEN, LET
1. Buy the fruits
2. Break and peel them
3. Eat and enjoy them
4. Remain unconscious of the troubles
around
5. A GOLD OR SILVER FOUNTAIN WET
1. Describe the picture of eating children
2. Break the fruits
3. Emerge from them
4. Even careless in eating
6. MOUTH, FINGERS, CHEEK , NOSE CHIN:
1. Make their faces filthy
2. Make their body parts dirty
7. RADIANT AS LANTERNS, THEY FORGET
1. Glow with happiness
2. Indifferent to the fears of war around
3. Enjoy the light of pleasure and delights
8. THE DARK STREET I AM STANDING IN.
1. Buried in troubles
2. “HAPPINESS WAS BUT THE
OCCASIONAL EPISODE IN A GENERAL
DRAMA OF PAIN THOMAS HARDY
3. Associate himself with adulthood
4. Surrounded by the darkness of war,
poverty and misery
5. O WAR! THOU SON OF HELL,
WHOM ANGRY HEAVENS DO MAKE THEIR
MINISTER, SHAKESPEARE
9. HOW DO THE CHILDREN ENJOY THEIR LIFE?
10. HOW DO THE CHILDREN EAT THE FRUITS?
11. WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS OF THE POET?
12. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE POEM?
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12. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1. WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF WAR?
2. The war has disturbed the life in general.
It has brought poverty and misery in the
world. The darkness of pessimism and
hopelessness is everywhere.
3. WHAT ARE THE FRUITS MENTIONED IN
THE POEM?
4. Three fruits have been mentioned in the
poem. Their names are melon, guava and
mandarin. They represent the blessings
of life
5. HOW ARE THE FRUITS ARRANGED?
6. The fruits are arranged in a pyramid
shape. They are attractively displayed.
7. WHY DOES THE POET CONSIDER THE
FRUITS CANNON BALLS?
8. The poet is worried because world is
threatened by the war. There is darkness
of hopelessness, misery and poverty
around. Thus the fruits appear to him the
weapons of destruction.
9. WHAT TYPE OF SOCIETY IS DISCUSSED
IN THE POEM?
10. The society mentioned in the poem is
poor. The children are black and have
only one coin to spend. It represents the
scarcity of resources for the poor.
11. HOW DO THE CHILDREN ENJOY THEIR
LIFE?
12. The children don’t get afraid of the war
around. They are also indifferent to the
problems of adulthood. They buy the
fruit and eat it with relish.
13. HOW DO THE CHILDREN EAT THE
FRUITS?
14. The children take the fruit and break it.
They eat it and enjoy themselves. They
make their mouth, nose, fingers, cheek
and chin dirty with the juice of the fruit.
15. WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS OF THE
POET?
16. The poet is sad and worried because the
world is threatened with war, poverty
and misery. He feels hopeless. He looks
towards the children and wishes to live a
carefree life like theirs.
17. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE POEM?
18. The poet condemns the war and its
aftermaths. It brings destruction and
chaos in the world. It snatches human
happiness. There is also contrast of
childhood and adulthood in the poem.
The former is free of cares while latter is
surrounded by the darkness of war,
poverty and misery.
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13. IN THE STREET OF FRUITSTALLS
1. It is a symbolic and thought provoking poem
2. It is a post war poem having the horrible picture of the
world wars.
3. It has shattered human psychology
4. The balanced flame of life is disturbed by the dark dew
of wars, poverty and misery
5. Man is afraid of even fruits and considers them the
cannon balls
6. It expresses two phases of life, named childhood and
grown ups stage
7. The first is characterized by the light of happiness
while the latter is characterized by the darkness of
worries due to war, poverty and misery
8. IN WAR, WHICHEVER SIDE MAY CALL ITSELF THE
VICTOR, THERE ARE NO WINNERS, BUT ALL ARE
LOSERS.
9. The poem also shows the temporariness of life by
using the fruit stalls, the temporary shops
10. It shows the uncertainty in man’s life and of human
happiness
11. The setting of darkness intensify the gloomy
atmosphere of war and miseries.
12. IN PEACE, SONS BURY THEIR FATHERS. IN WAR,
FATHERS BURY THEIR SONS…HERODOTUS
13. Wars have created uncertainty and fear in the mind of
the people and have become pessimists
14. “LIFE IS A COMEDY TO THOSE WHO THINK, A
TRAGEDY TO THOSE WHO FEEL.” JEAN RACINE
15. The children enjoy their life even in their limited
resources
16. The presence of children shows the inherent desire of
man for happiness
17. The children forget the surrounding miseries, poverty
and wars.
18. They enter the sphere of happiness in lantern’s orbit
19. They show that In spite of all this, man's love for
pleasure is still an integral part of his nature
20. The children are oblivious of their miserable living
conditions
21. They buy different fruits and eat with relish
22. The juices wet all parts of their faces.
23. They are careless of the impending problems of life
24. They are also the symbol of human hope which never
finishes and drives human life through thick and thin.
25. Man believes that EVERYDAY IS A NEW DAY.
26. The aftermaths of the war are very horrible
27. The situation is so grim that the moon and the sun
have failed to perform their normal functions as a
result of which darkness and gloom have enveloped
the world
28. WAR DOES NOT DETERMINE WHO IS RIGHT - ONLY
WHO IS LEFT…BERTRAND RUSSELL
29. The condition of the poet is, however, different.
30. He feels sad at the present situation and has serious
concern about the future
31. He looks at the children and wants to a child again
32. They have only one coin to spend
33. One coin is the symbol of poverty found in the world
34. The poet condemns the wars and wants to convey that
35. ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF THE WAR.
36. The poet shows the presence of evil in the world
37. Dark children symbolize insignificant of human life in
the eyes of those who wage war and bring
about misery to fellow humans
38. O WAR! THOU SON OF HELL,
WHOM ANGRY HEAVENS DO MAKE THEIR MINISTER,
SHAKESPEARE
39. The poet can’t enjoy his life
40. He loses hope and becomes pessimistic
41. “HAPPINESS WAS BUT THE OCCASIONAL EPISODE IN
A GENERAL DRAMA OF PAIN THOMAS HARDY
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