(a) Life is like a fertile soil. We can make our life fruitful by being gentle and taking life easy.
(b) Metaphor.

The poet directs his son who is reaching manhood. He motivates him to be as hard as steel to face the challenges of life and sudden betrayals. He tells his son that he may need lazy days to seek his deep motives and find his inherent abilities. He will then know how free imagination can bring changes to the world. Indeed the world may disagree to the changes suggested. It may repel them. But with his firm will power and gentle approach, he can convince the world of desirable changes for a better and brighter tomorrow. The growth of a frail flower can shatter and split a rock. At times gentleness overtakes harshness. Thus according to the poet, it is possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents changes.

The sun had appeared seven years ago in Venus. So the children longed to see the sun. That day, the teacher asked them to get ready to see the sun.

The decay and degeneration being witnessed in the present day society is mainly due to lack of moral values among people. Disregard for law, disrespect for the elderly, selfishness, greed, corruption etc. are eating into the vitals of a civilized society. To remove all these negative qualities from the society, it is important that the schools come forward to inculcate moral values in the children. Today's children are tomorrow's citizens. So, they must learn moral values and adopt them in their day-to-day life so that others will be put to shame and change their way of life. As parents and other agencies have little patience to teach them moral values, the need should be felt by the schools only. Since in the formative years it is easy to impress the children, schools should explore all the avenues to prioritise moral education:

Feeling sleepy, the baby cried.

She walked out smiling

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Tamil is more ancient than many other Indian languages.

Tornadoes are not more dangerous than hurricanes

Shakespeare is one of the greatest dramatists of the world.

Some people think that money is the most important thing in life.

The three legged stool measured a mere three – fourth foot. It would topple over if the weight vvps not placed exactly above the legs.

Their mother offered buttermilk seasoned with asafoetida to Maamanaar.

Maamanaar used to wipe it every morning. While shifting the chair he himself carried it and put it down carefully as if placing down gently a mud pot brimming with waiter.