A House, A Home Class 6 notes | class 6th English Honeysuckle

In this poem the poet has explained the difference between a house and a home. He elaborates on the role that family members play in a home.

The poet has tried to define and differentiate between a house and a home. He says that a house is made of bricks, stone and hardwood. It also has fine paints, chimney, window glass, doors, corridors, roof and tile floors. A home is another name for loving family members who take care of each other and work selflessly for one another. Brothers-sisters, fathers and mothers together make a home. It is their unselfish acts of kindness and sharing towards one another that makes a house a home.

Yard: A measuring unit (1 yard equals to 3 ft. or 36 inches), garden or corridors outside the house

Eaves: the part of the roof that hangs out over the walls to provide shade, elevations of the roof

Stucco: fine paint used for wall surface

Chimneys: smokestack, a pipe which takes smoke or combustion gases up from the fire.

In this stanza, the poet is explaining the ingredients or material used to make a house. The poet says that bricks, stone and wood are used to make a house. It also has window glass and corridors or open space in front and back of the house for gardening. Tiles of the floor, fine paints, roof, elevations of the roof and many doors that give it a perfect look of a house. Thus, a house is a completely non-living thing.