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Why is the Poet So Much Against Watching Television? Give Two Reasons. - English 2 (Literature in English)

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Why is the poet so much against watching television? Give two reasons.

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The poet is against watching television because it makes children devoid of creativity and imagination. And secondly, they start believing that only what they see in television is the reality.

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