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William Shakespeare

Sonnet 116 – Let me not to the marriage of true minds – William Shakespeare

February 22, 2018
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In this sonnet, Let me not to the marriage of true minds, Shakespeare defines true love and true lover. I Quatrain Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. Meaning Let me not – I don’t […]

Empowering English 7 Tagore

Unworthy Gift – Rabindranath Tagore

February 12, 2018
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Stanza 1 Far below flowed the Jumna, swift and clear, Above frowned the jutting bank. Hills dark with the woods and scarred With the torrents were gathered around. Meaning Jumna – River Yamuna Swift – Quick Frowned – Show an angry face Jutting bank – Bank of the river that extends to the water Hills […]

English 8 Kamala Das

Punishment in the Kindergarten – Kamala Das

February 8, 2018
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Today the world is a little more my own. No need to remember the pain A blue-frocked woman caused, throwing Words at me like pots and pans, to drain That honey-coloured day of peace. ‘Why don’t you join the others, what A peculiar child you are! ‘ Meaning Today the world is a little more […]

English 5 CBSE Tagore

The Sailor – Rabindranath Tagore

December 30, 2017
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Stanza 1 The boat of the boatman Madhu is Moored at the wharf of Rajgunj. It is uselessly laden with jute, and has been lying there idle for ever so long. Meaning Moored – Anchored Wharf – A level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload. Jute – Rough fibre used […]

Robert Frost

Going for Water – Robert Frost

December 21, 2017
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Going for Water by Robert Frost is a poem about the importance of preserving rivers and brooks. In this poem, the poet says that his brother (or sister) and himself were not allowed to go out of their house. Many years ago they had known a brook behind their house across the fields. One summer […]

Rudyard Kipling

Modern Machinery, the Secret of the Machines – Rudyard Kipling

December 7, 2017
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The poem deals with the problem of modern technology and machines. In the beginning, the reader gets informed about how machines are produced and what kind of treatment they need. Afterwards the machines explain how they can serve humanity. But machines are not only useful, they can also lead to big disasters if they aren’t used […]

Percy Bysche Shelley

Mutability – P B Shelley

December 3, 2017
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Stanza 1 We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon; How restlessly they speed and gleam and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly! Yet soon Night closes round, and they are lost for ever:— Meaning We are as clouds – Human beings live a transient life. Veil – Cover Speed – We are in great […]

Margaret Atwood

The City Planners – Margaret Atwood

November 28, 2017
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The poet blames the real estate agents, constructors and dealers who convert every village into a town of concrete blocks. At most, the poet is disturbed by the uniformity of the landscape, of the buildings, of the slopes of the roofs and feels helpless at the silence that prevails in the city. Stanza 1 Cruising […]

Margaret Atwood

Elegy of the Giant Tortoises – Margaret Atwood

November 26, 2017
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Let others pray for the passenger pigeon, the dodo, the whooping crane, the eskimo: everyone must specialize. I will confine myself to a meditation upon the giant tortoises withering finally on a remote island. Meaning Let others pray – The poet makes it clear that every endangered species needs prayers for their survival. Passenger pigeon […]

Poems

September – Helen Hunt Jackson

October 12, 2017
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Stanza 1 The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. Meaning Goldenrod – A plant with yellow flowers The corn is turning brown – Corn cultivation is reaching its harvest time Apple orchards – Apple cultivation Bending down – Bending down with the weight […]

Sonnet 116 – Let me not to the marriage of true minds – William Shakespeare

Unworthy Gift – Rabindranath Tagore

Punishment in the Kindergarten – Kamala Das

The Sailor – Rabindranath Tagore

Going for Water – Robert Frost

Modern Machinery, the Secret of the Machines – Rudyard Kipling

Mutability – P B Shelley

The City Planners – Margaret Atwood

Elegy of the Giant Tortoises – Margaret Atwood

September – Helen Hunt Jackson

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