Mir Afzal A Treasur Trove Television Questions • EXTRACT-1 (a) Who are we referred to in the first line here? Ans. In the first line ‘we’ referred to are the persons like the poet who are worried about the children’s habit of watching the television. (b) Who are being addressed to by the poet? Ans. The poet … Read more
This poem is written by Christina Rossetti. who was an English poet and author. She is well known for her fantasy poems for children.This poem is basically about different colours that we see in the nature.
The term “romanticism†has been used to refer to a certain artist, poets, and writers as well as political, philosophical, and social thinkers of the late eighteen and early to mid-nineteenth centuries. In literature, romanticism found recurrent themes in the evocation or criticism of the past, the cult of “sensibility†with emphasis on women and children, the heroic isolation, of the artist or narrator, and respect for a new, wilder untrammelled and pure nature.
Summary of Television By Roald Dahl The poet says that one important thing that they have learnt is to never let children get into the habit of watching television. In fact, he says it would be better to not install a television in one’s home. In every house that they have visited, the poet says … Read more
The poem The Echoing Green by William Blake is written in the appreciation of nature in simple terms. However, if we go deep into it, we will find the theme of life and death in the poem. The poem is told by a young child who is playing in the “Echoing Green†park.
William Blake was born on November 28, 1757, in Soho in London; he had a grounded and happy upbringing. Although always a well-read and intelligent man, Blake left school at the early age of ten to attend the Henry Pars Drawing Academy for five years. The artists he admired as a child such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Giulio, Romano
and Dürer.
Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction The term “fiction” refers to literature that is based on the author’s imagination. Fiction genres include mysteries, science fiction, romance, fantasy, chick lit, and crime thrillers. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell’s 1984, and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are examples … Read more
The poem Where Do All The Teachers Go is written by Peter Dixon. The poem narrates the imaginations of a child about his teacher. The poem has been written from the point of view of a child. It is different for a small child to think of his/her teacher as an ordinary person.
The poem ‘A House, A Home’ is a two stanza poem written by Lorraine M. Halli. In this poem, the poet highlights the difference between a house and a home. They differ in several ways. A house consists of rooms, a kitchen, a balcony etc which are made up of bricks, stone, wood and glass.
A Teacher For All Seasons Summary The poem “A Teacher Dor All Seasons †is written by Joanna Fuchs.This poem honours a teacher by listing the various roles she plays as a friend and guide to her students. The poet compares the various roles of the teacher to the four seasons, demonstrating how the teacher … Read more
The Kashmiri Shawl Questions WORKING WITH THE TEXT ( Questions) I. Answer these questions: Q. 1. What do you understand by ‘the talim’? Who writes it? Ans. ‘Talim’ is a set of instructions or transcription written in traditional signs or shawl alphabet to facilitate the weaver to get design information which has to be woven … Read more
The poem reiterates the adage that "beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." The poet expresses the idea that we are surrounded by beauty from all sides. Nature has absorbed everything beautiful from every nook and cranny. In all of its activities, nature has created music and rhythm.