The Old Playhouse’, selected from the book with the same title deals with Kamala Das’ recurrent theme of failure and frustration in love and marriage. It vividly reveals the plight of a housewife who bewails that her egocentric and male chauvinist husband has virtually reduced her full-blooded and aspiring self to a mere entertaining toy.
Where the Mind is without Fear Introduction Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) composed & published the poem Where the Mind is without Fear in Geetanjali in 1910. In it, the poet prays to God that in his country there should be an atmosphere of fearlessness. Knowledge should be free to all. The countrymen should not be divided … Read more
The poem Tree by Tina Morris deals with the importance of trees. The poet shares her anguish if there is no tree, no charm and life will be experienced. She shows her debt to trees. No life, in general, can be experienced without trees. We will be unable to hear the whispering of leaves if they get dry.
A Time to Believe Answer the following questions: 1. What should one know and trust every day? Ans. One should know that every day is a new beginning and trust that miracles happen, and dreams really do come true. 2. What are the two super-natural references in the 2nd stanza? Ans. The two super-natural references … Read more
"The Tuft of Flowers" is a beautiful poem written by an American poet Robert Frost. On the surface, it appears that this poem is about nature, however, after deeper study, I can see that this poem deals with the themes of isolation and friendship, a sense of being alone, yet a need to belong.
“Out, Out†is a poem about an everyday experience that turned tragic. The poem depicts a boy doing a man’s work, yet still has a mind of a child. In the end, lack of focus and the boy’s carelessness causes a fatal accident. While cutting wood, he accidentally cuts his hand with the saw. He fears having his hand amputated but soon dies of shock, as life goes on around him.
On the Grasshopper and Cricket is a nature poem by John Keats. The poem is made up of two sentences. It reveals Keats’ love of nature. He connects poetry and nature, recognising both as ongoing.
Casabianca – Summary The poem ‘Casabianca’ was written by Mrs Felicia Dorothea Hemans. It is written on a true story from the Battle of the Nile in 1798, in which Casablanca, a 12-year-old boy and the son of Luce Julien Joseph, was the commander of a warship. Since Casabianca tells a story, it is classified … Read more
“We Wear the Mask†by Paul Laurence Dunbar is about African Americans. The poem highlights the human tendency to hide our true feelings and thoughts from those around us by putting up a facade what T.S. Eliot calls “the face to meet the faces that you meet†in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.†Have you ever falsely answered “good†or “well†to someone who asked you how you were doing? In the poem, the speaker calls that facade a “mask.â€
In this poem ‘grass’ is personified, and it is speaking to us. The grass contrasts itself, its life with the life of the human beings. Every stanza in this poem points out the weaknesses of human beings or the futility of what they do.
The poem is a narrative poem. The poet narrates an incident. It is about the release of a frog from a serpent. He describes how he rescued the frog. In the latter part of this poem, he cites his own reaction and the reaction of God to his remark.
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.