This category includes NCERT Solutions for class 8th English based on JK BOSE and CBSE syllabus.
Summary of Wrinkles by Arvind Krishna The poet ‘Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’ talks about the sacrifices of mothers for their children. The title of the poem ‘wrinkles’ is symbolical of the sufferings of a mother right from her childhood till she grows up, is married and then becomes a mother. A mother makes sacrifices for the … Read more
MEETING POETS Meeting poets I am disconcerted sometimes by the colour of their socks the suspicion of a wig the wasp in the voice and an air, sometimes, of dankness. Best to meet in poems: cool speckled shells in which one hears a sad but distant sea. Central Idea: The central idea of the poem … Read more
The "Summer and Winter" by Percy Shelley is a great piece of a poem that compares between summer and winter in the most romantic way: first, by focusing on nature, and then by writing their antagonism as life and death.It was published posthumously in 1829.
Stars Speak to Man by Abdul Ahad Azad Introduction: “Stars Speak to Man” is one of the greatest poems of Abdul Ahad Azad translated into English by Prof G.R Malik. Azad is often known as John Keats of Kashmir because like Keats he also wrote modernist poems and both died early in the forties. His … Read more
The Brook By Lord Alfred Tennyson Central Idea: The brook is a tiny stream born in a certain mountain. In the course of its journey, it grows bigger and stronger. As it flows through the pebbles, it makes so many types of sounds. Their movements are varied as well. It slips and slides; its curves … Read more
MERCY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SUMMARY OF MERCY The poem ‘Mercy’ is a sonnet written by William Shakespeare. The poet says that the attribute of mercy is something which every a human being is born with but few intend to adhere very strictly to it, as we can only plead for mercy in our authority for … Read more
The tongue has the power to do good or evil to others. Backbiting is common among people. Even the religions books admonish the people who backbite. The Quran strongly condemns scandal-mongering and character assassination.
A Strange Trial Lewis Carroll’s A Strange Trial is included in his book Alice in Wonderland. This story is about a young girl named Alice who has a wonderful and strange dream in which she follows a rabbit into its burrow. After she falls down the hole, she enters a strange new world. Alice as … Read more
NCERT Solutions ( Answers) of Class 8th English Story Section. Lesson No.1: The Unthankful Man Words You May Not Know outskirts: the outer area of a city, town, or village peep: to secretly look at something ungrateful: thankless slither: to move in a curving way steep: having a sharp slope depressed: unhappy and hopeless cell: … Read more
Lesson. No. 5: The Brook Glossary Haunt: place visited frequently Coot and hern: water birds Sally: to rush; to issue forth suddenly Bicker: to move quickly with a participating noise Ridge: a high edge along a mountain Thorp: village Sharps and trebles: the loud and low sound of music Eddying bays: bays full of whirlpools … Read more
NCERT SOLUTIONS OF CLASS 8TH Summary of The Passion of The Earth The poem “The Passion of Earth” is written by an American naturalist and peace activist, Harriet Kofalk. This poem appears in the English textbook of Class VIII in which the author talks about peace and hopes it will ultimately return to the world … Read more
This Chinese story tells us how the rainbow was formed. Many years ago a very beautiful girl lived in a mountain village. She was very clever at making lace. She made plants, birds and animals which looked very real. People called her sister lace.