English Confluence By CL Gautam

Poem-6 No Men are Foreign by James Kirkup      Textual Questions Q1. "Beneath all uniforms.... What uniforms do you think the poet is speaking about? Ans. By 'uniforms' the poet means the different dresses that the people wear in different parts of world. It may mean the different uniforms of military of different countries Q2. How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same? Ans. People across the world possess the same kind of body. They get light from the same sun, breathe the same air and drink the same water. They all feed themselves with the crop which is grown during the time of peace and starve during the time of war. Q3. In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words. Ans. We possess the same kind of body. We breathe the same air. We walk upon the same earth. We live in the same world. And we all will get buried in the same earth after death. Q4. How many common features can you find in stanza 2. Pick out the word. ...

Poem-6 No Men are Foreign by James Kirkup     Introduction of the Poet James Falconer Kirkup (April 23, 1918-May 10, 2009) was a prolific English poet, writer and translator: He wrote over 30 books (including autobiographies, novels and plays), many dozen collections of poetry, six volumes of autobiography, over a thousand short pieces in joumals and periodicals, and hundreds of monographs of original work and translations His first book of poetry was The Drowned Sailor which was published in 1947. He became the first resident university poet in the United Kingdom. He was felicitated with the Japan PE.N. Club Prize for Poetry in 1965. A Brief Summary of the Poem This anti-war poem emphasises on the futility of wars. The poet lays emphasis that no men are strange and no countries are foreign. People wear different kinds of uniforms but the bodies beneath them remain the same. Similarly, the whole earth is one land. We are brothers as we walk on the same land. All the peopl...

Poem-3 Rain on the Roof by -Coates Kinney        A Brief Note On  Poet Coates Kinney (November 24, 1826 - January 25, 1904) was an American poet, lawyer, politician and journalist. He is considered a wistful and skillful poet of the nineteenth century. His verses were collected in Keeuka and Other Poems and Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real. One of his most famous poems, "The Rain on the Roof' is said to have established Coates Kinney as a popular poet. A Brief Summary of the Poem The present poem describes a scene of nature and the effects it has on human mind. The poem opens with dark clouds hovering all over the sky. A gloomy darkness spreads all around. When it starts to rain, the poet compares the rain drops to the tears shed by the darkness. However, the poet finds it blissful to lie in his cozy bed and listen to the patter of the rain falling on the roof. As the poet listens to the tinkling sound of the raindrops falling on the shingles of his ro...

Poem - 2           WIND   by Subramanian      Bharati       Introduction  The poem wind was originally written in Tamil.This Poem highlights  both the aspects  of nature constructive as well as destructive. According to the poet the wind tease troubles and makes fun of those who are weak. On the other hand, the same wind friendly to those human beings who are strong and have firm minds. In the end, the poet says that it is good to have the friendship of the wind. SUMMARY The poet observes that the wind breaks the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers and throws down the books lying on the shelf. He appeals to the wind to blow gently But the wind goes its own way. The wind brings the rain again. The poet thinks that the wind is very clever at making fun of those who are weak, whether humans or animals If the houses, rafters, doors and wood are weak and not built strongly, they ...